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From Australia’s best-selling female author, Sally Rippin, comes Polly and Buster - a brand-new junior fiction series about the magic of friendship. Who ever heard of a witch and a monster being friends? Everyone knows that witches don’t mix with monsters. Witches are educated, clever, sophisticated. But monsters? Monsters are just uncouth. Some are even dangerous. But Polly the witch and Buster the feelings monster have been best friends forever.

Brave, clever and never more than a whisker away from adventure! When the museum’s visitors are gone for the day, it’s time for the cats to come out to play. The kittens can’t wait to welcome a group of schoolchildren to the museum’s first ever sleepover! Especially Bianca, who loves people fussing over her. So when Bianca goes missing after a squabble with the other kittens, they worry that she has run away with the children. But the rats have been sniffing around the sleepover too. Could the kittens’ old enemies be behind Bianca’s disappearance?

One stormy night, a little black kitten appears on the museum steps. Tabby cat Tasha is delighted to show Peter the museum's passageways and secret corners, but the other cats aren't as keen to welcome the new arrival. Determined to prove that Peter is just as much of a museum cat as any of the others, Tasha takes him on a rat hunt. But the pair’s quest almost ends in disaster when they find themselves in the Dinosaur Gallery, with its famous T-Rex skeleton.

The thrilling finale to the much-loved Polly and Buster trilogy, written by award-winning and best-selling author Sally Rippin. Is being best friends enough to save a whole town? Polly and Buster have always believed that witches and monsters can be friends, but it seems no-one else agrees. With the witches furious and the monsters in uproar, their whole town is heading for a war...and yet no-one realises that a much greater menace lurks nearby. Can Polly and Buster bring everyone together in time to save their town from the biggest danger of all?

Polly the witch and Buster the monster shouldn’t be friends. And they definitely shouldn’t be on the run from almost everyone in town. But when Polly is called to the Hollow Valley Mines - the forbidden, haunted mines - by her magic stones, these two best friends have a big decision to make. Do they stay hidden and safe or risk it all to save the day?

As the eldest child in a single-parent family, Kylie's always had more important things on her mind than smiling for random strangers. Controlling her job, her home, her romantic life and - most importantly - her family takes all her concentration. She's always succeeded, though, because that's just who Kylie is. When her fiercely independent mother breaks an ankle and needs help, it's up to Kylie, as usual, to fix things. She reluctantly packs her bags and moves in, but back in her childhood home, things start to unravel.

Kitten Kingdom Volume Two contains two delightful stories in Mia Bell's cat-tastic Kitten Kingdom series. Tabby and the Catfish: Princess Tabby is no scaredy-cat! The day of the Peace Parade has finally arrived, and Princess Tabby can't wait to ride on the Royal Boat! But when King Gorgonzola steals the Torch of Peace, Tabby and her brothers must go underwater to find it. While in the lake, the Whiskered Wonders find the Torch - and catfish! The creatures just might be able to help. Will Tabby and her new friends be able to bring peace back to Mewtopia?

A heartwarming story about unlikely friendships from best-selling author Holly Webb. Daisy loves watching the ponies that wander wild through the woods near her home. They’re beautiful but she’s always been afraid to get too close. Then one day, to Daisy’s amazement, a pretty silvery-white pony approaches her. Can it tell how much Daisy needs a friend?

Disgraced fashion prodigy Apple March has gone into hiding, concealing herself within the cashmere and silk folds of a formerly grand fashion boutique - the hanging of blouses and handling of difficult patrons now her only concern. But when her sister, Poppy, needs a wedding dress, old passions are reignited...along with threats from her past.

When the kittens overhear their enemies, the rats, whispering about a treasure map hidden in the museum, Boris is especially excited. Could the map belong to the legendary pirate queen Diamond Nell, whose ship - The Silver Lion - is on display in the museum? And can they stop the rats from getting their claws on the pirate’s gold first?

Princess Tabby and her brothers accidentally give away a magic scroll to the evil King Gorgonzola, and they must leave the safety of their castle to get it back. Tabby's never been afraid before, but suddenly she doesn't feel so brave.

I wonder if the first day of Learning is always like this - do the girls on the hill always feel the ground tremble under their feet? Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home - and her family - in pieces. And the goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption throws the entire world into darkness.

There are two ways of looking at Aissa's story. She's the miracle girl who escaped the raiders. Or she's the cursed child who called the Bull King's ship to the island. The firstborn daughter of a priestess is cast out as a baby, and after raiders kill her adopted family, she is abandoned at the gates of the Great Hall, anonymous and mute. Called No-Name, the cursed child, she is raised a slave, and not until she is 12 does she learn her name is Aissa: the dragonfly.

Princess Tabby is no scaredy-cat! The first two delightful stories in Mia Bell's cat-tastic Kitten Kingdom series. Tabby's First Quest: Princess Tabby loves playing in the palace with her brothers and reading about brave kitty heroes. When Tabby and her brothers accidentally give away a magic scroll to the evil King Gorgonzola, they must leave the safety of their castle to get it back.

Hullabaloo the rabbit loves playing boo! But when he jumps out to surprise his friends he causes chaos – Squirrel lands in a puddle … splat! Hedgehog topples over … crash! And poor Timid Mouse bursts into tears! 'NO MORE BOOS!' everyone shouts. Whatever will Hullabaloo do?

Princess Tabby must be on her best behavior for the upcoming visit with the royal hounds of Barkshire. King Gorgonzola steals a magic orb, threatening to ruin the visit. Tabby and her brothers must once again stop the evil rat and save the day. Cats and dogs are very different, and tagging along with the Whiskered Wonders is difficult for Buddy. Will he be able to keep up with the royal kittens, or is Mewtopia in for a ruff time?

Far, far away on planet Ooogle lives Ooogle-Doogle. He’s shy, sweet and VERY neat. Then, one morning, Ooogle-Doogle finds a Boogle in his garden, and he is VERY SCARED! But the Boogle is not scary, he is a friendly little alien who will change Ooogle-Doogle’s life forever …

It's a big day for Baby Bear. He can now do up buttons all by himself – even the tricky one on his new rucksack! He is so happy. But now Baby Bear wants to do everything himself ...

Sophie returns to the magical land of Tuscia and is instantly thrown into danger—Nanna and Caterina Rossellana have been kidnapped. To save them, Sophie and Nicco must team up with a theatre troupe who are performing for the Mago, in the city across the Silver Sea. Can Sophie unravel the political intrigues of Venetto and save the grandmothers? Or will she fall foul of the evil Mago and be thrown into the dungeons to be eaten by the Mostro of the Dark Waters?

It's Christmas! And Archie is SO EXCITED! He's full of ideas to make this the most Christmassy Christmas EVER … Uh-oh – look out!