Penguin Books Australia

A beautiful hardback edition of the bestselling story about the very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle with an audio CD, packaged in a sturdy slipcase. Read by Eric Carle himself with both straight reading and read-along tracks with music. The read-along track has a special sound to indicate when to turn the page.

What kind of pet would you like from the zoo? An elephant, a lion, a snake - or something a bit smaller, and cuddlier and playful? Lift the flaps and see what has been sent - it's bound to be a surprise! And just when you think they'll NEVER get it right, they send the very best, most perfect pet of all . . . A bestselling lift-the-flap book for thirty years, Dear Zoo is a perennial favourite and is...

New, large-size edition of top-selling title - over 5 million copies of POSTMAN titles sold. The Jolly Postman delivers cards and letters to various fairy-tale characters. He has a letter of apology for the three bears from Goldilocks, a postcard from Jack for the giant, a solicitor's letter on behalf of Little Red Riding-Hood for the wolf who ate grandma, and so on. There are six envelopes in the...

Long ago, Matatuhi, a fabulous weaver and a woman with special powers, dreams of making a special cloak, and of encountering a young girl with fair hair and green eyes. Many years later, in modern times, a girl named Mata is adopted by Pakeha parents. She has fair hair, but brown skin.

Ngakau Pono has been looking after
his people for hundreds of years.
But what happens when
his people leave the pa?

E hia rau tau nei a Ngakau Pono
e tiali ana I tona iwi.
Heoi amo, no te wehenga atu
o tona iwi I te pa, ka ahatia?

Emily loves spending time with Grandma.  They dance, have tea parties and work together in Grandma's garden.  But when Emily's family moves to the city, she has to leave her beloved grandma behind.  Grandma gives Emily a strawberry plant to remind her of the fun they have together.  In summer, when the strawberries are red, it will be time for Grandma to visit . . .

A warm and reassuring...

A board book that features simple black and white images of nature a baby is likely to see around him: a tree, a mountain, a cloud, a ladybug, a shell, etc.

Mrs Wishy-Washy is at it again, rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they are not standing for it. Duck, Cow and Pig are leaving mean old Mrs Wishy-Washy for ever. They run away to the big city. But they get lost maybe Mrs Wishy-Washy and her farm aren t so bad after all.

Faced with too short days and long nights Maui comes up with a plan to slow the sun's passage through the sky. With the help of his brothers, Maui sets out for the home of the sun to catch it and make it move more slowly.

Maui wants to know two things: who is his father and where does his mother go during the day? One day he follows her and finds himself in the underworld.

Maui's jealous brothers don't want him to come fishing with them. Maui is cleverer than they are, however, and not only does he trick them, but he catches the best fish of all.

After he is found washed up on the beach as a baby, Maui is brought up by his powerful uncle. But one thing bothers him – other children have mothers, where is his? So Maui goes on a quest to find her. 

In the warm waters of the coral reef, one hundred and one baby seahorses are born.  Their world is full of surprises, and there is so much to learn – especially for Leo, the littlest seahorse of them all.  But when danger strikes, it's Leo who surprises everyone with a special discovery of his own.

From two of Australia's best-loved picture-book creators comes this delightful story...

Here is the story of the Terrible PLOP, with a bear and a rabbit, and a hop hop hop.

But what is the PLOP? And where does it hide? Open the book and look inside . . .

Every night, William thinks up reasons why he shouldn't go to bed.

One evening there is a very BIG reason – someone has come to visit William.

Will his parents believe him?

Does William ever get to sleep?

This delightful story about that tricky time at the end of every young family's day is guaranteed to make both child and parent smile!

'Keep producing books, Deborah; they just get better and...