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The fifth collection of adventures featuring Billie B Brown’s best friend, Jack!

From Australia's best-selling female author, Sally Rippin, comes Polly and Buster - a brand new junior fiction series about the magic of friendship. Who ever heard of a witch and a monster being friends? Everyone knows that witches don't mix with monsters. Witches are educated, clever, sophisticated. But monsters? Monsters are just uncouth. Some are even dangerous. But Polly the witch and Buster the feelings monster have been best friends forever.

Billie B Brown's best friend, Jack, finally gets to be the star of the show in this first collection of five stories from the popular Hey Jack! series. Join Jack in his first collection of crazy adventures - he might be shy, but he shines in his school musical, builds excellent Lego castles and even makes his own robot costumes out of cardboard boxes!

Join Billie B Brown and the Secret Mystery Club as they solve three more spooky Billie B mysteries! The fabulous Billie B Brown and her pals in the Secret Mystery Club solve three more neighbourhood whodunits in their own special way!

Jack's back! The fourth collection of stories from the popular Hey Jack! series, featuring Billie B Brown's best friend, Jack. 'The Toy Sale': Jack is selling the toys he doesn't play with anymore. There's some old Lego, a scruffy teddy bear and a robot dog that doesn't work. But when Jack sees other kids having fun with his stuff, will he regret the whole idea? 'The Other Teacher': Jack's class has a new teacher who seems really cool. But then Jack breaks a rule he didn't even know existed! Maybe the teacher's not so great after all....

The fabulous Billie and her pals in the Secret Mystery Club solve three neighbourhood whodunits in their own special way! Spooky House: Billie and her friends dare each other to explore the spooky house at the end of the street. They are sure it's haunted. So scary! But if anyone can handle ghosts, it's Billie B Brown!

Billie B Brown is brave, brilliant and bold, and the star of her very own super-dooper series. Whether she’s playing soccer, learning ballet with her best friend Jack, or getting used to a new baby brother, fun and feisty Billie B Brown always has a creative way to save the day.

Billie B Brown is back! Do you remember what the B stands for? It’s for brave, brilliant and bold! The Billie B stories have quickly become favourites for girls all over the world. This audio collection brings together five favourite Billie B Brown books in one volume, including The Beautiful Haircut, The Perfect Present, The Secret Message, The Big Sister and The Birthday Mix-Up.

Billie B Brown is brave, brilliant and bold, and the star of her very own super-dooper series. Whether she’s playing soccer, learning ballet with her best friend, Jack, or getting used to a new baby brother, fun and feisty Billie B Brown always has a creative way to save the day. This audio collection brings together five favourite Billie B Brown books in one volume including The Little Lie, The Best Project, The Spotty Holiday, The Cutest Pet Ever and The Copycat Kid.

Meet Billie B Brown! Do you know what the B stands for? It's for Brave, Brilliant, and Bold! The Billie B misadventures have quickly become favourites for girls all over the world. This audio collection brings together five favourite Billie B Brown audiobooks in one volume.

When author Sally Rippin discovered her child was struggling to read, she assumed it would sort itself out over time. She couldn’t have been more wrong. Her son’s dyslexia and ADHD went unsupported for years, leaving him behind his peers and labelled ‘difficult’ by an education system that couldn’t easily cater to neurodivergent kids. By the time Sally learned how to advocate for him, it was—almost—too late. Told through the eyes of a parent who started out by doing everything wrong, Wild Things is about how we can help all kids find the joy in reading.

The fifth collection including five stories from the internationally best-selling series about the bright, funny and loveable Billie B Brown! Billie B Brown is brave, brilliant and bold, and the star of her very own super-dooper series. Whether she’s playing soccer, learning ballet with her best friend, Jack, or getting used to a new baby brother, fun and feisty Billie B Brown always has a creative way to save the day.

Billie B Brown’s best friend, Jack, is the star of the show in the third collection of stories from the popular Hey Jack! series.

Polly the witch and Buster the monster shouldn’t be friends. And they definitely shouldn’t be on the run from almost everyone in town. But when Polly is called to the Hollow Valley Mines - the forbidden, haunted mines - by her magic stones, these two best friends have a big decision to make. Do they stay hidden and safe or risk it all to save the day?

Mary Has the Best Pet. You shouldn’t bring a pet to school. But Mary’s pet is super cool! You're not supposed to bring your pet to the School of Monsters if you haven't fed them yet. But Mary loves her little pet! Surely it will be ok to sneak him inside her hat just for the morning. Hairy Sam Loves Bread and Jam. Sam makes a mess when he eats jam. Can he fix it? Yes, he can! Hairy Sam just can't help himself. He loves bread and jam! But what happens when he gets sticky jam all over the school and the other monsters? He'll have to figure out a way to save the day.

Frank's dad is a farmer, Jess's brother drives a garage truck, and Jack's mum is a firefighter. In this exciting deep-dive into the world of monsters and beyond, discover the different jobs monsters do all day and the incredible vehicles they drive.

The second collection of the funniest, silliest and most accessible series, School of Monsters, includes: Bat-Boy Tim Says BOO!, William Is a Star, Luna Boo Has Feelings Too, Frank Is a Big Help and Jess Makes a Mess.

In The Deep End, Billie’s class starts swimming lessons in the big pool. Will Billie be too scared to swim in the deep end?

Bruno Won't Dance: Bruno is a talented dancer, but he’s too shy to bust a move in front of his classmates. Pip Loves to Cook: Cooking is Pip’s favourite thing to do. But when she accidentally follows the wrong recipe, it’s a disaster. Bug's First Day: It’s Bug’s first day at school, and he’s worried that he’s the only one who needs help learning. Jem's Big Idea: Jem is fast, and Jem is strong – but she's always found first in hide and seek! Jack's Many Moods: Sometimes, Jack's feelings are way too big!

The thrilling finale to the much-loved Polly and Buster trilogy, written by award-winning and best-selling author Sally Rippin. Is being best friends enough to save a whole town? Polly and Buster have always believed that witches and monsters can be friends, but it seems no-one else agrees. With the witches furious and the monsters in uproar, their whole town is heading for a war...and yet no-one realises that a much greater menace lurks nearby. Can Polly and Buster bring everyone together in time to save their town from the biggest danger of all?