October 2029 brings Headmistress Halloway's final, monumental request: the four girls of the next generation must compile a forty-five-minute public reading from three years of their unedited diary entries for the anniversary gala on December 5.
A CBCA NOTABLE EARLY CHILDHOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026A heartwarming and tender look at some of the big and small ways we can make a difference in the world, from the team who created the multi-award winning and bestselling What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say and What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 CBCA EARLY CHILDHOOD BOOK OF THE YEARA wondrous and richly illustrated reimagining of an ancient Chinese folktale about integrity, courage and patience from the creator of Pancakes for Plum.
The Curse of the Dark Lake is a thrilling horror fiction book for kids (Ages 9–12) packed with ghostly mysteries, haunted waters, and chilling suspense.
The spring of 2028 brings the seventh-grade final inquiry project, and Bea Wenckheim makes a bold decision to film a twenty-five-minute documentary about forgotten Hungarian women educators between 1880 and 1920.
From leading breakfast radio star Christian O'Connell comes a brilliant and laugh-out-loud story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary secret radio show.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ACT LITERARY AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATUREA magical middle-grade adventure about two sisters who need to rely on their own wits and each other when they're pulled into a new world, from black&write!
FINALIST — 2026 Literary Global Children's Book Awards (Animals and Educational Categories)What if the patient you're trying to save can't tell you a single thing about what's wrong?
WINNER OF THE 2024 READINGS CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2025 ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN (AGES 7-12)SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 DANZ CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD, MIDDLE GRADEDescribed as an Indigenous Blinky Bill meets Winnie the Pooh, this heartwarming and beautifully illustrated middle-grade novel from 2021 black&write!
A magical and uplifting story about acceptance and belonging from CBeebies presenter Ben CajeeIn a world where you're either a Panda or a Badger, Pablo - a Panda-Badger - breaks all the rules.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE, NSW LITERARY AWARDSA sharp and insightful coming-of-age story about all the ways we find home from an exciting debut author and 2022 black&write!
