Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold

Warambi

Mozzie and Midgie

You Are My Special Baby

Now I Am Bigger

Ballroom Bonanza

Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold
Ruth Starke & Greg Holfeld

Take the Yukon Express with Captain Congo and his loyal offsider Pug as they travel deep into the great Canadian north-west in pursuit of gold, ghosts and monsters. But who is pursuing our heroes? And what awaits them at the end of their treacherous journey to Klondike Creek? The third adventure in the Captain Congo series.

ISBN 978 1 921504 27 3
290 x 230 mm
HB 48 pp RRP $24.95
Full colour

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Warambi
Aleesah Darlison & Andrew Plant

When the home of a little bent-wing bat colony is destroyed, Warambi becomes separated from her mother and the other bats. Lost and alone she finds shelter in an unusual place far away.

Scary sounds are all around her. Danger is ever present. Will she find her way home?

A dramatic story based on a real event to be published in the Year of the Bat.

ISBN 978 1 921504 28 0
250 x 240 mm
HB 32 pp RRP $24.95
Full colour

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Mozzie and Midgie
Doug MacLeod & Sandy Okalyi

When Mozzie and Midgie meet a colourful parrot who boasts of being the most beautiful bird on the island, the two young spoonbills set off to find out what could make them beautiful and special.

ISBN 978 1 921504 31 0
250 x 240 mm
HB 32 pp RRP $24.95
Full colour

You Are My Special Baby
Carol Chataway & Danny Snell

Share the love and joy of these special babies as they explore the wonder of the world around them. A gorgeous picture book that explores the bonds between a parent and child and the love, hopes and dreams one generation has for the next.

ISBN 978 1 921504 18 1
250 x 240 mm
HB 32 pp RRP $24.95
Full colour

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Now I Am Bigger
Sherryl Clark & Nina Rycroft

Now I Am Bigger captures all the excitement and wonder of a small child’s world, when every day brings something new – new teeth, new words, new shoes, new bed – and every little change is very, very BIG.

ISBN 978 1 921504 17 4
250 x 240 mm 
HB 32 pp RRP $24.95 
Full colour

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The Miracle of the Little Wooden Duck 
Margaret Wild & Dee Huxley

Once upon a time there was a little wooden duck that sat on the windowsill of Annie’s bedroom. Every day Annie picked up the little duck and stroked it, wishing it could speak to her. But the little wooden duck continued to sit silently on the windowsill, until one day, something miraculous happened.

Shortlisted for the 2011 Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year Awards - Early Primary

ISBN: 978 1 921504 12 9
280 x 230 mm  
HB 32 pp $24.95 
Full colour

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Louie the Pirate Chef 
Simon Mitchell & Ben Wood

All Louie can think about is food, but Captain Blackheart and his fearsome band of pirates are more interested in looting, plundering and shouting ‘Arrr!’ a lot. Until one day the whole crew is stranded on a tropical island with nothing to eat ...

ISBN: 978 1 921504 05 1
250 x 240 mm  
HB 32 pp $24.95 
Full colour

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Ballroom Bonanza
Nina Rycroft

An animal ABC with a difference. Join alpacas, bears, camels and a host of other animals as they conga, can-can and hip-hop the night away.

Find out why the jaguar blushed and what happened to the elephants when the music stopped.

A sumptuous, playful picture book with a dash of mystery and a lot of monkey business.

ISBN 978 1 876288 93 8
305 x 250 mm
HB 40 pp RRP $27.95
Full colour

Rights Available: Foreign Language rights only

Piglet and Granny
Margaret Wild & Stephen Michael King

Piglet loves her granny. She’s been waiting all day
for her to visit. Why hasn’t she come? Cow, Horse, Duck, and Sheep all think she’ll be here soon—but what is taking her so long?

Piglet’s story will resonate with any child who has ever had to wait patiently for someone they love.

A companion to Piglet and Mama and Piglet and Papa.

ISBN 978 1 921504 02 0
250 x 240 mm
HB 32 pp RRP $24.95
Full colour

Rights Available: World excluding ANZ, USA, Canada and Brazil

Captain Congo and the Maharaja’s Monkey
Ruth Starke & Greg Holfeld

When the Maharaja of Bekar dies suddenly and mysteriously, Captain Congo and his loyal offsider Pug are despatched by the Agency to investigate. They arrive in India to find the Palace of Rajputana teeming with intrigue.

While Pug goes deep under cover, the ever-observant
Captain Congo races against time to unravel the villains’ plot.

A 2010 CBC Notable Book: Younger Readers

ISBN 978 1 921504 04 4
290 x 230 mm
HB 48 pp RRP $24.95
Full colour

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Captain Congo and the Crocodile King
Ruth Starke & Greg Holfeld

A graphic picture book by award-winning writer Ruth Starke and prize-winning animator, Greg Holfeld, featuring heroes, Captain Congo and his sidekick Pug.

In this first adventure, Captain Congo and Pug are sent by the Agency to Abyssinia to locate a missing anthropologist who has been searching for the Treasure House of the Queen of Sheba.  With spies, scorpions, crocodiles, human sacrifice, heroism, this story has it all.

Shortlisted 2009 CBC Picture Book of the Year

ISBN: 978 1876288 91 4
290 x 230 mm
HB 48 pp $24.95
Full colour

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Alberta
Tania Cox & Janine Dawson

Nothing Alberta does is small.  So when her parents tell her she will soon be a BIG sister she is very excited.  But on the day the eggs arrive Alberta can’t help being a little disappointed. 

A great book for introducing children to the idea of having a new sibling – or possibly even two!

A 2008 CBC Notable Book: Early Childhood

ISBN 978 1 876288 86 0
250 x 240 mm
HB 32 pp $24.95 Full colour

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For we are all travellers on the wheel of life.
We halt, we pause and take new births.

Samsara Dog lived many lives. Coming back again and again didn’t worry him. He lived each life as it came until one day he learned the most important lesson of all..
A picture book for older children that looks at life, love and dying from a Buddhist perspective.

A 2007 CBC Notable Book: Younger Readers

ISBN 978 1876288 62 4
280 x 230 mm
HB 40 pp $29.95
Full colour, Cloth binding

Rights Available: World rights excluding ANZ, Indonesia, USA & Canada

What Will Baby Do?
Mike Dumbleton & Craig Smith

What will Baby do? Turn the pages to find out!

A book to enchant all babies, from the team
that created the award-winning picture book Cat.

ISBN 978 1 876288 96 9
250 x 240 mm
HB 32 pp RRP $19.95
Full colour

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You Must Be Joking!
Mike Dumbleton & Greg Holfeld

Superhero Jason and his faithful companion, Yapper, take on the task of rescuing the world’s best soccer player from a gang of kidnappers on the other side of the world..
Despite all odds and his
parents’ warnings, boy and dog survive tornadoes, fires and crocodile infested swamps and return victorious.

ISBN 978 1876288 67 9
250 x 240 mm
HB 32 pp $19.95
Full colour

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Baby Gets Dressed
Katrina Germein & Sascha Hutchinson

It’s time to get dressed. But what will Baby wear?
Help Baby choose.

A perfect interactive book for parents and babies and a great way of introducing Baby to the words for familiar objects.

A 2010 CBC Notable Book: Early Childhood

ISBN 978 1 921504 00 6
175 x 165 mm
Board Book 24 pp RRP $14.95
Full colour

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See Me Move
Sascha Hutchinson & Heidi Linehan

See me wriggle, crawl and squirm.
Watch me tumble, twist and turn.
Join me as I dance and sway.
See me move!

Babies will love this colourful photographic board book featuring sixteen different toddlers on the move. 

Winner 2008 The Advertiser Little Big Book Club Baby Book

ISBN 978 1 876288 88 4
175 x 165 mm
Board Book 24 pp RRP $14.95
Full colour

Rights Available: World excluding ANZ