The world's worst children

Summary: From the world's favourite author, David Walliams - ten cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadful cast of characters; all in a gorgeously gifty FULL COLOUR format! Are you ready to meet the World's Worst Children? Five beastly boys and five gruesome girls! * Like Sofia Sofa - a TV super-fan so stuck to the sofa that she's turning into one! * Or Dribbling Drew - a boy whose drool gets him into trouble on a school trip! * And not forgetting Blubbering Bertha - a girl who bawls and tells terrible tales! Also featuring a special appearance from fan-favourite Raj! From Number One bestselling author David Walliams comes this collection of wickedly funny, deliciously mischievous tales, illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius Tony Ross

The remarkable cake shop

New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: Follow the hilarious antics of the Mayor as he learns a lesson in humility. Funny, engaging and entertaining it is filled with wonderful characters and delicious cake. (Publisher)

Little women

Summary: It's Christmas Eve in the March household, but this will be a Christmas like no other: their father is away fighting in the American Civil War and the March sisters and their mother must try to make ends meet while their father is at war. Although life can be hard for the family, and times are tough, this is an extraordinary story of triumph over adversity, recounting in exquisite detail, the lives, loves, trials, and triumphs of these four very different sisters

Horror!

Contents: Horror! -- Splodge! -- Grrrr
Summary: Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further - Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it. Three wickedly funny stories featuring the world's grubbiest trouble magnet! (From back cover)

Milly, Molly and BiddyBid

At foot of title: We may look different but we feel the same
Can Milly and Molly forgive BiddyBid when she gives the wrong diagnosis for their spots?
Value: Forgiveness
Teaching guide inside back cover

Milly, Molly and the tree hut

At foot of title: We may look different but we feel the same
Building a tree hut changes Milly and Molly's friend Maxter for life.
Value : Exercise
Includes parent guide

Milly, Molly and W.W. Webby

At foot of title: We may look different but we feel the same
What can Milly and Molly learn from a wise, friendly spider?
Value: Wisdom
Teaching guide inside back cover

Winston & George

Gorgeously illustrated, this is the story of a crocodile and a crocodile bird. These animals exist in a symbiotic relationship. Crocodile birds pick leaches and lice from the crocodile's skin and cry out whenever they see danger. In this story, Winston is a patient crocodile, George is a prankster and their story is both sweet and dramatic.

John Miller spent much of his youth tramping about the woods and swamps of Morris County, New Jersey. Later, these adventures inspired his children's books and articles.

Giuliano Cucco was an artist and illustrator. He and his wife were killed in a traffic accident in Rome in 2006. He is survived by a son and two grandchildren.

Woolly Wally

Summary: Wally is a wonderful woolly ram who is very proud of his fine coat. But Wally is about to get a short sharp shock. A story in rhyme
First published: 2006

Dirty Bertie : Scream

Other Title: Scream
First Australian edition
Characters created by David Roberts
Contents: Scream! -- Weekend! -- Spell
Summary: Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further - Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it

Dirty Bertie : Kiss

Other Title: Kiss
1st Australian ed
Contents: Kiss! -- Hamster! -- Boast
Summary: Join Bertie as he struggles to escape from the clutches of Angela Nicely, looks after the elderly class hamster, and ends up with a star solo trumpet performance, even though he's never played one before.

Happy hat : positive thinking

Retold by Joy Cowley

First edition
Global kids. Growing strong
Catalogued from publisher's website
Summary: The stories in this series help children to make good decisions based on an understanding of themselves and others. This story of optimism and hope is told through the eyes of a hat that has experienced a lot of changes in its life.  Whatever the situation, this happy hat finds pleasure and satisfaction in its life

Lily goes skitter skating

Summary: Lily is the littlest angel at Amelia's Angel Academy and wants to help the other angels win the Archangel Trophy which is currently held by All Saints Angel School. The contest is snow sports which Lily is not very good at. Lily's nemesis from the Bossy Boots' Boarding House, Wanda Westbrook, is determined to thwart Lily at every stage. However when Wanda gets into difficulty in the last round of the competition Lily goes to her aid and thereby loses points which could have won them the trophy. Lily's good deed does not go unnoticed and the Amelia's Angel Academy wins the trophy
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator