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Join Matilda in the Australian Capital Territory as she takes her friend to a festival at the Japanese Embassy in Aussie Kids: Meet Matilda at the Festival. For more beginner-reader adventures around the country, check out the whole Aussie Kids series.
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Aussie Kids is an exciting new series for emerging readers 6-8 years.
From a NSW Zoo to a Victorian lighthouse, or an outback sheep farm in WA to a beach in QLD, this junior fiction series celebrates stories about children living in unique places in every state and territory in Australia.
8 characters, 8 stories, 8 authors and illustrators from all 8 states and territories!
Come on an adventure with Aussie Kids and meet Matilda from the ACT.
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See all activitiesAussie Kids features eight children who live in eight different places around the country.
Inspire an eternal love of reading with these accessible series for new readers, featuring large print, fun images, simple vocabulary, and best of all, captivating stories!
Who's ready for an adventure? Inspired by Nikolas Nurdblok, design your own hero, build your own adventure or try your luck in the lost brick maze!
Let the chip chase begin! Help Team Seagull find their way to the ultimate chip!
Think you’ve got what it takes to join the Nightmare League? Your mission starts here.
Get cracking with this egg-citing activity pack!
Can you find your way out of a sticky snotty mess? Or find words amongst an exploding volcano? Ask What If...? with this activity pack!
Alex Rider meets Stranger Things in this fun, adventure-driven MG series from a star Australian author.
Who's ever heard of a penguin that doesn't like the cold? Surrounded by the same old snow day in day out and always bloomin' freezing, Clive Penguin wishes he was somewhere else. SOMEONE else. But, with an epic discovery just around the corner, the solution might be easier than he thinks . . .