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2 y separately published work icon Gastronauts James Foley , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2018 14313098 2018 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'The brain-enhancing nanobots she is testing have been accidentally swallowed by her baby brother Joe. The only way to stop Joe turning into a superbaby and wreaking super havoc is to shrink herself and travel inside Joe's body on a journey to tackle the problem head-on. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, this is only the beginning . . .'  (Publication summary)
2 y separately published work icon Chickensaurus James Foley , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2020 19120490 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'When Sally's archenemy Dexter Maelstrom invites her to a demonstration of his new invention, she doesn't expect it to actually work. Dexter's De-Evolving Ray can turn chickens into dinosaurs! But when Dexter's chickensaurs breaks free and go on the hunt, Sally - along with her friend Charli and her baby brother Joe - must avoid becoming chicken feed. Is Dexter behind this dastardly plan - or is somebody else the bad egg?' (Publication summary)
11 41 y separately published work icon The Lost Thing Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2000 Z668356 2000 single work picture book children's (taught in 11 units) 'A boy discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach. Realising it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but is met with indifference from everyone else, who barely notice its presence, each unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to their day to day lives. For reasons he does not explain, the boy empathises with the creature, and sets out to find a 'place' for it.'
(Source: The Lost Thing website)
2 1 y separately published work icon Brobot James Foley , James Foley (illustrator), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2016 9500574 2016 single work graphic novel children's

'Sally is the world’s foremost inventor under the age of twelve, and she just knows she can build a better brother than the messy, smelly version she has. Sally’s invention – Brobot – is fantastic, that is until the remote gets broken and Brobot careens out of control. Sally realises that maybe there’s more to a brother than just his inconveniences.' (Publication summary)
2 y separately published work icon Dungzilla James Foley , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2017 11389043 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Sally Tinker – creator of Brobot and the world’s foremost inventor under the age of twelve – is back. Sally has built a machine capable of enlarging any object, but when she tries resizing a slice of pizza she accidentally enlarges a dung beetle to scary proportions. As the hungry beetle rolls itself a dung ball large enough to crush an entire town, Sally races to fix her new machine but not before Sally’s baby brother Joe makes himself enormous and saves the day. Unfortunately Joe can’t be shrunk down immediately, and he desperately needs a nappy change.' (Publication summary)
11 29 y separately published work icon The Red Tree Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001 Z926241 2001 single work picture book children's (taught in 4 units) 'The Red Tree is a story without any particular narrative; a series of distinct imaginary worlds as self-contained images which invite readers to draw their own meaning in the absence of any written explanation. As a concept, the book is inspired by the impulse of children and adults alike to describe feelings using metaphor - monsters, storms, sunshine, rainbows and so on ... A nameless young girl appears in every picture, a stand-in for ourselves; she passes helplessly through many dark moments, yet ultimately finds something hopeful at the end of her journey.' (Source: Author's website)
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