Cirrus@Austlit

'The ants are heading out on a very important expedition. What will they need to take with them? It's a wild journey! And in the end, it's the littlest ant who leads the others to discover the most important thing of all. A book about a very special book.'

Source : publication summary

'The astronaut's cat is an inside cat.
And she likes it like that.

'The astronaut's cat is an inside cat - on the Moon! But she dreams about the strange outside world - and the mysterious blue ball that rises into the ink-black sky ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

''Rules are great. I love rules. Rules are what differentiate us from the chimps'—Kitty Flanagan.

'As we travel through life, we discover that many, many people are very annoying—and that is why we need rules. 488 rules for life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live.

'In this book, Kitty Flanagan combines ancient wisdom with decades of experience and lots of time spent at home with her cat to provide four hundred and eighty-eight profound and challenging principles for how to live a meaningful life, from making sure you do a final check before exiting the toilet to not chewing with your mouth open. Gripping, thought-provoking and deeply rewarding, 488 Rules for Life offers an antidote to the idiot in your life: eternal truths applied to our modern problems.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Luminous images, accompanied by newspaper extracts dating back to the early 1800s and words by Ngiyampaa Elder Peter Williams explore the ongoing mystery of yahoo encounters.

'Throughout the first century or so of Australian settlement by Europeans, the pages of colonial newspapers were haunted by reports of a bewildering phenomenon: the mysterious yahoo or hairy man...

'But what was it?

'Yahoo Creek breathes life into this little-known piece of Australian history - which, by many accounts, is a history still in the making.'  (Publication summary)

'Stinkbug can really stink. But when it starts bugging his friends, Stinkbug wonders if it's time to stop doing what stink bugs do best. A hilarious story about a smelly bug whose unique talent saves the day.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A sweet and funny story about a city-dwelling dog, a day when everything goes wrong, a curious rescue and a surprising gift.

'Milo's life is almost entirely unremarkable. He lives in a solid kennel in an okay part of town. Every other day he has a job delivering parcels.

'Then Milo's life is turned upside down by an argument with his friend Snombo, followed by a strange wild storm that leaves him and his kennel in a precarious place.

'So begins Milo's surprisingly remarkable journey back to his friends.

'A warm and whimsical adventure by the acclaimed creator of My Uncle's Donkey and Nobody Owns the Moon.'

'Nobody knows where they come from.
'But they come.
'Impossible birds of the big sky and the long night...

'So begins this timely and timeless story, told in magnificent images and words by master storyteller, Tohby Riddle. A triumph of quiet beauty.' (Publisher's blurb)

'From the beginning of time, the Word Spy has been creeping down hallways, hiding in shadows and journeying through different lands to discover everything there is to know about the English language. In her first book, The Word Spy, she shared with us the secrets she'd learnt about English, from the first alphabet in 4000 BC right up to the tricks of modern texting.

'In The Return of the Word Spy she continues the fascinating journey through language, with chapters on language families, how we learn to speak, grammar and written forms of communication. In an accessible, engaging style, the Word Spy explains the meaning of nouns, verbs, pronouns, "dead" languages, word origins and other wordy wonders.' (From the publisher's website.)

'Slosh! Slosh! When Dog and Bird fill up their watering cans they’re ready to water the garden. But not everything will need watering.' (Publication summary)

'Set in 1980s inner city Sydney, The Lucky Ones follows maverick teen Tom, as he tries to make sense of life after school.

'The novel reveals in poignant and hilarious ways the workings of a young male mind - with all its misplaced romanticism, youthful delusions, bewilderment about girls and need for adventure.

'At the heart of the story is Tom's close friendship with fellow school-leaver Cain, a compelling enigma who becomes increasingly unpredictable as he follows his impulses down a path towards self destruction.' (Publisher's blurb)