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The Daredevil Princess and the Golden Unicorn
Princess Tillie is brave and bold, clever and curious, daring and very determined.
Which is just as well because there is trouble in the Queendom of Blumenfeld. A sneaky thief has been stealing the royal roses. The Summer Harvest Festival will be a disaster!
Princess Tillie sets out to trap the thief and solve the mystery, with the help of King Edwin’s latest invention. But a sassy, golden unicorn called Honey Blossom turns everything upside down.
Can Princess Tillie and Honey Blossom save the day?
Belinda Murrell’s top 10 creative writing tips
Belinda Murrell outlines the inspiration behind the book
Penguin Books YouTube – Belinda Murrell introduces Daredevil Princess series
This Is My Book
It's page versus page in this hilarious story about what REALLY happens inside a book.
Neil, The Amazing Sea Cucumber
Hello. I’m Neil. I’m a sea cucumber. It’s a bit strange that I’m the star of this book. Usually books are about the cool sea creatures.
And I’m boring, even for a sea cucumber.
Nothing exciting ever happens to me.
At least, it hasn’t before now …
And I’m boring, even for a sea cucumber.
Nothing exciting ever happens to me.
At least, it hasn’t before now …
Affirm Press Animated Book Trailer
Lucinda Gifford and Amelia McInerney websites
Interview with Amelia McInerny
neil-activities-add-creatures.pdf; neil-activities.pdf
Happy Barry Capybara
“Nothing ever bothered happy Barry Capybara.
He was chill when it was chilly, out on the savannah.
Hanging with his friend, the yellow-headed caracara.
No, nothing ever bothered happy Barry Capybara.“
Happy Barry Capybara is the most chilled-out creature on the savannah. So Harry, the naughty monkey, decides that he wants to try to bother Barry. But nothing ever bothers happy Barry Capybara!
Happy Barry Capybara | Scholastic Australia
James Foley – Children's writer & illustrator
How to draw Happy Barry Capybara
Colouring Sheet 1, Sheet 2 and Sheet 3
Every Night at Midnight
Every night at midnight, Felix turns into a wolf. His hands and feet become velvety paws and he grows a long, bushy tail. Felix has the night-time world to himself. There’s no one else like him.
Felix isn’t a wolf during the day, but it still feels like there’s no one else like him. That’s okay. Felix is just fine on his own. But after a chance encounter, this little lone wolf starts to wonder whether he might find his pack after all…
A tender and whimsical picture book about finding friendship in unexpected places.
Bowerbird Brood
I am a protector. Always watching, guarding ... and shielding. Bowerbird's nest is full. These fine eggs, whole and smooth ... the perfect three! But will they hatch? From the creator of the best-selling Bowerbird Blues, comes this heart-warming ode to nature and a mother's love for her young.
Wombat
A rhythmic, read aloud (and rather silly) burrow into the unseen world of the wombat.
Pig the Grub
Eww! What a stinker! Pig isn’t just the world’s greediest Pug, he’s the DIRTIEST too. It’s high time he had a bath! But try telling Pig that . . .
Aaron Blabey draws Pig the Pug!
Scholastic Pig the Pug downloadables
Hot Dog: Scary Time
Neville was a penguin known for being somewhat of a risktaker. He was brave, bold, and beloved by all.
Until the day he was eaten by a whale.
Or so it seemed …
Because that was only the beginning of the story.
Dan McGuiness official website – Illustrator
That Bird Has Arms
Roy is an ordinary bird in every way. He is not the biggest, or the smallest. His squawk is not the loudest or the quietest. He even follows the same football team as everyone else. He was very normal except for one thing – he has ARMS. Absolutely nobody knows – and Roy would like to keep it that way...