Penguin Books Australia

Paul is trying to escape. He's trying to escape from an Italian heritage that just doesn't seem to have relevance for him any more, and he's trying to escape from his nonno. They come from two different worlds, he and his grandfather, and Paul is more interested in his own world – his friends, the girls, the fast cars, the go-carts – than Nonno's strange and embarrassing behaviour.

Nonno...

Ape stepped up toe to toe with Falco. Brad stepped in, but Falco gently pushed him aside. Brad hadn't seen what Falco had seen in Ape's eyes the night before.

Welcome to bunkhouse five – it's a scene of power struggles, hidden agendas and psychodramas.

There's Brad with the troubled past, and fat, harmless Mountain-Man Singh.

Tomato dynamite just might be the stinkiest, most powerful pickle in the world. But can it save Jack from certain humiliation at his school's annual swimming carnival?

 Becky has reached the point in her swimming lessons when she has stopped being a Frog and has moved up to be a Platypus. She has to go into the deep end, and she's not at all sure that she's ready for it. She wishes she could be a Frog for just a little while longer.

 

Becky has the best ideas for cubby houses.
She can't wait to show the new little girl next door!

There are two in the bed . . .
Mum and Dad are slumbering,
snoring, rumbling,
tucked up cosily and peacefully in bed . . .

Until a scary storm outside brings everyone into Mum and Dad's bed, one by one,.   Will they ever get a good night's sleep?

Praise for Meredith Costain's Doodledum Dancing:

'A joy to read out loud.' SUN HEARALD

'A treat from beginning to end.' JUNIOR MAGAZINE

Becky wants only fairy bread at her birthday party, but when her friends come they only eat the birthday cake. What is she going to do with all the left-over fairy bread?