Momo celebrating time to read

"At the beginning, just bits of wood. Something to hold them together. Some string perhaps. Just a few bits and pieces and odds and end...

"You know what she told them? To stop it. To go away.  That she was waiting for Kiri to come home." Early in this story there are ...

Pure summer fun. Kirkus Star review "Everyone is sweating, and smiling, and skip stepping toward ... OUR POOL." "First stop i...

"Out on the ocean, one bright summer day, bound for an island, still five miles away, a tugboat was towing a truck on a barge- a truck ...

"My family are alkonosts, which means we're descended from the ancient bird-people of our island. Most alkonosts look similar to hu...

  A new family arrive at a new house on a new street in a new neighbourhood. Being new can feel lonely, but on Kelly Street the neighbours a...

Opening sentence: A long time ago, Amelia Ellicott's family owned most of Sampson Street, from the fish-and-chip shop on the corner to t...

  "Dad gives me a coin, it's for anything that I choose. I put it in my pocket and keep it safe with my fingers." There are so...

Blurb:  Something special has been gifted to you. Join your neighbours, Saturday, 6.00 pm, on the roof. Living on the thirty-second floor of...

Amanda and her mum live on the fifteenth floor of an enormous apartment complex. Heaps of kids live in this building. Today is the day, afte...

We have fish merchants, and smokers that smoke the fish, blacksmiths and basketmakers, butchers and bakers. There are cosy cafes and tiny sh...