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The Build Up by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Fiction SPECIALS
"Jimmy has this feeling he's often had here that somebody, or something, is watching him. He breathes in deep, filling his lungs, and dives, his eyes open. The water is surprisingly clear, the tree trunk disappears into the depths. He follows the line down, his gunked-up lungs burning but keeps going. A ...Show more
The Build Up by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Crime and Thrillers
For Detective Dusty Buchanan, a female cop in the very male world of the Northern Territory Polic Force, it always pays to expect the unexpected. Set against Darwin's hustling, exotic melting pot of people and cultures, Phillip Gwynne has written a truly page turning crime thriller with an unforgettable ...Show more
The Lonely Penguin (Feelings #2) by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Picture Books | Series: Feelings Ser.
Everyone has someone to play with. Except Penguin. She sits by herself. All alone. Can Penguin overcome her loneliness?
The Lords of Melody by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Junior Fiction
The Lord family live in the worst house on the best street. It might have been different if Suzi Lord's rock n roll parents, Strum and Miss Katy, hadn't stumbled on their way to stardom but after one hit single in Finland, it's been lentils for dinner ever since. Despite all that, Suzi's older sister Ja ...Show more
The Queen with the Wobbly Bottom by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Children's
The Queen is beautiful, clever and popular, but all she can think of is her bottom. It wobbles like raspberry jelly, and the queen doesn't like it. When she offers a reward for a solution to the royal wobble, hopeful candidates turn up in droves with cures of every kind. But none of them work, and the q ...Show more
The Shy Zebra (Feelings #1) by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Parenting | Series: Feelings
The talent show is on today. Zebra has been practising hard all week. But when Zebras turn comes, he is nowhere to be found. Can Zebra overcome his shyness and perform for his friends?
The Worried Elephant (Feelings #3) by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Picture Books | Series: Feelings #3
There is so much bad news in the world. Elephant is worried. So worried that he can’t do any of the activities he loves anymore. Can Elephant learn to manage his worry?
Turn Off the Lights (The Debt Instalment #2) by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: The\Debt Ser.
Book two of a high-octane thriller series. Dom has five more Herculean tasks to perform . . . or lose a pound of flesh. In this instalment Dom has to turn the power off during Earth Hour - for the entire Gold Coast.
What's Wrong with the Wobbegong? by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Picture Books
What IS wrong with the wobbegong?Anything? Nothing?Who can tell, when he never says a word ...This witty and elegant story, by award-winningauthor Phillip Gwynne and Kate Greenawaymedallist Gregory Rogers, shows what canhappen to people who think too little and talktoo much ...
Worst Team Ever: Aussie Bites by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Fiction | Series: Aussie bites
Jimmy has just moved from the country to the city. There's only one thing that is still familiar: footy. But Jimmy can't understand it - the Matrafield U13's footy coach doesn't seem to want them to win. He doesn't actually coach them and he doesn't even give pep talks. On the day of the last match of t ...Show more
Yamashita's Gold (The Debt Instalment #5) by Phillip Gwynne
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: The\Debt Ser.
Book five of a high-octane thriller series. Dom has two more Herculean tasks to perform...or lose a pound of flesh. In this instalment he must locate the rumoured treasure of Yamashita's Gold.