Penguin Books Australia

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends.  But they are different in almost every way . . .

Pearl likes solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world.

Charlie likes taking baths and watching his garden grow.

So how can Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsely be such goods friends?

A delightfully uplifting tale about self-belief, courage - and above all - the power of friendship...

Stanley Paste is small.

Really small.

And he hates it.

But when a new girl arrives at school, Stanley learns that perhaps being small is not so bad after all.

Sunday Chutney has the most extraordinary life - she has lived all over the world!

Of course, moving around means she's always the new kid at school and never really has a place to call home. But Sunday Chutney doesn't care about that. Or does she?