Cirrus@Austlit

'Kerry doesn't like her new school and she's scared of the black dog that seems to follow her everywhere.'

'Benny loves the dog that lives nearby. But why does it always bark? And why is it so thin? Benny and his sister Astrid want to find out.' 

'It's Saturday morning. Auskick starts soon. But there's something wrong with Brendan's Fish...' (Publication summary)

'Sonya and Margo hear their grandmother talk about putting a blue rinse in her hair. They decide to do it for her, while she is asleep. They use food dye. Too much food dye. Oh dear. Blue Hair. Get the picture?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Anna had never slept over at a friend's house, until now.... Was she brave enough?' (Publication summary) 

'Dad saves a scruffy little dog from being runover. But whose dog is it?' (Publication summary)

'Crystal longs to be a mermaid, so her mother makes her a flashing, silver tail which she wears at the swimming pool. But it isn't like being a proper mermaid - that is until she decides to wear her tail to bed one night.' (Publication summary)

'Jasmine, Georgia, Emily and Su-Ping are best friends . . . until the sandpit becomes a battleground presided over by Earth, who seeks to divide and rule.'  (Publication summary)

'Tony was given a gorilla suit for his birthday. He wears it everywhere, even to the zoo. Then he gets to meet the real gorillas and things get very complicated indeed.' (Publication summary) 

'Can Sam ever persuade her dad to let her have a cat?' (Publication summary)

'It's Mia's first party time at the fairy shop! She knows exactly what will happen because her big sister, Alice, has been to the fairy shop before–twice! But what happens when things don't go as Alice says? Grades 1-3' (Publication summary)

'Mervyn is entranced by the chicks as soon as he sees them at school, but he had not realised how many problems a box of chicks could cause.'  (Publication summary)

'Mr and Mrs Scuttle try everything to get rid of the monster hole that mysteriously appears in their garden. But then the monster himself appears . . .'  (Publication summary)

'A selection of your favourite titles from the bestselling Aussie Nibbles series, returning by popular demand with a fresh new look as Puffin Nibbles. Loved by kids, parents and teachers, these engaging stories are ready to delight a whole new audience of emerging independent readers aged 6–8 years.

'Being bad was what Buster did best. Until his dad thought of a way to sort him out.' (Publication summary)

'Susie overhears Max's plans to trip Ben up with a rope as he rides to the swimming pool. Overcome by crippling shyness, she tries to pass the information on to Ben in various ways, all of which fail abysmally.'

'Jessie would love to keep the tortoise in her backyard. But Mr Smith must belong to somebody. Will Jessie find the right home for him?' (Google Books)

'Oliver is so sure his chook will lay the "biggest and the best" egg and be the first to do so. But time passes: all the other chooks lay beautiful eggs and still Oliver's Henrietta hasn't produced one . . .'  (Publication summary)

'Is the spider in Min's bedroom hairy, scary and creepy, or really rather nice?'

'When Jock hears a duck squawking very early in the morning from the pond in the park near his home, he goes to look. But it isn't a duck squawking - it's a man with a duck whistle and he's a hunter. Can Jock save the little duck he's caught before it's too late?' (Publication summary)

'Ruff and Tumble are runaway dogs. They become friends at the dog pound.

'Will someone have a home for two dogs?'  (Production summary)

'Jenny finds a big, egg - shaped thing down by the creek. When she takes it home, it soon hatches, and out pops a cute, but very hungry baby dinosaur . . .' (Publication summary)

'There's a new kid at school and he brags about everything. He even brags about the great birthday party he's organising. But even Nolan can't guess what's going to happen there!

'A great new Bite from this ever-popular author.' (Publication summary)

'Tammy can't draw as well as Grace next door, but there's something she can do, and the ducks will help!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'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)

'Adam wants to be an astronaut. It’s all he ever thinks about. One day he discovers Mad Marvin and his amazing space bubble, and it’s for blast off!' (Publication summary)

'Tim's birthday present from his Aunt Ethel is a kitten. A very LARGE kitten.' (Publication summary)

'Rosie loves things that are red – and especially she loves fire engines!Her home is next door to the Merrivale fire station, and every week she helps fire chief Hamish MacTavish polish the fire engine till it shines.

'Rosie's billycart is painted to look like a miniature fire engine, but she's love a real one of her own. When Mum and Dad need to buy a new used car, she finds one in Col's Car Lot. It's just what she wants – but her parents have different ideas. Rosie thinks this is unfair. So when it's time to go with Mum and Dad to the Merrivale picnic, Rosie decides not to go, and she persuades her best friend, Ned, not to go either. While they are playing in the treehouse, they discover that there's a real fire in Hamish MacTavish's fire station – and Hamish is away at the picnic! Now it's Rosie to the rescue. ' (Publication summary)

'Childhood, family relations and the seaside all provide the backdrop to Joe's story.

'When Joe and his dad go to Great-Uncle Alan's beach house after the old man's death, Joe discovers a boat in the garage. He longs to take it out on the sea, and he gets his wish when he goes fishing with Dad and Great-Uncle Alan's elderly friend Bob. After the fun of the fishing, and eating the fish on the beach, the men decide that the boat should now belong to Joe.' (Publication summary)
 

The Seaport Junior Sharks football team is in trouble. The Sharks haven't won a single match in the last two seasons, their oval has been declared unsafe, and they don't have enough players to form a viable team. But Eddie Atlas is determined to save the Sharks (Libraries Australia).