Cirrus@Austlit

'For all aspiring ballerinas. Aisling loves chocolate, ladybirds, and hopscotch, but her favourite thing of all is ballet. When Miss Karissa invites Aisling to perform a duet with Amelia, Aisling is unsure. Can two very different girls become friends?'(Publication summary)

'Everyone has a part to play to protect the village from bushfire. Today papa is going to help with back-burning. This is an informative graphic novel about fire for 8 to 12 year old readers, from Library For All's Natural Hazards series. Every book purchased helps Library For All make a difference to the lives of children around the world.'(Publication summary) 

'1 child hiding and 2 eyes peeking! Count to ten playing hide and seek. This is a beautifully illustrated book for 4-8 year old readers. Proceeds from this sale benefit nonprofit organisation Library For All, helping children around the world learn to read.' (Publication summary)

'Locky the plane and Belle the helicopter need to work together to help a fisherman! This is a beautifully illustrated book for 4-8 year old readers. Proceeds from this sale benefit nonprofit organisation Library For All, helping children around the world learn to read.' (Publication summary)

'There’s a hostile three seats to your left, and we’re trying to get you somewhere safe. Do exactly as I say.

'An altercation with a gunman on a French beach leaves fledgling P.E.P. Squad agent Jess Leclair scarred. Things get worse when she returns to Theruse Abbey and fails her start of year physical. Entering freshman year on probation, Jess has to master seven languages, tackle obstacle courses that would make an SAS recruit cry, and cope with the ever moody Krivan as a lab partner.

'When a rival spy agency abducts Agent Krivlyakaev, it is up to Jess and Krivan to use all their spy skills and ingenuity to do what fully fledged P.E.P. Squad agents do best – go into enemy territory and bring their target back alive.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Bored at her conventional Dublin school, Jess Leclair is thrilled to be offered a place at Theruse Abbey, the training ground for the top secret PEP (Planet Earth Protection) Squad. During her first term Jess quickly makes friends with her room-mate, extreme-sport loving Emily Harris, and the Sykes twins, Ben and Matt. Together they learn the necessary skills to become world-class spies: lock-picking, creating disguises, abseiling, foreign languages and combat training. At the end of their first-year the teenagers are promised an easy first mission, but faced with armed guards, a complex security system, an evil genius and a traitor in their midst the trainee spies must save the day or die trying.' (Source: Author's website)

'When the Disaster Organisation Group (DOG) sends an opal-chipped robot to find Kitten Kaboodle, he leads the canines to CAT Headquarters, and then all the way to Lightning Ridge. Can Kitten Kaboodle stop DOG from using the opalised dinosaur skeleton that lies beneath the desert sand?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'“Your mission,” said the chief, “should you choose to accept it, is to penetrate DOG Fortress, disguised as a pedigree kitten.” Kitten Kaboodle is no ordinary cat. He’d rather chase a Rottweiler than a ribbon and prefers kung-fu to cuddles. He is the number one secret agent at CAT – the Clandestine Activity Taskforce. When pedigree kittens start disappearing, Kitten Kaboodle is on the job. Who could guess that this mission will lead him straight to DOG – the Disaster Organisation Group – and the priceless Catier Emerald? ' (Publisher's blurb)

'The sixth and last book in the series that sees our heroine brave yet another exceptional adventure, this time in the zoo. Ralph, Sarah, and the rest of their class visit the zoo on an excursion. Despite the fabulous attractions, they learn that the zoo-keeper may be forced to close his business and make way for a factory that creates TEXTA pens.' (Source: Amazon website)

'It's space week at Ralph's school and with the chance to attend a space camp and build a real test rocket up for grabs, rivalry reaches fever pitch. With the help of Gloop, space-pen Sputnik and all the other pencils, Penny is stretched to the limit to prevent her arch enemy Black Texta destroying Ralph's chances.' (Source: WorldCat website)

'It is Health Awareness Month in Ralph's school. The new arrival in the pencil case, Baron de Couberpen, is whipping the pencils into shape for the inaugural Pencilympics. But even before the Pencilympic flame is lit, the competition takes a terrible turn when Cheetah the Cheater almost drowns during training for the rowing race. Penny has her suspicions of who is behind the sinister sabotage.' (Source: WorldCat website)

'Penny can't believe her luck. She had told everyone she was going to become a TV star and now it was actually happening. Officer Cool is Ralph's favourite TV show and she is the new Officer Lead, his trusted pencil. With her new friends Clapper, the clapperboard, Ruby the make-up brush and Meg, the megaphone, Penny has to save the show from being taken off the air. Someone is tampering with the scripts and Penny has a feeling that the evil Black Texta might be back. Penny's idea to run a competition to appear on the show might just save it, but when Bert the Bully wins the competition, she begins to get suspicious of foul play.' (Source: WorldCat website)

'Having overthrown Black Texta and his evil sidekick Rubber, Penny and her friends can get on with helping Ralph with his schoolwork. But someone is writing graffiti on Ralph's school books, vandalising Sarah's entry in the school colouring competition. With help from Sarah's pencil Polly, Penny finds out who is committing these dastardly deeds.' (Source: WorldCat website)

'Penny is a clever little pencil who helps her friend Ralph to cope with school work, bullies and the evil Black Texta.' (Source: Faber-Castell)

'Penny, a grip 2001 pencil, is the heroine of a delightful series of children's books by Eileen O'Hely. The first book in the series, "Penny the Pencil", won a prestigious Children's Books Ireland award and has been re-printed many times. The books are beautifully illustrated throughout by Nicky Phelan and are full of humour and charm. Each book is proudly sponsored by Faber-Castell and features a different high quality Grip 2001 pencil on the spine.' (Source: Faber-Castell website)