It’s the end of the day and one little sheep is tired. All they want is the perfect to spot to close their eyes and drift off for a peaceful and restful night’s slumber. But the hill is too windy, the valley too stony, the wood too dangerous and the cave too scary. Try as they might, nowhere is quite right. Will the sleepy sheep ever find somewhere to sleep…

No need to be sheepish in recommending this wooly tale! Sure to get ewe laughing, Where Will the Sleepy Sheep Sleep? - try saying that fast - is a baa-rilliantly funny caper where one of the sheep that we count when we are struggling to doze off is the one that is having the sleeping problems. The simple quest for the perfect place to sleep takes all manner of funny turns as sleepy sheep searches high and low without success, each place having various flaws and forcing the protagonist to move on.

They say not to judge a book by its cover but there are exceptions, and A Friend For Ruby definitely falls into that category. If the front cover is wow then what awaits inside is wow and then some.

Ruby is having a bad week; Nell has stolen her fruit, Joan has called her names and nobody has chosen her for dancing. When she finds a washed up creature on the beach on her way home from school she is sure she has found a friend. At home, Ruby takes great care of her new friend, feeding it, grooming it, playing with it and turning her cubby into a safe place for the creature to stay (hidden away from Granma). But a child’s home is no place for a wild ocean creature who pines for its lost family. Ruby needs to take the creature back where it belongs and whilst one friendship may be ending another one may just be beginning…

Victorian London provides the backdrop for a rollicking historical heist that is packed with more twists and turns than the cobbled laneways of England’s capital.

Welcome to the Home for Unfortunate Girls - a school where disabled children and those deemed undesirable end up after being prised away from their families. Over the years, Cosima, also known as ‘number one’ on account of her being the first arrival at the home, has been joined by other ‘unfortunates’.

When not unpicking rope, Cos, Diya, Pearl and Mary bring a bit of mischief into their lives with their plucky heists that usually involve cakes, biscuits and other sweet goodies. The appearance of a mysterious, well-to-do stranger wanting to adopt the girls dramatically raises the stakes. Forget bakewell tarts and victoria sponge, the girls are going to steal a priceless jewel and expose a fraud. The heist of a lifetime may just bring Cos closer to something she wants more than anything…the truth about her parents…

Sunny blue skies and a balcony above bustling streets in the south of France have provided the perfect place to join the sprightly, moustache-donning, beret-wearing Montgomery Bonbon for her latest mystery solving adventure. And what another cracker it is.

Ten-year-old Bonnie Montgomery is the self-proclaimed world’s greatest detective, a reputation that grows with every case that she cracks. Ordinary school girl one moment, mysterious detective the next as she transforms into her alter ego Montgomery Bonbon - the suave and no-nonsense foreign detective with an extraordinary talent for solving mysteries that regular law enforcement cannot. And her newest case is fan-tasche-tic!

Death is a hard part of life but a part just the same and it is sure to knock a young person’s life sideways when it happens to someone or something that they care about. Books are an invaluable resource in helping children understand loss, deal with a wave of unfamiliar emotions and eventually how to heal. Ben Brooks’ emotion-filled fantasy adventure does all of these things and it is well worth buying a ticket to board a train that offers a journey and travelling companion like no other.

Grandma Ellen and Elliot Oppenheim were the very best of friends. She was the one that introduced him to the wonder and magic of music. When she dies, Elliot cannot stand to hear music anymore, vows never to play his violin again and wants to hide away from the world. He is  lost in grief and despair until he discovers a mysterious ticket under his pillow. A discovery that is quickly followed by the appearance of a small, well-dressed dragon in his bedroom. A train station has appeared inside Elliot’s wardrobe. All aboard The Night Train. But where will it lead and what does it want Elliot to discover…

Sharks are often given a bad rep but there’s nothing to be frightened of in joining the cute, funny and very endearing stars of Rebecca Timmis’ new series. Let’s dive right in…

Finley the reef shark lives in the town of Chumville. By day, he and his mates are ordinary shark kids. At night, they transform into famous musicians and are the four members of everyone’s favourite band…JAWSOME! Being a rockstar isn’t always cruisy. A lead singer quitting the band and an investigative reporter keen to sniff out the secret identities of the band members has Jawsome feeling far from awesome. Can the friends get to the bottom of the shark-nanigans, deliver a legendary concert and keep their double lives hidden…

The everlasting bonds of father and child are honoured in a joyous homage to fatherhood.

Daddies love lots of things. Some love to cook and create new things. Some love to play and explore. Some love to fix the old and build the new. Some love to learn whilst others love to dream. But there’s one thing that daddies love best of all, can you guess what it is…

Thirteen devoted Black daddies and their children take centre stage in a delightful picture book that acknowledges all the fathers out there and the endless and unconditional love that they give to their children each and every day, morning through night. 

Badly behaving book creates buzz about the endless possibilities of reading and is sure to get youngsters excited.

It’s Noah’s day for Show and Tell and he’s got the perfect book to share. Just one problem…the characters have all escaped. There’s an alien in the lunchbox, a witch in the PE bag, a goblin at the desk, a ghost in the toilet and a dragon in the playground. With story-time looming and the characters misbehaving, Noah needs a plan. Can he get everyone back where they belong? Will Noah's book behave for long enough for him to share the story...

Gloria is not like the others in her brood. Bold, brave and a bit-of-a-show-off she lives by her own set of rules and is the freest of free range chooks. When Gloria doesn’t return to the coop, the family fear the worse. Whilst the hens argue over who is at fault for making her run away, Gloria is much closer than they think. With only her will to survive and measly rations will she be found in time? Will the brood welcome her back with open feathers…

Uprooted and homeless gargoyle provides valuable lesson in not completely destroying and forgetting the past in the quest for future convenience.

Despite his age and tired-appearance, no-one on the train shows any kindness to the gargoyle. No-one offers a hand, no-one volunteers a seat, no-one says a word. The boy notices though. When the gargoyle departs, leaving a suitcase behind, the boy is compelled to open it. Incased within, memory, upon memory, upon memory. The gargoyle has observed it all. But those bright days are long gone. In a decaying city, could a tiny seed hold the key to a brighter future…