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A Game of Keeps by Bates Dianne
Category: Children's
Bright and cheerful Ashley lives with her mum and pet guinea pig, Froggie. Ashley wants a lot of things in her life: a puppy, to be a dancer or actress when she grows up, and more attention from her mum. Most of all she wants her parents to be reunited. When Ashley is faced with major changes in her lif ...Show more
Awesome Animals: Cats by Dianne Bates
Category: Educational | Series: AWESOME ANIMALS
Cats are more than just cute and cuddly pets. They are playful, clever, mysterious and totally awesome! Packed full of incredible true stories, fascinating facts and lots of fun stuff, this books shows just how remarkable our feline friends really are. From stories about cat adventurers, famous cats and ...Show more
Awesome Animals: Dogs: Fun Facts and Amazing Stories by Dianne Bates
Category: Educational | Series: AWESOME ANIMALS
Dogs really are the perfect best friend. They are loyal, smart, fun and totally awesome! In this fabulous combination of remarkable true stories, amazing facts and lots of fun stuff, we get to discover just how incredible our canine friends really are. From stories about dogs in history, heroic dogs and ...Show more
Awesome Animals Horses: Fun Facts and Amazing Stories by Dianne Bates
Category: Educational | Series: AWESOME ANIMALS
The Awesome Animals series features fascinating stories about animals. Each beautifully styled and fun book features true stories, amazing facts and gorgeous images and illustrations. Horses are powerful, intelligent, spirited and totally awesome! This great mix of interesting facts, true stories and fu ...Show more
Big Bad Bruce by Dianne Bates
Category: Picture Books
Big Bad Bruce and his biker gang scream down the road on their Harleys and eat everything in sight at Moose McGreasy's diner. Then Bruce leaves - he has business to attend to. What could he possibly be up to next? A pushbike ride with his children!This lively fast-paced biker story by an Australian auth ...Show more
Big Boss by Dianne Bates
Category: Picture Books
A sleeping boy dreams about scary monsters, but he’s not frightened of them, as he’s the boss and the monsters must obey him. He orders them not to scare children anymore and to dance and to smile big monster smiles. They are terrified of the boy who is the big boss. In the morning, however, his mother ...Show more
Cinderfella (Aussie Nibbles) by Dianne Bates
Category: Young Readers | Series: Aussie Nibbles
What happens when Cinderfella, of the planet Jetsonia, meets Princess Esmerelda of the Planet Earth?
Grandma Cadbury's Trucking Tales by Dianne Bates; Kevin Burgemeestre (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Hold Up Hero: Making Tracks by Dianne Bates
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Making Tracks
Polly and James accidentally overhear a gang of bushrangers plotting to hold up the Governor. Their first thought is to tell their parents and become heroes for saving the day. But then they find out their dad might be helping the bushrangers! They need to stop him, but how? The Hold-up Heroes features ...Show more
Mates: Butti Butti Bunyip by Dianne Bates
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Mates
Nothing much ever happens in Butti Butti. That is, not until the huge hairy bunyip comes to town. Someone very brave will have to hunt it down!
Nobody's Boy by Bates Dianne
Category: Junior Fiction
Ron Green's family is broken, just like him. He isn't able to live with his mum or dad, or step-mother. He's nobody's boy. Now he's being fostered by his aunt who has three sons of her own. It's a chaotic, angry environment, and young Ron isn't at all happy. Ages 10+.