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Barry may be the son of the most successful wombat couple in Wombat District, but that doesn't impress Portia-Louise. She has eyes only for Lenny the Returned Wombat. At Pottery class, at Dance class, it's just the same. But as Wombat District prepares for its annual fesitval, Barry, with the help of the willing but unreliable emus and the ingenious pelicans, is going to find a way to be noticed.

At 17 Veronica O’Shay is happier running wild on the family farm than behaving in the ladylike manner her mother requires, and she despairs both of her secret passion for her brother’s friend, Jack Murphy, and what promises to be a future of restraint and compliance. But this is 1913, and the genteel tranquillity of rural Beecroft is about to change forever as the O’Shay and Murphy families, along with their friends, the Dwyers, are caught up in the theatre of war, and their fates become intertwined.

They've been best friends since their sons started high school together, and Felicity, Emma, and Neve share everything...or so they thought. But Flick's seemingly perfect marriage hides a shocking secret which, with one word, threatens to destroy her and her family's happiness. Emma is in denial about a potential custody battle, her financial constraints, the exhaustion she can't seem to shake off, and the inappropriate feelings she has for her boss. And single mum Neve is harbouring a secret of her own; a secret that might forever damage her close-knit relationship with her son.

Crystal longs to be a mermaid. So her mother makes her a special tail. What happens when Crystal wears her tail to bed?

Susie is the shyest girl in school, but she's got a secret. A big one...and if she doesn't tell Ben he'll be in danger.

What happens when Cinderfella, of the Planet Jetsonia, meets Princess Esmerelda of the planet Earth?

Has Becky's wand made her little brother disappear?

Dad saves a scruffy little dog from being run over. But whose dog is it?

Anna had never slept over at a friend's house, until now.... Was she brave enough?

Hector's mum has found an unusual pet. She says it is gentle. Hector knows better.

Being bad was what Buster did best. Until his dad thought of a way to sort him out.

Their grandmother loved blue. She also hated her grey hair. Sonya and Margo knew what to do.

Tom loved the gorilla suit he was given for his birthday. He wore it everywhere, even when he visited the gorillas at the zoo.

Daryl, the baby magpie, has to find his own food. But how?

Is the spider in Min's bedroom hairy, scary and creepy, or really rather nice?

Ruff and Tumble are runaway dogs. They become friends at the dog pound. Will someone have a home for two dogs?

Why are Topsy and Turvy so different? One day they learn why.

Will Oliver's chook ever lay an egg? He'll have to wait and see!

Four friends. Best friends forever. Then along came Eartha and the sandpit war....

Benny loves the dog that lives nearby. But why is it so sad?