Hotdog! 13 : Soccer Time! by Anh Do and Dan McGuiness

Hotdog and his friends are training for the Kicker Cup! But Hotdog has little legs and can’t kick very far. Lizzie isn’t much better. Kev can really boot a ball ... but can’t control where it goes! Will their new Bounce Boots help kick the team to victory?!

• Watch Anh Do introducing the first book in the Hotdog series

• Find out more about Ahn Do on his official website

• NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 3-4 List: ID 923570

Meet Ella 1: Spotty Puppy by Rebecca McRitchie and Danielle McDonald

Ella finds a spotty puppy in the park. But who does it belong to? And what happens when it follows Ella home?

• Find out more about the Author, Rebecca McRitchie, on her facebook page

• Find out more about the Illustrator, Danielle McDonald, on her website

• Have a sneak peak inside the book

• Download a Spotty Puppy colouring sheet here

• Read the Reading Time review of the book here

Real Pigeons Fight Crime by Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood

Did you know your city is protected by a secret squad of crime-fighting pigeons? It’s true!

With master of disguise Rock Pigeon, bendy Tumbler, strong Frillback and super-finder Homey, the REAL PIGEONS will solve any mystery and fight any bad guy to keep the city safe!

In Real Pigeons Fight Crime, Rock and his mystery-solving friends will tackle their first caseload: Why have all the breadcrumbs disappeared? Who on earth is kidnapping bats? And can the pigeons avert a dinner disaster?

Every Real Pigeons book contains THREE hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries!

• Watch Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood introducing the series

• Find out more about the author Andrew McDonald

• Find out more about the illustrator Ben Wood

• Make your own Real Pigeons Book Week costume using these instructions

• Learn how to draw Homey Pigeon

• Real Pigeons Teacher Notes

• NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 3-4 List: ID 628957

The Travelling Bookshop 1: Mim and the Baffling Bully by Katrina Nannestad and Cheryl Orsini

The right book might just change your life ...

Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.

Now Mim has arrived in a pretty Dutch village where she meets Willemina, a kind and gentle child, who is being bullied by a girl named Gerda.

Mim knows they're here to help Willemina. To change her life. To make her strong and brave and happy.

If only Dad would find her the right book. If only he would stop giving everyone else the wrong book!

From the beloved author of The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome and We Are Wolves comes an enchanting series for young readers.

• Find out more about the Author

• Find out more about the Illustrator

• Watch the Katrina Nannestad talking about The Travelling Bookshop series

• Activies

• Read the Kids’ Book Review post about the book

• Download the Teaching Guide

• NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 3-4 List: ID 825551

You Choose 6: Alien Invaders from Beyond the Stars by George Ivanoff

YOU CHOOSE . . .
Protector of planet Earth or abduction by extraterrestrials!

You see strange lights in the sky. It’s a flying saucer, just like in the movies. Inside are lizard aliens – disguised as humans. They have come to invade planet Earth! You want to resist, but your actions may lead to the destruction of humankind . . .

Do you have what it takes to save the world? Or will the aliens unleash their ultimate weapon?

• Find out more about the Author on his website

• Watch George Ivanoff trying to copy James Hart’s cover image from the book

• Watch George Ivanoff reading an excerpt from another of his You Choose books

• Look inside the book

• NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 3-4 List: ID 580039