Item category 1: Short Chapter Book

Jingle bells and dancing snowflakes! Christmas was coming and suddenly my life as a classroom hamster became unsqueakably exciting! The music teacher, Miss Lark, spent a lot of time in Room 26, preparing our class for Longfellow School's Winter Wonderland show so there was plenty of fun!

Humphrey gets the surprise of his classroom life when he gets a whizzy hamster racing car. It's bright red with a stripe down the side and he loves-loves-loves it! He practises as hard as he can, because there's going to be a pet race. If he tries really hard, will he win? Humphrey's in for anoth...

Roo loves visiting Grandpa in his cottage by the sea. The house is filled with objects and each holds an incredible adventure from Grandpa's past. But some memories are too big to keep inside. How can Roo help Grandpa remember those?

During a walk to the headland near Marigold Beach, Eve introduces Oscar to her new friend, an endangered octopus she has been visiting for the last three days. But soon after, Eve and Oscar are transported to another world. Eve finds herself swaying to the rhythm of the ocean as she stands on the...

Betsey Biggalow is here! She may be small but she's full of bright and shiny ideas about new trainers, winning at marbles and even helping the world! Join Betsey on four short, sun-filled adventures as she learns you don't have to be big to make a big difference.

Meet Betsey Biggalow the Detective. With her hat, glasses and long coat, she definitely looks the part and it is up to her to solve the mystery of the missing teddy. Aided by Prince the detective dog, she soon makes a surprising discovery.

Nathan's mum hates spiders and won't let Nathan buy a tarantula. What she doesn't know is that he's already got one and it's living under his bed!

When Maxine has a plan, you can be sure it involves her twin brothers Anthony and Edward. You can also be sure it involves BIG TROUBLE! From rescuing Syrup the cat to cooling people down at the local swimming pool, no problem is too tricky for Girl Wonder and the Terrific Twins. But things don't ...

Grandma Gertie is rather strange. With her big square glasses and a parrot on her hat, Anna and Kasper don't know what to make of her. But Grandma's got a secret. Grandpa Bert is a ghost and he's travelled all the way from Barbados squished inside her handbag! Even worse, they're being followed a...

In the prison kingdom of Vakunda, a wicked wizard has kidnapped Queen Aroha's nephew. Tom and Elenna must face four new and deadly Beasts as they battle to rescue the boy. In book one of this series they travel to a monstrous jungle and do battle with a ferocious orang-utan!