Cirrus@Austlit

'A hilarious full-colour illustrated cosmic adventure featuring teen superheroes, a wobbegong and a sourdough starter with a real punch intent on saving the world from climate disaster, from Australia's best-loved marsupial cartoonist.

'Letitia, Binky and Worried Norman are no ordinary teens. They are the superheroes better known as the Indefatigable EnviroTeens! Unluckily they have been space snorkelled - sucked up by giant tubes, teleported through the galaxy, stripped of their powers and squeezed out on ... Mars?! Forced to join the Great Snorkel Manufactory, the three teenagers overhear the evil Baron Kartuffelpoffen's plan to snorkel up all of Earth's water. It really sucks!

'Can their trusty sidekicks, Stuart the wobbegong and Beverly the sourdough starter, come to the rescue?

'An intergalactic quest filled with friends, fiends and friands that proves there's nothing like a tasty snack.

'A wacky adventure for fans of Dog Man and the Treehouse books from the award- winning Guardian Australia cartoonist, bandicoot enthusiast and national treasure.' (Publication summary) 

'Want to watch spectacular meteors rain down on Earth? Wave to real-life astronauts as they fly overhead? Find your way home using only the Southern Cross?' (Publication summary)

'Greta Thunberg meets Homer Simpson* in this hilarious, illustrated and environmentally-friendly adventure from the country's enormously popular and only marsupial Walkley award-winning cartoonist. (*They don't really meet. This is just a saying.)

'Meet our superheroes:
- Binky aka The Monotreme!
- Norman, once bitten by a radioactive croissant and now Pastry Person!
- Letitia, an occasionally bossy science-wombat and genius inventor!

'Together, they are the EnviroTeens and they are about to get very, very angry! Singleuse Plastic Brendan may have an evil plan to destroy all the world's turtles, but there is something even more evil going on ... Climate change! The EnviroTeens will do anything to stop this impending disaster. But to really fix the planet, will they have to rid the world of all the adults who started it all?

'A comic graphic novel about a group of fast-talking and fast-thinking climate activists who are determined to clean the planet and clear the air. A proportion of the publishers' profits will be donated to School Strike 4 Climate Australia.' (Publication summary)

' The Christmas Story. Beautiful, simple, inspirational...and not just for Christians. Actually, it's not all that simple either. It turns out there are a few burning Christmas-y questions to tackle:

• Who told the Christmas Story in the first place?

• Why did they leave the donkey out?

• Did the nativity really happen in a stable or in someone's spare room?

• Three kings, or an unspecified number of wise men?

• And where does the rowboat come into it?

'With the help of expert consultants the Biblical scallops, we hear all about the gospels and who wrote them. And what happened next. And how it's a story for all of us, that we can all have a part in.

'This is a gorgeous, funny, gentle-hearted retelling of the most famous story of all that also tells the story of the story itself. You'll want to read it aloud together, and sit down alone with it. You'll want to give it to the people you love, and get an extra one for yourself. It will be your favourite festive book this Christmas and every Christmas.' (From the publisher's website.)