Blondie may be a little pony, but she has a big dream — to be a royal horse! But is she too small for the job? When Blondie sneaks into the royal parade in honour of Rapunzel, will her golden mane catch the princess's eye, or will it catch on her own little hooves?

Meet the newest members of the Disney Royal Family — the adorable Palace Pets are sure to capture your heart! Journey with Blondie as she learns all about love, nurture and friendship, with some princess pampering along the way!

Palace Pets — the cutest new friends in the kingdom of imagination.

Focusing on well-being, this hilarious collection intertwines favourite classic fairytales with a twist on health, hygiene and nutrition.

Contains:

• Give Us a Smile Cinderella
• Keep Running Gingergread Man
• Eat Your Greens, Goldilocks
• Blow Your Nose, Big Bad Wolf

There was an old bloke who swallowed a present.
I don’t know why he swallowed a present...
Now that’s not pleasant!

The old bloke has swallowed one of Santa’s presents! Keep an eye on your Christmas tree and guard your stockings, because now he’s on the hunt for more Christmas snacks!

Rachel is in the kitchen, warm and safe.

Her father is in the trenches, cold and afraid.

When Rachel makes biscuits for her father, she adds the love, warmth and hope that he needs.

This is a touching story of a family torn apart by war but brought together through the powerful simplicity of Anzac biscuits. Anzac Biscuits delicately entwines the desolation of life on the front line with the tenderness of life on the home front.

An action-packed assortment of Marvel storybooks based on movie storyline and illustrated with graphic art!

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Can Captain America overcome an unanticipated and powerful adversary — The Winter Soldier?

Guardians of the Galaxy
Can a rag-tag gang of unlikely heroes protect the universe from total destruction?

Thor: The Dark World
Can the mighty Thor and his band of friends restore order across the Cosmos?

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Can the Avengers stop the evil robot Ultron and save the world?

Iron Man 3
Can Tony Stark beat a villainous madman without the help of his greatest invention: Iron Man?

5 hardcovers, each 42 pp.

Forget Rio and the Olympic Games in 2016; for us it will be about a wombat ... winning. Yes, Mothball has become an athlete, albeit a little accidentally.

In her never-ending quest for carrots, Mothball stumbles upon children at the local school competing in their school sports. And despite her somewhat limited physique and lack of training, Mothball manages to go home with a gold medal.

Why puff and pant when you can eat, sleep and scratch?

From the award-winning, bestselling creators of Diary of a Wombat.

An extraordinary depiction of all that Anzac Day means to us—in honour of the men and women who returned from war, and the sons, fathers, grandfathers and good mates who did not.

Christobel Mattingley, illus David Kennett. 32-pp hardcover. Middle/Upper Primary.

Watch out — the crayons are back and they're crosser than ever!

One day Duncan receives a set of postcards from his crayons who been lost, forgotten, broken — even melted in a clothes dryer and stuck to a pair of underpants!

An hilarious text and joyful illustrations combine to show that crayons have feelings too in this laugh-out-loud sequel to bestselling picture book The Day the Crayons Quit.

Nominated for an Academy Award, 'Happy' was the best-selling song of 2014 in the United Kingdom, and has topped the charts in more than seventy-five countries worldwide.

Now Pharrell Williams brings his beloved song to the youngest of readers in photographs of children across cultures celebrating what it means to be happy. All the exuberance of the song pulses from these vibrant photographs of excited, happy kids. This is a picture book full of memorable, precious childhood moments that will move readers in the same way they were moved by the song.

'Happy' has had the world dancing ever since it first hit the airwaves, and now the irresistibly cheerful tune will come to life on the page with Pharrell Williams's very first picture book! A keepsake and true classic in the making.

A funny early reader about a bird looking for a friend.

The Level 1 book opens with Moo Bird chirping "moo" instead of "tweet". He feels different, like he doesn't belong with the other birds. He goes looking for a cow, which he finds. But the cow doesn't want anything to do with a moo-ing bird. Finally, the bird finds a friend... who will it be?

The fire awoke like a dragon. Its flames licked the sky, and smoke veiled the sun.
With a hungry crackle and an angry hiss, the cruel beast circled, trapping them.
Until, through the smoke, knights appeared.
Through the Smoke tells the story of three kids, their imagination and a frightening fire in the Australian bush.

I went walking.
What did you see?
I saw a black cat
Looking at me.

So begins a young boy's exciting adventure with a menagerie of colourful animals. By the end of his walk he has a zany parade following him.

Julie Vivas' whimsical painting lend humour to this simple story. Children will enjoy identifying the animals and colours, and reciting the text.