The home of the best and boldest graphic novels in Australia.
LAMINGTON LEFT BEHIND
Andrea Innocent
Discover a land steeped in magic in danger, a girl left behind, and the animals who need her help. From debut graphic novelist Andrea Innocent comes this wildly gorgeous, immersive adventure in the wild.
Ever since a great flood wiped out her home, Lamington has lived alone in the dying forest –until the day she stumbles upon a ragtag family of animals hiding underground.
Lamington is astonished to discover she can understand the animals, and they can understand her. Together, they discover they could regrow the forest – but only if they survive a perilous journey to find a precious library of seeds.
With extraordinary full-colour artwork, Lamington Left Behind will captivate readers with its richly detailed world, twisting plot and vivid cast of characters – including brave koalas, talking mushrooms and a gang of feral boys.
MARCH 2026
320 pages | 8-12 years | 210 x 147mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
INKED
Karen Wasson & Jake A. Minton
For fans of Remy Lai’s Pawcasso and Raina Telgemeier’s Drama comes this hilarious enemies-to-besties graphic novel, about a kid who wants to blend in and an operasinging octopus who loves to stand out!
When 12-year-old Sid discovers a talking octopus in his family’s fish shop, he is shocked – and annoyed. Otto the octopus is cheeky, demanding and won’t leave Sid alone until he helps Otto get to the ocean … roughly 300 kilometres away!
But Sid has bigger fish to fry. He has to figure out how to get into the art school of his dreams, or else high school next year will be a nightmare. Can these frenemies find a way to work together, or will it all end in disaster? Or even worse … will Sid and Otto realise they actually make a pretty great team?
This small-town, big-time adventure brims with hilarity, hijinks and plenty of heart.
Prepare to get INKED!
APRIL 2025
304 pages | 8-12 years | 210 x 135mm
RIGHTS SOLD Germany, Denmark
TWIG FRIENDS
Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood
From the creators of the bestselling REAL PIGEONS series comes a hilarious new graphic novel series about four twiggy best friends!
The world is big when you’re a twig, but problems, surprises – and even volcanoes – are no match for Red, Ziggy, Noodle and Stump! With three adorably funny stories in every book, these full-colour junior graphic novels follow a group of four twiggy best friends on their adventures in nature, using their emotional intelligence, resilience and problem-solving skills in funny and unexpected ways.
With four titles available, Twig Friends is perfect for fans of charmingly silly friendship series like Pizza and Taco and Narwhal and Jelly.
TITLES IN SERIES: 4
SEPTEMBER 2025
112 pages | 5-8 years | 210 x 152.4mm
RIGHTS SOLD
US, Canada (English and French), UK, Spain (Catalan), Denmark, China, Taiwan
New Picture Books
SCOTTY AND THE SCOTTIES
Gabriel Evans
In Scotty’s family, a scottie is a scottie, no matter what you look like.
But when everyone looks the same, acts the same, and does all the same things, can you ever truly be your own scottie, too?
The answer will surprise you …
Readers of all ages will be delighted to discover that Scotty is, in fact, a tiny mouse who can keep up with the pack of scottie dogs! Once the surprise is revealed, pore over every page to find the ‘real’ Scotty, and delight in this instant modern classic. Scotty and the Scotties is sure to be a favourite for all families – no matter how alike or different they are.
AUGUST 2025
32 pages | 2-5 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
LITTLE CLOUD
Heidi McKinnon
It’s a sunny day, and Little Cloud is out to play! Don’t go too high, Little Cloud …
This irresistible board book is the first in the new Little Wonders series from the awardwinning creator of Floof and I Just Ate My Friend.
With sweetly rhyming text and delightfully cosy illustrations, Little Cloud’s ‘gentle peril’ story has just enough drama to satisfy babies and toddlers without being too scary, and plenty of snuggles and sunshine at the end!
Delightfully surprising and endlessly rereadable, the playful stories invite young readers and their grown-ups on big adventures, led by loveable little heroes who face big emotions with resilience and humour.
DECEMBER 2025
32 pages | 0-3 years | 221 x 221mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
NOW YOU ARE A CHICKEN
Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood
‘Welcome to the only book that turns you into a CHICKEN! I’ll just wiggle my fingers at you and say the magic words. Ahem ... ’ ‘WAIT!!!!’
From the creators of the bestselling Real Pigeons series comes Now You Are a Chicken, an interactive, hilarious and totally transformational picture book that’s an instant winner with children and grown-ups alike.
The wizard and his assistant, a would-be example chicken, invite the reader to turn the page and undergo a magical, chickeny transformation in this fourth-wall-breaking, delightfully irreverent story. Can the wizard REALLY turn you into a chicken just by saying the magic words? What if you don’t believe in the spell? And who will do an egg??
OCTOBER 2025
32 pages | 2-6 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
HOW TO GET RID OF A PRINCESS
Alison McLennan & Mel Pierce
Princesses are stealthy, sneaky and sly.
And once inside the castle walls, they are tricky to remove.
But not impossible …
In this playful and relatable picture book for frustrated siblings, an older brother tries everything he can think of to get his mischievous little sister out of his room.
All he has to do is follow the steps in this easy-to-use guide. The only problem is that the advice will not work in every castle … and princesses might not be as bad as he thinks.
APRIL 2026
32 pages | 2-6 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
WAITERS IN ELEVATORS
Dylan Shearsby & Amanda Shearsby
A madcap adventure with a message of gratitude at its heart.
Hanz and Franz are the world’s most diligent waiters and they think of the Rigatoni Hotel’s loyal guests as friends, and their fellow workers as family. But when no one says please – much less thank you – it starts to wear on our waiters in elevators. Will they hand in their resignation at last? And how will the hotel and its guests cope without them?
A brilliant picture book about the importance of gratitude, manners and kindness, all wrapped up in a madcap hotel adventure that kids will want to read again and again.
AUGUST 2025
32 pages | 3-7 years | 300 x 200mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
BEFORE YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES
Scott Stuart & Jess Racklyeft
A bedtime story with a difference! This reassuring, meditative picture book is the ideal way to send little ones off to sleep. Before you close your eyes tonight and drift off into sleep, there are some things that you should know –some thoughts for you to keep …
With its gentle lullaby-like text and warm, comforting art, Before You Close Your Eyes encourages children to reflect on their day, be proud of what they’ve achieved and let go of the things they can’t control as they head off to sleep.
From bestselling author Scott Stuart and award-winning illustrator Jess Racklyeft comes your family’s new bedtime ritual.
NOVEMBER 2025
24 pages | 3-7 years | 225 x 275mm
RIGHTS SOLD
ANZ, US, Canada, UK
CASTLE CRASHING
Andrea Rowe & Hannah Sommerville
A gentle and thoughtful picture book about showing kindness to ourselves and each other when big feelings threaten to overwhelm us.
Bonnie knows how to build sandcastles best, but her friends insist on building their own castles every way but Bonnie’s way. They sift and sculpt and burrow in the soft, white sand, happily playing by their own rules. No-one listens to Bonnie. Soon, her anger boils over and she storms off across the dunes.
Bonnie’s friends are patient and understanding; they will wait for her to navigate her feelings. But can Bonnie show herself the same kindness?
NOVEMBER 2025
32 pages | 3-7 years | 275 x 225mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Jess Horn & Hayley Wells
A celebration of imagination, Train of Thought is a playful picture book for big dreamers who sometimes need a little help to find their way back to reality.
A big-hearted story from incredible new talent Jess Horn with joyful illustrations by Hayley Wells, Train of Thought is a fun-filled ride through the twists and turns of a runaway imagination.
Andy has a brilliant imagination, and it carries him to the most amazing places. Mum calls it his train of thought. But when it’s time for real-world tasks, Andy’s train doesn’t always stop! Can Andy find a way to be a treasure hunter and sit down in time for dinner?
Train of Thought will delight readers aged 3 to 7 – and everyone and anyone who can relate to getting swept up in their imagination!
SEPTEMBER 2025
32 pages | 3-7 years | 275 x 225mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
WILD CHILD
Annabel Tempest
An exuberant celebration of the different ways you can be wild, by dazzling new picture-book creator Annabel Tempest.
This wild child loves to jump and dance, and stamp and prance! But beneath all that wildness is some wild wisdom that might surprise you …
There are days when Minnow wakes up and she feels wild. She roars as she dances and shrieks as she prances – she’s a wonderful, tremendous party of wild! But sometimes people aren’t fond of this wild Minnow ...
So Minnow tries something different and sees that being wild can be more than just being loud, fierce and proud. It’s also wild to be gentle, thoughtful, funny and sweet – and the wildest thing of all is being true to who you are.
Bursting with energy and colour, Wild Child is the perfect read-aloud for kids who love animals and letting their imagination run wild!
JUNE 2025
24 pages | 3-6 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
A PRESENT FOR JUNKET
Mandy Wildsmith & Nancy Liu
A joyful picture book illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator Nancy Liu about trash and treasure! Featuring a goldendoodle on the hunt for the perfect birthday present.
When Gherkin is woken early by the garbage truck outside, her first thought is: yum, rubbish! Then she remembers that it’s her best friend Junket’s birthday … and Gherkin needs a present for her.
But what would Junket love? A new toy? A new jacket? Gherkin keeps hunting, and soon realises the perfect present has been right in front of her all along …
This entertaining neighbourhood adventure about friendship, generosity and the secret lives of dogs is packed with gentle humour, a subtle ‘make do and mend’ message and glorious watercolour artwork!
MARCH 2025
24 pages | 2-5 years | 275 x 225mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
DEREK
Anne Donaldson & Matt Shanks
Derek was a fish with many questions.
Why is the universe round? Where do bubbles come from? Why does food rain down from above?
But the question Derek asked himself more than any other was: ‘Why am I alone?’
From new talent Anne Donaldson and bestselling illustrator Matt Shanks comes an adorable adventure about curiosity, courage and connection.
SEPTEMBER 2025
32 pages | 3-6 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
CROCODILES DO NOT LIKE THE TOILET
Ali Rutstein & Niña Nill
Crocodiles Do Not Like the Toilet is a spirited and funny picture book to encourage even the most playful kids to take a toilet break.
Dad says it’s important to take time out for toilet breaks, but Manu can’t afford to miss a moment of fun. In fact, this playful crocodile would much rather be out ruling the playground or dancing up a storm than making a trip to the toilet.
But what will happen when this exuberant croc really needs to go?
Preschool Problems is a brilliant new series of standalone titles about all the big problems faced by our littlest people.
OCTOBER 2025
24 pages | 2-6 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK, Spain (Spanish and Catalan)
CYNTHIA IS A WILD DOG
Tohby Riddle
Cynthia is a wild dog. She hunts anything that moves ... She scavenges for food … She’ll even eat ice-cream if she has to.
A dryly funny new picture book about a lap dog with a wild inner life, from multi-awardwinning author-illustrator Tohby Riddle.
Perfect for readers who like their humour wry and dry, and a brilliant book for classrooms as well – with the humour coming from the gap between the text and the drawings, this is a perfect entry into visual literacy lessons.
SEPTEMBER 2025
32 pages | 4-7 years | 250 x 220mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
THE WORLD WE CAN BUILD
Sally Rippin, Eliza Hull & Daniel Gray-Barnett
A light-hearted yet powerful picture book about accessibility and disability, and two kids who are inspired to build a better world.
Carla and Sam want to play together, but there’s nowhere in their neighbourhood that’s accessible to them both. That is, until Carla and Sam put their heads together to dream up a place where all kids can play together, and a wonderful new space is born. This fun, child-centred romp through a local neighbourhood belies a powerful picture book about accessibility, and what it truly means to be disabled.
Inspired by the social model of disability –namely, that people are disabled not by their own bodies, but by their environments – The World We Can Build creates a powerful lens through which to talk about and understand why accessibility is important for everyone.
MAY 2025
32 pages | 2-6 years | 275 x 225mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
TOO SCARED TO SLEEP! A TALE OF TWO SNAILS
Shaun Micallef & Jonathan Bentley
‘Happy slumbers,’ whispered Father as he left, but soon they started hearing other sounds – like creaks, a crack, a crunch, and then … a SHRIEK!
Tucked up inside their tree-trunk house, two small snails are too scared to sleep – and their father is running out of patience! But is it just the wind spooking them … or is there something lurking outside?
With gorgeous, silly-spooky illustrations from award-winning illustrator Jonathan Bentley, this Halloween picture book will surprise and delight the whole family.
32 pages | 3-6 years | 275 x 225mm
THE BOOKSHOP ON LEMON TREE
LANE
Mike Lucas & Sofya Karmazina
This endearing picture book is a love letter to bookshops and the space they provide for discovery and delight.
A little boy adores visiting the old bookshop down Lemon Tree Lane with his grandpa – its nooks and crannies, its endless stories and even the bookshop dog at the back. That is, until the day the owners box up the books, take down the shelves and lock the doors, and the bookshop is no more. But then something wonderful happens …
JUNE 2025
32 pages | 3-6 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
BABY, YOU’RE A RAINBOW
Sophie Beer
A celebration of new babies from the creator of the hit board book Love Makes a Family!
From the creator of the bestselling Love Makes a Family and Kindness Makes Us Strong comes this gorgeous, uplifting celebration of a family’s long-awaited new baby!
Babies can be loud like thunder, roly-poly like the clouds or jiggly like a raindrop – and they’re always full of wonder and delight! Growing families will adore this colourful comparison of babies and the weather in this original board book by beloved award-winning Australian illustrator Sophie Beer.
Featuring an inclusive range of families, parents and cultures, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together.
APRIL 2025
24 pages | 1-3 years | 215 x 215mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
THE TRUCK CAT
Deborah Frenkel & Danny Snell
The award-winning story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found.
Some cats are house cats. Some are apartment cats.
But Tinka is a truck cat. Tinka lives everywhere.
Along with his human, Yacoub, Tinka travels roads wide and narrow, near and distant. But no matter how much they travel, home feels very far away – for both of them.
Yacoub drives his truck to make a living, learning the landscape of a new country along the way, and longing for connection. When Tinka and Yacoub are unexpectedly separated, they are determined to find their way back to each other – and, in doing so, might find more than they expected …
MAY 2024
32 pages | 3-6 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
ALL THE FIRSTS
Toni D’Alia & Sian Wheatcroft
Join the cutest babies in town for their first smiles, first laughs, first teeth and first steps!
The perfect gift for new parents, newborns, one-year-olds and an adorable addition to any nursery.
All the Firsts is a heart-tugging and lyrical picture book that celebrates all the milestones in a baby’s first year of life.
APRIL 2025
24 pages | 0-2 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
MY FATHER’S ARMS
Toni D’Alia & Mimi Purnell
My father’s arms are magic. They tell me he loves me. In my father’s arms is my favourite place to be.
From bestselling Australian creators Toni D’Alia and Mimi Purnell comes a joyous celebration of all the tender, connected and loving dads out there.
JULY 2025
24 pages | 2-5 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
BAABINJE’S BACKYARD
Ella Noah Bancroft & Bronwyn Bancroft
New from the creators of Sun and Moon, Ella Noah Bancroft and million-copy bestseller Bronwyn Bancroft.
My baabinje always had dirt under her fingernails. She would take me out to the backyard and say, ‘Sit, Marli. Observe and connect with the day.’
From two brilliant Bundjalung women –acclaimed mother–daughter pair Bronwyn Bancroft and Ella Noah Bancroft – comes Baabinje’s Backyard, a joyous, colourful and wise picture book about a grandmother’s love for her garden, her Country and her family.
JULY 2025
32 pages | 3-7 years | 244 x 244mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
New Seasonal
BABY’S FIRST HALLOWEEN
Cheryl Orsini
A sweet and spooky celebration of baby’s first Halloween!
From the bestselling creator of Baby’s First Easter and Baby’s First Christmas comes the perfect addition to any Halloween offering –the ultimate go-to keepsake gift for babies everywhere.
SEPTEMBER 2025
22 pages | 0-2 years | 215 x 215mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
BABY’S FIRST
BIRTHDAY
Cheryl Orsini
A joyous and warm celebration of baby’s first birthday.
From the bestselling creator of Baby’s First Easter and Baby’s First Christmas comes a stunning evergreen title in this series – the ultimate go-to keepsake gift to celebrate the first birthday milestone of babies around the globe.
JUNE 2025
22 pages | 0-2 years | 215 x 215mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
CLARIS AND THE CHRISTMAS SURPRISE
Megan Hess
As the snow falls over Paris, Claris is busy baking sugar cookies and teeny-tiny cakes. But who are all these special gifts for?
Compassion is always in fashion in this dazzling new range of Claris storybooks for younger readers, created by the beloved fashion illustrator and art director Megan Hess. At this magical time of year, there are new friends to meet, old friends to adore and plenty of good cheer to go around!
With more than a million children’s books in print, Megan Hess’s beautiful rhyming picture books are adored worldwide. She is the creator of three bestselling picture book series for children: Claris, World of Claris and the Young Queens Collection.
SEPTEMBER 2025
32 pages | 2-5 years | 230 x 230mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
New Non -Fiction
AUSSIE COSY COLOURING
Minimoo Illustration
Take a moment to slow down with these heartwarming colouring books from beloved artist Mimi Purnell, also known as @mimimoo_illustration.
Perfect for quiet moments, the Aussie Cosy colour books will spark childlike joy in the art of colouring. Featuring a variety of cute and cosy hand-drawn images of Australian animals and their little nature-inspired homes and gardens, all 20 illustrations in each book are printed on single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through and keep your artwork looking cute and fresh.
Unleash your imagination and bring these snuggly, sweet scenes to life with vibrant colours. No matter the age, all inner artists find comfort and joy within these gorgeous pages.
TITLES IN SERIES: 3
JULY 2025
48 pages | All ages | 216 x 216mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
DOGS WITH JOBS
Andrea Rowe & Julia Murray
Give a bark for the dogs who do. Raise a paw for dogs with professions. Wag your tail for dogs who are trained to help humans out.
For hundreds of years, dogs with jobs have helped us in so many ways. Dogs have dedication, extraordinary noses, extra special skills to understand commands, the ability to pick up smells and sounds that humans can’t, and the power to comfort and communicate with the humans they love. Dogs can do almost anything we ask them to.
They’re dogs with jobs – from therapy and companion, to tracking and herding, and search and rescue support. They’re here to save the day in so many remarkable ways!
OCTOBER 2025
48 pages | 6-10 years | 275 x 225mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
FROGS ARE OUR FRIENDS
Toni D’Alia & Madeline White
Frogs Are Our Friends invites readers into a stunning garden to admire the important work of one little frog.
Down in the garden, away from the sun, a little green frog is having some fun!
Following on from Bees Are Our Friends and Worms Are Our Friends, comes the third book in the bestselling series, Our Friends in the Garden. JUNE 2025 24 pages | 3-6 years | 275 x 225mm
MIND-CONTROLLING BUGS
Aidan Doyle & Astred Hicks
A captivating non-fiction picture book that explores the bizarre world of parasites and their mind-controlling techniques.
Imagine not feeling the urge to escape from a predator – pretty terrifying right? That’s what happens to a cockroach when it’s stung by a jewel wasp! This beautiful but dangerous invader turns its host into a real-life zombie, controlling its mind and leading it to its doom.
But not all parasites are sinister – some help farmers protect their crops from pests. With an engaging writing style, author Aidan Doyle introduces 20 different insect species that have the incredible ability to control the minds of other creatures, revealing how they do it and why.
Packed with amazing science facts and stunning illustrations by Astred Hicks, the skin-crawling Mind-Controlling Bugs is sure to intrigue and entertain.
FEBRUARY 2025
48 pages | 6-12 years | 255 x 210mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE
World ex ANZ
SPECTACULAR SNAKES
Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery & Katie Melrose
Slither into the world of Spectacular Snakes with explorer and scientist Tim Flannery and his daughter, Emma, as they shine the spotlight on one of the world’s most beloved and surprising creatures!
There’s more to snakes than them being venomous and cold-blooded. Did you know a snake can still grow even when it hasn’t eaten for months? Or that snakes have flexible jaws that allow them to eat prey that’s much larger than them? Or that snakes are masters of disguise?
With more than 3,700 sub-species around the world, there’s a snake to delight and frighten every kind of reader, from Australia’s deadly Eastern brown snake to the green anaconda, the heaviest snake in the world. Not to mention the teeny-tiny Barbados thread snake, which is half as long as a pencil!
32 pages | 4-8 years | 300 x 235mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK, Denmark
Wildling
Books
inspire, delight and empower children.
Every storybook and resource can be used as a conversation-starter to explore emotional literacy, promote wellbeing, and help navigate every young wildling’s unique inner world.
HOW DO I FEEL?
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
A must-have dictionary for teaching and understanding emotions.
Exploring 60+ emotions, How Do I Feel? is an essential emotional literacy resource for parents, carers and educators looking to facilitate improved emotional communication with children. Throughout the book, Aroha and her friends share how different emotions present within the body and find the words to express how they truly feel to the trusted adults around them.
How Do I Feel? gives kids the opportunity to develop their emotional language, offering them a meaningful tool to recognise, label and understand their emotions, and strengthen their social-emotional learning (SEL) in the process.
144 pages | 5-18 years | 280 x 216mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
BIG EMOTIONS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
The perfect introduction to emotions big and small!
A simplified version of bestselling How Do I Feel?, this board book covers happiness, anger, excitement, frustration and more.
Tucked into the final spread, Big Emotions for Little People is complete with a simple belly-breathing tool.
FEBRUARY 2025
24 pages | 1-3 years | 170 x 170mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
LET IT FLOW
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
An accessible guide filled with tips to safely channel your emotional energy.
Exploring 25 methods of emotional release, Let it Flow is an essential emotional literacy resource for parents, carers and educators looking to facilitate improved emotional regulation with children. Throughout the book, children can learn how to channel their emotional energy in healthy, safe ways.
Let it Flow gives kids the opportunity to develop their emotional regulation tools, offering them a way to recognise, label and release their emotions, and strengthen their social-emotional learning (SEL) in the process.
APRIL 2025
64 pages | 5-18 years | 280 x 216mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
FINDING MY CALM
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
An expertly crafted book about building the confidence to overcome stressful moments through a fun, memorable rhyme!
Finding My Calm highlights the importance of mindfulness and self-regulating one’s emotions. The gentle narrative and accessible rhyme offers kids a meaningful way to explore mindfulness practices while strengthening their social-emotional learning (SEL).
APRIL 2025
48 pages | 3-7 years | 258 x 240mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
AROHA’S WAY
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
An expertly crafted, affirmative and reassuring book filled with simple tools to help children regulate emotions including exercise, belly breathing and sharing your worries.
Join Aroha on her journey to ward off nervousness, fear, worrying thoughts and apprehension in this soothing narrative. Aroha’s Way presents mindfulness and emotional regulation through a powerful story, offering kids a meaningful way to explore and take charge of their emotions while strengthening their social-emotional learning (SEL).
32 pages | 3-7 years | 258 x 240mm RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
AROHA KNOWS
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
An expertly crafted, calming and reassuring book filled with tools to harness the healing power of the natural world, including gardening, tree-planting, composting and more!
Aroha and her friends experience the joy of nature and explore how it can benefit our wellbeing. Aroha Knows highlights the positive effects of nature and how the outdoors is the perfect place to regulate one’s emotions. The gentle narrative offers kids a meaningful way to explore mindfulness practices while strengthening their social-emotional learning (SEL).
48 pages | 3-7 years | 258 x 240mm RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
AROHA’S CHOICE
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
A considered, inspirational and powerful book that highlights the significance and impact of a positive mindset.
Aroha recognises that her thoughts have the ability to help her overcome negative feelings, offering kids a practical way to examine their thought patterns and strengthen their socialemotional learning (SEL). Throughout the story, Aroha learns to forge positive pathways with her thoughts as a response to negative feelings, which leads her to a healthier – and more empowered – place.
40 pages | 3-7 years | 258 x 240mm
LET IT GO
Rebekah Lipp & Craig Phillips
A story about navigating big emotions.
Join Aroha and her friends as they navigate their way through four emotions (sadness, anger, shame and fear) by finding unique ways to release their feelings.
All Wildling Books share a genuine aim in helping kids understand, express and process their emotions through pictures and stories.
FEBRUARY 2025
48 pages | 3-7 years | 258 x 240mm
RIGHTS SOLD US, Canada, UK
New Fiction
A LITTLE BIT LOLA
Kiah Thomas & Bec Kitson
Meet Lola in this irresistible, full-colour junior fiction series! She might be the littlest bit of her family, but that doesn’t mean she can’t dream big …
In this charming and mischievous family-based series, youngest sibling Lola will inspire and delight young readers with her limitless imagination, unusual problem-solving skills and determination to prove she’s NOT as little as she seems.
Whether it’s devising a plan to become richer than the tooth fairy, or growing as big as a giant so that she can finally go on the waterslides, Lola always manages to succeed in the funniest and most surprising ways possible.
Perfect for fans of Princess in Black and Dory Fantasmagory!
TITLES IN SERIES: 4
BOOKS 1-2: SEPTEMBER 2025
96 pages | 4-8 years | 210 x 148mm
RIGHTS SOLD Italy
EBB & FLO
Laura Bunting & Philip Bunting
Ebb & Flo is a new children’s book series by internationally acclaimed picture book creators Laura and Philip Bunting, created to bring fun and laughter to the learn-to-read process, for children aged 4–8.
After a decade or so spent raising three keen readers and creating award-winning picture books, Ebb & Flo is the product of Laura and Philip’s combined parenting and publishing experience. This subtly insightful new series presents the perfect balance of education and entertainment, in a bid to keep children engaged and excited as they master the tricky skill of reading.
TITLES IN SERIES: 8
BOOKS 5-6: JUNE 2025
48 pages | 4-8 years | 225 x 159mm
RIGHTS SOLD UK, Spain (Spanish, Catalan, Basque), Portugal
BIG TROUBLE
Lachlann Carter & Douglas Holgate
Goosebumps meets Twilight Zone in this ridiculously funny new series from the illustrator of The Last Kids on Earth!
Maddie and Clare live in a quiet, palm tree-lined dead end with their dad and pet chicken, Terrible Chicken. It’s a place where not much happens, except for the odd small incident. Like a mass uprising of angry chairs. And the appearance of a prehistoric mutant fart gas. And an invasion of killer pineapples. But other than that, things are pretty boring in Dead End. You can see why Maddie and Clare have to make their own fun …
With three madcap adventures in each book and every spread packed with comic-style illustrations, this silly-spooky series has enough trouble to keep the whole family on the edge of their seat!
TITLES IN SERIES: 3
BOOK 3: SEPTEMBER 2025
208 pages | 6-10 years | 190 x 150mm
RIGHTS SOLD
Denmark
SCHOOL OF MONSTERS
Sally Rippin & Chris Kennett
Dr Seuss meets Sesame Street in this globally successful and monstrously fun series for first readers.
With over a million copies sold worldwide, this smash-hit early-reader series is guaranteed to spark a love of reading! With bouncing rhymes, accessible storytelling and simple yet entertaining narratives, every story follows a weird and wonderful monster through their day at school. Early readers can start building confidence by sounding out the last word on every line, and then work their way up to reading the whole story.
The fun continues even after the story finishes, as every book features a decodable word game, a guide to fostering early literacy and a how-to-draw spread.
TITLES IN SERIES: 30
BOOKS 25-26: AUGUST 2025
48 pages | 4-7 years | 210 x 148mm
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US, Canada (English and French), Germany, Spain (Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician), The Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal, Brazil, Slovenia, Ukraine, China, Korea
SCHOOL OF MONSTERS AND BEYOND
Sally Rippin & Chris Kennett
A monster-sized look-and-find series exploring what the beloved characters from School of Monsters do all day!
Sam’s mum is a baker, Pete’s brother is a librarian and Dom’s nan is a doctor. In this exciting deep-dive into the world of monsters and beyond, discover the different jobs monsters do all day and the incredible places they work.
Every spread is filled with busy, detailed illustrations of the world and its characters in Chris Kennett’s inimitable style, alongside Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin’s charming text!
TITLES IN SERIES: 2
BOOK 2: APRIL 2025
48 pages | 4-8 years | 287 x 210mm
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US, Canada (English and French), Spain (Spanish and Catalan)
BILLIE B BROWN
Sally Rippin & Aki Fukuoka
With more than ten million books in print around the world, the feisty, loveable star of Billie B Brown has helped a generation of readers love learning to read!
Every story follows Billie, a bold, brilliant everyday kid who loves playing with her best friend, Jack.
Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there’s plenty of books from the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin to explore!
TITLES IN SERIES: 30
BOOKS 28-30: AUGUST 2025
48 pages | 4-8 years | 198 x 129mm
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HEY JACK!
Sally Rippin & Stephanie Spartels
From the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin comes this fantastic and beloved first chapter-book series.
Every story follows Jack, a friendly, everyday kid who loves playing with his best friend, Billie.
Created to help build emotional literacy, every book in the Hey Jack! series explores a particular emotion – such as worry, happiness, excitement or disappointment – in a relatable way for young readers. Whether it’s about friends, family or feelings, there’s no challenge Jack can’t figure out!
TITLES IN SERIES: 25
48 pages | 4-8 years | 198 x 129mm
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POLLY AND BUSTER
Sally Rippin
The beloved magical trilogy about friendship and courage.
From Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin comes the spellbinding and beloved Polly and Buster trilogy about the unlikely and forbidden friendship between a witch and a monster. Whoever heard of a witch and a monster being friends? Everyone knows that witches don’t mix with monsters. Witches are educated, clever, sophisticated. But monsters? Monsters are just uncouth. Some are even dangerous.
But Polly the witch and Buster the feelings monster have been best friends forever. It’s the sort of friendship that makes your heart squeeze with happiness. Somehow, they’ve managed to keep their friendship a secret. Until one day, when everything changes ...
TITLES IN SERIES: 3
288 pages | 7-10 years | 189 x 142mm
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US (English and Spanish), Canada, Spain (Spanish and Catalan), Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Brazil
RUN
Sarah Armstrong
Hatchet meets Stand By Me in this brilliantly suspenseful middle-grade novel about a runaway who comes across a mysterious family hiding in the tangled Australian wilderness.
When twelve-year-old Cas runs away to avoid a reunion with his estranged father, he soon finds himself lost in the wild forest, completely alone and without help. Or is he?
There’s a strange, secretive family hiding in the bush – and although they say they’re just living off-grid, it seems they’re on the run. Cas isn’t sure he can trust them, but if he wants to survive then he has no choice. Even though he suspects they’re on the run for committing murder …
AUGUST 2025
320 pages | 9-12 years | 198 x 128mm
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World ex ANZ
THE JANE DOE CHRONICLES
Jeremy Lachlan
Step inside. Don’t look back. Forward is the only way. His Dark Materials meets Mad Max in this unforgettable blockbuster adventure series about the world between worlds.
The explosive finale in the bestselling fantasyadventure series about a girl called Jane Doe, and her adventures through the mysterious labyrinth between the worlds, that it turns out, she actually has the ability to control herself – a power that ultimately puts her in great danger with a god-king who wants that power for himself.
Every page of this outrageously action-packed, fast-paced thrill ride brims with near-misses, epic collisions and plenty of wisecracks, with incredible world-building that fans of Percy Jackson and Nevermoor will adore.
BOOK 4: SEPTEMBER 2025
432 pages | 11-15 years | 208 x 148mm
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IT’S THE SOUND OF THE THING
Maxine Beneba Clarke
An exuberant and evocative collection of poetry for young people from Maxine Beneba Clarke, one of Australia’s most innovative and celebrated poets.
This extraordinary collection celebrates the joy of language and features enticing and relatable poems about everyday life – the sounds of the block, the boredom of detention and the happenings in the schoolyard. Poems about candy, peanut butter and pets. Poems about a big brother’s messy room, a grandfather’s fading memory and a grandmother’s garden magic.
Through haiku, sonnets, narrative verse, rhyming couplets, limericks, free verse, tongue-twisters and more, Maxine invites readers to fall in love with the wonder that is poetry.
208 pages | 9-15 years | 198 x 128mm
RIGHTS AVAILABLE World ex ANZ
STUFF I’M (NOT) SORRY
FOR
Maxine Beneba Clarke
An exuberant and evocative collection of poetry for young people from Maxine Beneba Clarke, one of Australia’s most innovative and celebrated poets.
The unbearable itch of chicken pox. The annoyance of sharing a Spotify account with your parents. The delight of smearing tomato sauce over everything you eat. The bright rainbow lights of the roller derby. The glorious sticky sweetness of fairy floss. The rebellion of the fake tattoo you know your nan will hate. The pesky blowfly that nobody in the class can catch.
In sonnets, pantoums, narrative verse, free verse, blackout poems, tongue-twisters, limericks, found poems, concrete poems, rhyming couplets, haiku and more, Stuff I’m (Not) Sorry For makes magic from the ordinary.
MAY 2025
208 pages | 9-15 years | 198 x 128mm
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World ex ANZ
