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3 4 y separately published work icon Some Dads... Nick Bland , Nick Bland (illustrator), Philadelphia : Running Press Kids , 2017 Z1798768 2011 single work picture book children's 'Some dads are very careful and some dads misbehave. Each dad has his own way of being a dad and they are all delightful!' (Trove record)
2 3 y separately published work icon The Spies of Gerander Frances Watts , Philadelphia : Running Press Kids , 2013 Z1811174 2011 single work children's fiction children's adventure '′It had been four years since the triplets had seen their parents -- and for most of that time, they′d thought their parents were dead...′

Alistair, Alice and Alex have returned home safe from their adventures, but now that they know their homeland, Gerander, is in danger they can′t sit by and do nothing. Together with their friend Tibby Rose, they join FIG -- an organisation working to free Gerander from the rule of greedy Queen Eugenia of Souris.

Posing as orphans, Alex and Alice are sent on a risky undercover mission to the capital of Gerander in a desperate attempt to learn the Sourians′ plans -- only to encounter some old enemies . . . and some new ones.

Meanwhile, Alistair and Tibby Rose set out to find Gerander′s secret paths and rescue Alistair′s parents from an enemy prison. But someone is determined to stop them -- someone who seems to know their every move. Is it possible FIG has a traitor?' (Publisher's blurb)
1 1 y separately published work icon My Amazing Poo Plant Moya Simons , Philadelphia : Running Press Kids , 2007 Z1269455 2005 single work children's fiction children's

'Emma can't have a pet as she lives in an apartment. Her mum loves pot plants and encourages Emma to think of having a plant as a pet. Emma isn't interested until one day, when a low-flying bird drops a poo in an empty plant pot and her mum tells her if she waters it a poo plant might grow from the seeds in the bird's dropping. Emma enters her poo plant into the most unusual pet category of her class pet show.' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Twilight Ghost Colin Thiele , Philadelphia : Running Press Kids , 2006 Z1159075 2004 single work children's fiction children's

'Mysterious accidents threaten Robby, the new kid on the block in Twilight, a town where ghostly legends flourish. Does Robby dare to discover what haunts the old Children's Home, which holds the scariest sight in Twilight?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2006 ed.)
3 1 y separately published work icon The Littlest Pirate Sherryl Clark , Philadelphia : Running Press Kids , 2006 Z969582 2002 single work children's fiction children's adventure
2 5 y separately published work icon Fiona the Pig Leigh Hobbs , Leigh Hobbs (illustrator), Philadelphia : Running Press Kids , 2004 Z1099591 2004 single work picture book children's

Fiona is not like other pigs, she enjoys pink, pretty, and clean things. Her parents don't understand why she doesn't enjoy being a messy pig with them. 
1 1 y separately published work icon The Magic Wand Ursula Dubosarsky , Philadelphia : Running Press Kids , 2002 Z982750 2002 single work children's fiction children's 'A short novel in which a small girl, annoyed by her little brother's trailing after her, has him disappear and a black cat takes his place with the wave of a newly discovered magic wand.' (The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788- 2008, 16)
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