Cirrus@Austlit

'After learning, in DISinformation, that losing his feathers (moulting) is a perfectly natural part of life, Woody the Canary is told by his so-called buddy, Sir Humphrey, the Princess Parrot, that his trilling song is dis-com-bob-u-lat-ing to all his feathered friends.

'Woody can hardly say the word, let alone track down who finds his song so unpleasant.

'He does the rounds of the forest, with Sir Humphrey grilling the other birds to find out who is the source of the complaint, but each and every interviewee claims to love Woody’s singing.

'It’s left up to the Wise Old Owl to reveal the nay-sayer. Woody masters a new word – and discovers to his surprise who the jealous grumbler is!' (Publication summary)

'Hardnut Hannigan and the Jewel of the Jungle Harold Hannigans parents knew their baby was different when he fell out of his cot and landed head-first on the floor. From then on, Harold was known as Hardnut Hannigan. Hardnut amazed the world with his extraordinary deeds; he climbed Mount Everest, without an oxygen mask; won an Olympic marathon; swam the English Channel underwater! But, at 12 years old, hed run out of challenges. Then he read about a long-lost, precious jewel in the deeply dangerous jungles of Mongo-Wongo. With his faithful emu Thunderbang and his beloved pooch, Itchybutt, he set off on the greatest adventure of his young life! Would he ever find the Jewel of the Jungle? And even if he did, would he live to tell the tale? Captain Offensnotty and the Giddi-Giddi Zombies Not far into the voyage of The Concrete Slug, the crew discover that Captain Potty Dotty Offensnotty is sneaking off at night to her home sweet home, which she has secretly towed behind the mother ship. While the crew has to survive sleeping fifteen to a bunk, their crafty captain lives a life of luxury, nibbling chocolates and watching television! Enraged, the sailors stage a mutiny, but before they can reach their captain, they must get past her very big and mean cat. Then, the hapless crew are attacked by a sailor-swallowing sea serpent and the ferocious flesh-eating Giddi-Giddi Zombies! Will they survive?' (Publication summary)

'Patience is key to a happy life.
'Patience can make the difference between worry and tranquillity.
'Patience is love, joy, good and surprising.
'But is Patience more than just an emotion and a skill?
'A fun and reassuring story about exploring Patience as a person’s best friend.' (Publication summary)

'Mia’s grandma is no ordinary grandmother. Mia calls her Glamma.

'Mia’s Glamma wears the latest fashions. She owns a restaurant.
She even runs in marathons.

'But she always makes time to share her love of the world with Mia.' (Publication summary)

'In this epic birdlife tale, the first of the Woody & Sir Humphrey Series, word is out that Woody the Canary is going to lose his feathers. Just the thought makes poor Woody shiver! To the rescue comes Woodys closest friend, Sir Humphrey, the Princess Parrot, who vows to find out which bird in their neighbourhood is spreading this nasty rumour.' (Production summary)

'Little Shark Lulu is trying very hard to go to sleeeep…

'But, all around her, lots of sea life are wide awake and busily hunting, eating or playing.

'How can Lulu nod off with all that underwater fun and games?

'Join her as she meets a colourful array of bedtime sea creature friends!' (Publication summary)

'The story begins with a little boy called Henry who loves words and how his journey to publication, as an adult, starts a chain reaction by touching the lives of so many.

'The storytellers come from all walks of life. They are all storytellers, bringing something different to the same story.'  (Publication summary)

'What do you get if you cross a hop-challenged kangaroo, a know-it-all galah, a rusty Holden ute and a fearsome bushfire?

'A sizzling tale of outback adventure featuring thrills and spills, springs and dings and every rhyme in between.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'May is a carefree girl who likes nothing better than singing along to the Spice Girls, roller blading and eating cheese on toast with her friends. But then May's family moves to a new town and May's world is turned upside down.

'Out of the blue, an imaginary friend Anna comes along to help May out of her predicament, but Anna's 'solutions' only isolate May from her family and lead her into unhealthy habits.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A journey from sunset to dusk, this poetic picture book provides beautiful images of Australian animals preparing for night, against a background of lavishly detailed flora.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

In Anne Morgan's delightful collection of organically-grown eco-tales, a prince wants to marry the young woman with the smallest carbon footprint in the land; Space Cadet Lox finds out why a planet is like a bowl of porridge; a girl in a little green hoodie tries to save an endangered wolf; and Chicken Licken warns the sea is rising. (Source: Trove)

'Tim Trickett - shy, over-protected and troubled by memories - is the new boy in a small country town. When his classmates put him up to an initiation test, he finds himself on his way to visit Granny Rags, the reclusive old lady who lives near the creek and is rumoured to be a witch. But one visit turns into several, and soon Tim finds himself deep in a mess of buried secrets, crooked business deals and long-harboured grudges. He's going to need all his courage and resourcefulness to put a stop to it all... before someone gets killed.'

Source: Publilsher's blurb.

'When Yared is left at his nanna's for a week he feels like running away. He wants to be in his own room, with his football cards and his batman doona, not in the spare room at his nanna's with its blue flowery bedspread and the bookshelf full of old-fashioned girls' adventure stories. He wants his own parents, not his brisk, stern nanna.

'But then Yared stumbles upon a box of old coins in his nanna's bedroom and things begin to change. Worlds open up before him and lives are linked across the decades as Yared discovers truths he never knew about history, love and belonging.' (Publisher's blurb)

'Last night I had a funny dream...My eyes jumped out of their sockets. My nose fell on the floor.My ears unscrewed themselves.Then my lips slid off my mouth and opened the door...' (Publication summary)