Collection: Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction

Bella has a secret - one that she is very good at keeping. The secret is a den, hidden among trees on a muddy slope. Nearby, some foxes have a den of their own. But when the secret is betrayed, the foxes' lives are put in danger, and so is a special friendship.

"As an employee in the Fabled Stables, young Auggie loves his job at the Fabled Stables, but he fears the day when it will come to an end. Fen keeps dropping hints that caretakers don't stay forever, and its giving Auggie the grumps. Thankfully, there always seems to be a new stall to fill. This ...

Cam and Sophie feel like they've been travelling forever to get to the rainforest and the river and their cousins. They just want to see a platypus in the wild, but with the rain tipping down and the river turning wild they can't see a thing. Until suddenly, they can. A platypus is just below the...

Brother and Sister Bear and their cousin, Fred, plan a dog show for the annual church fair that has everyone in Beartown excited, including Too-Tall and his gang, who have a plan for stirring things up.

Although she is a very good soccer player, Sister Bear is not allowed to try out for the team until she is bigger, and so she signs up to be the team manager in hopes of proving herself to the coach.

Wombat won't leave his Safety Zone. Nope. No way. Not even for his favourite treat... sweet, sweet bush berries. But Roo believes she can do anything if she puts her mind to it. Especially tracking down some delicious berries for dinner. Even if those berries do happen to be growing at the very t...

Bertie is NOT looking forward to spending the summer holidays on stinky Long Bottom Farm. But things take an interesting turn when he encounters Nugget, the alien chicken. Nugget's mission is to find the Earth's most important resource and transport it back to Nurgle 7, and he needs Bertie's help...

Billie is so excited for the school bazaar! There's only one problem: her friends want to go on the Super-Dooper Snake ride, and Billie isn't sure she's brave enough.

Today is Pearl's ninth birthday, and she is planning a sea-sational day with her best friends. But when Pearl takes a shortcut on the way to merschool and sees a shooting star fall into the ocean, things begin to drift off course... Suddenly, her mermaid tail begins to shimmer and sparkle. What c...

Ella and Zoe have been best friends forever. Zoe even made Ella a friendship bracelet. But one day, a new girl comes to school. Zoe is selected to be her buddy and they quickly find out they have things in common. The next day, Ella is horrified to see that Zoe has made the new girl a friendship ...