Cirrus@Austlit

'At the bottom of Miss Heatherbell’s garden lives the last Wodge in the world.

'Nancy and Dom’s photographer father is in the Antarctic, and Nancy and Dom are not. They’re staying with the eccentric Miss Heatherbell and her hordes of free-range guinea pigs. But Miss Heatherbell’s house is large and mysterious, full of surprising rooms, odd objects, and a creature called Wodge.

'With Miss Heatherbell and Mrs Pikelet soon leaving for Sydney, Nancy and Dom must deal with a very annoying Mrs Biddlethorpe, a very hungry Wodge, a very bad-tempered fairy, and a very uninvited bulldozer – all the while rehearsing for the school concert. What could go wrong?' (Publication summary)

'Charlie and his dog Louis are a musical team. Charlie plays the trumpet and Louis sings his ooh-ooh song. But when Charlie falls ill, Louis is left on his own. Louis no longer sings. He no longer wags his tail. Until, one day, Louis hears the familiar notes from a trumpet . . .' (Publication summary)

'Something exciting is going to happen tonight! What do you think it is? 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)

'In 1805, Anglican minister and magistrate, Robert Knopwood, was granted 30 acres in Hobart’s Sullivan’s Cove. The land was subdivided into residential plots and with the building of Mulgrave Battery in 1818, the locality became known as Battery Point. From its beginnings as a home to a mix of wealth and poverty, wharf labourers, whalers, boat-builders, merchants and factory owners – more recently a pleasant, leafy suburb, Battery Point has been a vibrant and mostly close-knit community for over 200 years. Home And Hearth: Stories Of A Battery Point Cottage is a collection of fictional stories about the people and the place over those two centuries.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'And for all the animals sheltering underneath Madge the cow, there's no better place to be when you are caught in a Great Big, Terrible, Awful Storm!' (Publication summary)

This story tells of a peaceful kingdom, the Island of Dipsquittie, which was 'accidentally' colonized by the English and is now on the brink of a civil war due to the stranger Samuel B. Gliblip, who incites the local townspeople into attacking the royal family. The text includes a plethora of weird and wonderful characters, flora and fauna as well as traditional songs, poems, and a glossary of words.