Enjoy a summer of fantastic stories with the best new Australian fiction for kids. Discover cool new authors and new titles in your favourite series,
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90 days of summer reading junior highlights
Try great stories Lenny's book of everything by Karen Foxlee and The dog runner by Bren MacDibble. Solve some mysteries with new books Undercover by Jacqueline Harvey and Jinxed! The curious curse of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie.
Laugh out loud with Real pigeons nest hard by Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood, Hopping weird! by Anh Do or the mighty 117 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths.
Summer reading recommendations for children
- A great escape by Felice Arena
- Hasina Michelle Aung Thin
- Sophia and the Corner Park Clubhouse by Davina Bell
- Lemonade Jones and the great school fete by Davina Bell and Karen Blair
- The big bad wolf by Aaron Blabey
- Mr Walker gets the inside scoop by Jess Black
- Mika and Max by Laura Bloom
- The utterly indescribable thing that happened in Huggabie Falls by Adam Cece
- Move the mountains by Emily Conolan
- Atticus Van Tasticus by Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King
- 47 degrees by Justin D'Ath
- Hopping weird! by Anh Do
- Into the wild by Anh Do
- Ninja switch by Anh Do
- Squidge Dibley destroys the school by Mick Elliott
- The quest diaries of Max Crack by Jules Faber
- The days of in between by Peter Valentine Fenton
- Lenny's book of everything by Karen Foxlee
- Zelda Stitch: term 2 by Nicki Greenberg
- 117 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths
- How to make a movie in 12 days by Fiona Hardy
- Fully booked by Tim Harris
- Undercover by Jacqueline Harvey
- A different land by Paul Jennings
- Scorch dragons by Amie Kaufman
- Winston and the wondrous Wooba Gymnastics Club by Tamsin Janu
- Songbird by Ingrid Laguna
- Pie in the sky by Remy Lai
- Race for the Red Dragon by Rebecca Lim
- Real pigeons nest hard by Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood
- The dog runner by Bren MacDibble
- Catch a falling star by Meg McKinlay
- Jinxed! The curious curse of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie
- Leave taking by Lorraine Marwood
- Black cockatoo by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
- The slightly alarming tale of the whispering wars by Jaclyn Moriarty
- The school camp kerfuffle by Richard Newsome
- Don't follow Vee by Oliver Phommavanh
- The search for the silver witch by Sally Rippin
- The Girlhoods by Hilary Rogers
- Melody Trumpet by Gabrielle Tozer
- Sherlock Bones and the natural history mystery by Renee Treml
- Sick bay by Nova Weetman
- The speedy spidersaurus by Nova Weetman
- Squishy Taylor and the secret envelope by Ailsa Wild
More information
For more information, contact Boroondara Library Service on 9278 4666 or submit a query using the Ask a Librarian form.
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Image: cover detail of A different land by Paul Jennings