Tough Boris

Author: Mem Fox

Boris von der Borch is a mean, greedy old pirate – tough as nails, through and through, like all pirates. Or is he?

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Book Cover:  Two Little Monkeys

Two little monkeys are hiding in a tree - two little monkeys named Cheeky and Chee.

Swing on in if you'd like to see just why they're hiding in that big old tree.

From bestselling picture-book creators Mem Fox and Jill Barton, here is a sweet, surprise-filled story that's sure to have little monkeys everywhere leaping with delight.


Two little monkeys are hiding in a tree - two little monkeys named Cheeky and Chee.

Swing on in if you'd like to see just why they're hiding in that big old tree.

From bestselling picture-book creators...


Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780670076529
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Koala Lou
There was once a baby koala, so soft and round that all who saw her loved her. Her name was Koala Lou.

Koala Lou is the first born in a large family. She feels sad because her mother seems too busy to pay her any attention. Perhaps if she wins the tree-climbing at the Bush Olympics her mother might notice her again . . . Koala Lou starts her training right away!

An Australian classic by the author...

There was once a baby koala, so soft and round that all who saw her loved her. Her name was Koala Lou.

Koala Lou is the first born in a large family. She feels sad because her mother seems too busy to...

Published: 05/08/1991
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140540635
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Where is The Green Sheep?
Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep?

Mem Fox and Judy Horacek take you on a wildly wonderful adventure in their rollicking search for the green sheep.

Mem has never owned a sheep, let alone a green one, but she does admit to having woolly thoughts from time to time.

Judy loves drawing things, especially sheep...

Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep?

Mem Fox and Judy Horacek take you on a wildly wonderful adventure in...

Published: 03/05/2004
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780670041497
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Where is the Green Sheep? Hardback book and plush toy boxed set

Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep.

Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep.

But where is the green sheep?

Find your very own green sheep with a copy of Mem Fox and Judy Horacek's internationally acclaimed book in this gorgeous box set.

Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep.

Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep.

But where is the green sheep?

Find your very own green sheep with a copy of Mem Fox and Judy Horacek's...

Published: 26/10/2009
Format:
ISBN: 9780670073641
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Hunwick's Egg
Once upon a time, at the edge of a wide and dusty desert, there lived an old bilby. His name was Hunwick.
Once upon a time, at the edge of a wide and dusty desert, there lived an old bilby. His name was Hunwick.
Published: 28/02/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143501350
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Where is the Green Sheep?
Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep?
Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep?
Published: 06/03/2006
Format: Board Book
ISBN: 9780143501763
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Board Book

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes . . .

From two of the most gifted picture book creators of our time, here is a celebration of babies and the joy they bring to everyone, everywhere, all over the world!

'This is a perfect read-aloud picture book . . . full of warmth and appeal.   It was a joy to read and a pleasure to hold.'
Margaret Hamilton, Bookseller...




As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes . . .

From two of the most gifted picture book creators of our time, here is a celebration of babies and the joy they bring...

Published: 29/06/2009
Format: Board Book
ISBN: 9780143503583
RRP: $16.95
Book Cover:  Sleepy Bears
By Mem Fox & Kerry Argent
Winter is here, and in winters bears sleep. But how do you convince six not-so-sleepy bear cubs to go to bed? Mother Bear has found a way – with a cosy rhyme for each of them.

A bed time book for very young children, featuring a nursery rhyme for each bear.

Winter is here, and in winters bears sleep. But how do you convince six not-so-sleepy bear cubs to go to bed? Mother Bear has found a way – with a cosy rhyme for each of them.

A bed time book for...

Published: 19/07/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781876288280
RRP: $14.95
Published:01/07/1998
Format:Paperback, 32 pages
RRP:$14.95
ISBN-13:9780140564532
ISBN-10:0140564535
Origin:Australia
Publisher:Penguin Aus.

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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