Book List
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The Tuck Shop Kid
By Australian Author Pat Flynn, illustrated by Tom Jellett
Great reading for children through to young adults
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Hungry? Need Lunch?
Mum’s packed you a curried banana and pickle sandwich again?
Only got $1.25 to your name?
Then you need to see Matt, because Matt has an amazing talent…
Some kids are good at footy, or handball, or tennis.
Not Matt though.
Matt is an expert at tuckshop. ($1.25 = a sausage roll and small choc milk, by the way…)
In this dog-eat-pie world of the playground, someone like Matt can go a long way.
But, being The best at anything does have its problems.
Even tuckshop.
Better Out Than In – Individual Short Stories
By Australian Author Adam Wallace, illustrated by Heath McKenzie
Good fun reading for primary school aged children and young teens.
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This book is gross, disgusting, terrible, awful and hilarious!
Three very funny chapters in short story format.
Better Out Than In covers all the great dinner party conversations at the kid’s table.
Yes, while the adults bore themselves silly with their talk of politics and religion, the kids crack themselves up telling gross stories, making fart noises and showing each other the food that they’re chewing.
It’s funny and might even give the adults something to talk about at their dinner parties.
Peter’s Pimple
Nancy’s Nose
Bob’s Burp
The Fox and The Wolf – Short story
Adapted for TTMT by Debra Treloar From Tales Of The West Highlands
Suitable for young children through to young adults
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This story is about a very hungry wolf, who is set on eating a mother fox as she lay resting under a tree while on her own search for food.
The mother fox has to use all her cunning to try and outsmart the hungry wolf. Will she succeed?
The Two Baskets – Short story
By Hans Christian Andersen, A Scandanavian Fairytale
Suitable for young children through to young adults
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Two separate journeys by a daughter and a step-daughter taking the same path.
Rosie was kind, always worked hard and was loved by all her neighbours. Violet got everything she wanted and grew up to be mean and selfish. In the tradition of fairytales, both girls make choices on their path of discovery.
The Ugly Duckling – Short story
By Danish Author Hans Christian Andersen
Suitable for children right through to adults
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Follow the journey of an awkward little bird marching bravely through hecklers, hunters, and harsh seasons. This is a timeless survival story.
Watching the blooming of an ‘ugly duckling’ into a graceful swan is a reminder of the patience which is often necessary to discover true beauty and happiness.
Alice In Wonderland
By English Author Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
Suitable for children right through to adults
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Alice is feeling a little bored while sitting on the riverbank with her sister, when she notices a talking white rabbit with a pocket watch running past. He’s late… he’s late….
She follows it down a rabbit hole and the adventures begin…
This story plays with logic and this is what makes it an all time classic for all ages.
Dolphin Sky
By Ginny Rorby
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When the captive dolphins that she has befriended are threatened, Buddy risks her father’s condemnation and the law to save their lives.
This is a powerful story about a dyslexic child, trapped by the limitations of her learning disability, who discovers that real freedom comes from being true to your heart.
Yellow Bird and Me
By American Author Joyce Hansen
Suitable for children right through to adults
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Losing a best friend is the worst thing that can happen to you.
At least, that’s how Doris feels when her best friend, Amir, moves away. He’s only been in Syracuse for a few weeks, but it seems like forever, and writing letters just isn’t the same.
None of Doris’s friends on 153rd Street can take Amir’s place, especially not that silly Yellow Bird. Everyone knows Bird’s a clown, but he keeps bugging Doris to help him with his reading problem. Amir says Doris needs t look inside Yellow Bird to see who he really is. And it seems she has no choice but to help-because you can’t let your best friend down.
This novel is part of the 163rd Street trilogy.
Treasure Island
By Scottish Author Robert Louis Stevenson
Suitable for teenagers through to adults
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A coming of age story about a boy who finds himself on a sailing adventure, with pirates, the black spot and treasure maps.The tale of a perilous sea journey across the Spanish Main, a mutiny led by the infamous Long John Silver, and a lethal scramble for buried treasure as seen through the eyes of cabin boy Jim Hawkins. An action-packed adventure story that will hypnotize young readers and entertain older ones.