Item category 1: Picture Books for Older Readers

Join Spidey, Spin and Ghost-Spider for two exciting tales in this heroic collection of stories filled with awesome artwork! Read along as Team Spidey battle the bad guys and learn about how the power of teamwork can save the day!

Teenage spy Alex is forced into the Australian secret service. His target is the criminal underworld of South East Asia, and a ruthless organisation known as the Snakehead.

Woolfrik and Perigold are two down-on-their-luck cats in need of some extra cash, so they've decided to become professional monster slayers - except they don't know the first thing about it! So when a huge beast starts rampaging through the town, they are put to the ultimate test. But the monster...

P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red colour remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a lif...

D.J. and Gina are totally ordinary kids. But Hilo isn't. He's an alien robot from another world! Hilo is just settling into life on Earth (Bowling? Knock-knock jokes? Outstanding!) when strange portals begin opening up all over town and even stranger creatures are coming through them! But it will...

Chiri is a fun-loving super cook looking for fresh adventures and ingredients, but her love of exploration has landed her in some serious magical trouble and she's going to need all the help she can get to find home again. Chiri and best friend Dai live in an orphanage right next to the deepest, ...

A heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby. For most of her 12 years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance ...

Meowza! Space pugs have landed in Kittyopolis and they're after the space meatball that gave Max his powers! Can Max and Mindy save Kittyopolis?! Sometimes being a hero means knowing when to ask for help, and it will take a whole universe of good guys working together to stop these space dogs! Lu...

Paddington returns to Peru with the Brown family to visit Aunt Lucy at The Home for Retired Bears. There they find a mystery that plunges them into an unexpected and thrilling journey through the Amazon rainforest and up the mountain peaks of Peru.

Antarctic penguins Pablo and Splash are polar opposites and besties for life. Pablo is a home-bird and a careful planner. Splash is easily bored and hungry for adventure. Sick to her flippers of the harsh, freezing weather, Splash persuades Pablo to go on a holiday with her. But far from the luxu...