Teena Raffa-Mulligan

• Sep-2024
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The Mum Protector never lets Callum do anything other kids do. It's a miracle she's agreed he can attend his first ever school camp. He won't get to go if she finds out he's changing colour.That's not the only weird thing happening since Callum found...

• Apr-2024
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Join Blue, the bouncing red kangaroo, and her little friend, Pedro, as they travel the states of Australia.Their exciting Aussie adventure sees them snorkel the Great barrier Reef, sing at the Opera House, camp at Uluru, dance a crocodile rock, trek ...

• May-2023
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Edie dreams of being the champion runner at the inter-school sports. Perhaps then the other children will like her. But her hopes are dashed when the big day doesn't go to plan. A few days later, there is a wild storm and a giant tree topples down, c...

• Apr-2023
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It's been four years since the Dark Days when Chloe lost her mum to cancer. Nana's been wonderful but it's time their family had a mum person. When Dad brings home a special friend Chloe knows immediately that Fern is wrong for the job. She's in a wh...

• Mar-2023
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A pearl button from Mama's wedding glove starts Angelina's yesterday collection. Soon everyone in her big multicultural family has a memory to share and a special keepsake to give her.What will you do with them? asks Mama.A school dress-up parade for...

• Aug-2021
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Amy's unusual pet has won the family a summer vacation in the school Pet Parade but Mum and Dad say Rocky has to stay home because no pets are allowed at the beach cottages. How is that fair? They wouldn't be going to the seaside if weren't for Rocky...

• May-2021
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Jane stops being Jane at breakfast on Monday. It's way too plain a name.There must be a better one, more suited to who she is. Mum and Dad go along with her plan. So does her class teacher. But finding the right name is far more difficult than Jane e...

• Nov-2020
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Orphan Dan has never had a place to belong. He bounces from one home to another like a ball no one can catch. He’s okay with that. Families can be too much trouble. His shadow is all the company he needs. Or is it? Perhaps what he really wants ...

• Nov-2020
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Emi and her twin brothers have a secret.There's a Christmas elf in their backyard and she's eaten so many strawberries it's given her a tummy ache. She needs help and the grownups mustn't find her. Emi, Max and Sam know the perfect place to keep her ...

• Apr-2020
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Who can you trust when those you love most let you down?

Fifteen-year-old Kate Norton has been living a happy family fantasy. Her mum has been keeping secrets. Now the father Kate never knew she had is coming to Perth. He wants to take Kate ...

• Feb-2020
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Jake can't believe his luck when he finds a strange object at the beach. It is shaped like a banana, gleams like a copper coin, crackles and pops and is getting hotter by the minute. The story about a flying saucer crashing in Pelican Bay must be ...

• Jan-2020
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There is magic, mystery, adventure and fun in this collection of short stories for young readers.Meet a monster with a toothache, a princess who doesn't behave like one and a fairy who can't fly. Find out what happens when Cinderella's slipper is the...

• Jul-2019
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There is magic, mystery, adventure and fun in this collection of short stories for young readers.

Meet a monster with a toothache, a princess who doesn't behave like one and a fairy who can't fly. Find out what happens when Cinderella's slip...

• Jun-2019
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"Don't go, Daddy!"

It's the plea that tugs at the heart of every loving father whose child no longer shares his everyday life due to a relationship breakdown.

For a young child, accepting how things have changed once parents live apart...

• Mar-2019
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Trouble comes to Tea Tree Bend...

In cowboy movies the sheriff forms a posse to round up all the bad guys. Cam and Ellie from Daisy Cottage and their friends Billy and Louisa have formed a different posse. Their mission is to find and fix al...

• Nov-2018
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This gentle story is a conversation about God between a mother and child. Told from the child's perspective, the series of questions and answers in rhyme introduces young children to the idea of a higher being that can see, hear and speak without ...

• May-2018
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• Jun-2017
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Joshua Jones has no one in the world except a fruit loop of a gran and they live in a tiny city flat so he can't even have a pet.When a spectacular creature on a seven-day visit from Jupiter offers to be his houseguest during its Earth stay, Josh thi...

• Oct-2016
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Ben has been called Bumblefoot for as long as he can remember. It's not a name he plans to keep. His dearest wish is to become one of the brave knight protectors of Castle Crag, which stands high on a cliff in the land of Faraway. When Princess Moong...

• Jun-2015
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When a little girl wishes she could have a pet, she gets more than she asked for. Amy wants a pet so she can enter the pet parade competition and win a holiday vacation for her family. Her dad is out of work and her mom insists the family can't affor...

• Nov-2014
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It’s 1817 and Rosie has lived all her life in Parramatta. Pa came to the colony in New South Wales as a free settler and is a successful trader, importing goods from foreign lands. Ma is an ex-convict who stitches fine gowns for the ladies of the c...

• Oct-2014
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"Hi Jodie, it's Mum. I just called to let you know I'm coming to see you. Missing you heaps. Can't wait to be together again." The simple phone message has Jodie spooked. She'd give anything to see her mother again but that's impossible. Dead people ...

• May-2014
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Starla Fairweather is the fastest fairy in Little Down Dell. Everyone is counting on her to win the Quickwing Cup at the Full Moon Friendship Festival. This year the cup will be filled with Sparkling Goodwill Brew, guaranteed to turn frowns to smiles...

• May-2014
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Prince Florian has chosen his bride. Unfortunately he doesn't know who she is or where she lives because she left his Grand Ball in such a hurry on the stroke of midnight. His only clue is the satin slipper she lost in her hurry to leave.Lucinda Hear...

• Apr-2014
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A rainy day. A friendly tiger. A forgetful elephant.One rainy day Jumbo Jim is on his way home from school alone when a tiger stops and offers him a lift. Tim promises to get him home and dry quicker than a snake can blink an eye -- but Jimbo says ...

• Apr-2014
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A friend in need. A thoughtless act. A forgetful elephant.Jumbo Jim is riding home from school when he comes across his mate Charlie sitting on the side of the jungle track. Charlie’s needs help. His bike has a flat tyre and the chain has come loos...

• Apr-2014
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A mystery guest. An errand for Mum. A forgetful elephant.Dad is bringing home a surprise visitor. When Mum realises she doesn't have enough butter to bake the cakes for their mystery guest, Jimbo convinces her he's old enough to go to the jungle stor...

• Mar-2012
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LUKE McAlister's dad has lost his temper once too often.A crazy plan to sell him for $500 works, Dad is taken away in a van and Luke's troubles are over -- until Mum finds out. Luke turns super sleuth to try to get Dad back and learns the frighteni...