Maintain Your Child’s Reading Skills and Still Have Fun This Summer

Oi Frog! - Kes Gray, Jim Field

Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gofers sit on sofas, but Frog does not want to sit on a log! This wonderful rhyming story will have the kids in fits of laughter and eager to keep reading right through their school holidays.

There’s a Lion in the Library! - Dave Skinner, Aurelie Guillerey

Lucy Lupin is so perfectly cute, but she’s a dreadful liar. The library is evacuated THREE TIMES when Lucy says there's a terrifying lion on the loose. Kids will read and reread to see what happens when Lucy's lie comes true…

Bat vs Poss - Alexa Moses, Anil Tortop

Meek the possum and her sisters three are happy living in the sprawling paperbark tree – until the day Squabbles the bat moves in. This delightful story about sharing and making friends is written in a lively rhyming text that is entertaining to read aloud over and over.

Colouroos - Anna McGregor

When three differently coloured mobs of kangaroos come together, they discover that they have more in common than they expect. This is a wonderful vibrant and colourful celebration of diversity that will have children reading from cover to cover, again and again.

The Koala Who Could - Rachel Bright, Jim Field

Kevin is a koala who likes to keep things exactly the same. But sometimes change comes along whether we like it or not... This is a funny rhyming story about dealing with change and overcoming worries that will completely cure any reluctance to read.