Picture Books Highlights

It's a George Thing

Written By David Bedford, Illustrated by Russell Julian, Egmont, Paperback
RRP $14.95, Available

George the zebra has two best friends, Peachy and Moon. Everyday they get together to play Big Ball and Rocks. The trouble is, Big Ball and Rock?s aren?t? really George?s thing. He doesn?t understand them, and he?s not very good at them. But what can he do? Then, one day, he hears some special music and suddenly things take a turn for the better…

Don't Read This Book

Written by Jill Lewis, and Illustrated by Deborah Allwright, Paperback
RRP RRP $16.95, Egmont, Available

The King is about to star in a brand new story, but - wait a minute! What's this? The story has dissapeard! You'd better go do something else instead..

The Thirsty Flowers

Written by Tony Wilson and illustrated by Julie Knoblock, Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardback
RRP $24.95, Available
The Thirsty Flowers

In the tradition of Banjo Patterson and Dr. Seuss comes a new Australian classic by Tony Wilson and Julie Knoblock in time for summer 2006.

This famous story is loved by all flowers
It's told and retold around flowerbeds for hours
The star of the show is young Sunflower Sam
(More Sunflower Boy than Sunflower Man).

He leads his brave bunch in a fight for survival
Mad Jack McCann is his bitter arch-rival
Stay tuned for the greatest of all flower missions
And share in the richest of floral traditions!

Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Frightful Adventure

Written by Kristina, Egmont, Paperback
RRP RRP $16.95, Available

At the top of a tall, tall tower with a pointy roof something is stirring. Lightning fl ashes, thunder roars and something goes bump in the night. Enter Sir Charlie Stinky Socks – honourable, feisty and courageous as always. But will our clever hero be able to thwart his foes in this ghostly adventure or will he succumb to the hideous Cellar Dweller? Sequel to the hugely popular Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure.

Alphabet: A Child's First ABC, A Child's First 1-2-3, Picture This

Alison Jay, Hardie Grant Egmont, Board Book, Paperback
RRP $12.95, Picture This 14.95, Available

Alison Jay’s signature illustration style brings a child's fist numbers and ABC to life. There is much more hiding in the illustrations than at first appears…

Aaaarrgghh Spider!

Lydia Monks, Egmont, Paperback
RRP $14.95, Available

All Spider wants is to be a family pet, but the family whose house it lives in are terrified of it. How will Spider ever win them over?

The Night Pirates

Peter Harris illustrations by Deborah Allwright, Egmont, Paperback
RRP $14.95, Available

One night, young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window and what should he see but pirates...GIRL PIRATES! Tom joins their pirate adventure across the high seas to an island where some rather lazy and silly grown-up pirates are guarding treasure.

Flat Stanley Picture Book

Jeff Brown, Egmont Books, Paperback
RRP $16.95, Available

Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. One night, a giant bulletin board falls on top of him leaving him completely flat. At first Stanley enjoys the benefits of his strange predicament – it can be fun going in and out of rooms simply by sliding under the door. And it’s a hoot being posted to your friends in California for a holiday. But it’s not always easy being different, and once the novelty begins to wear off, Stanley wishes he could be just like everybody else again. But how will he ever fill out?