Topic: Friendship

Ash and James have been invited to their friend's birthday. It's a fancy dress party and of course, Ash is dressed as a tennis player! But when Ash loses her favourite tennis racquet she is so worried. Even with James's help ,will she ever find it?

It's time for a sleepover! Ash is so excited to watch a movie and eat popcorn with her friends. But not everyone is happy to be away from home. How will Ash help her friends and make sure it's the best sleepover ever?

A unique and lyrical verse novel for middle-grade readers that speaks to our childhood joy of collecting small, intriguing objects and creating connections in the most unlikely places. 'Did you know that if you wish aloud for something in the stealthy shadows of your bedroom, if you whisper the w...

After Matthew's grandfather dies suddenly, four friends struggle to face the trauma of their pasts in the wake of this fresh tragedy. Leah and Jay, a couple since their school days, find their relationship tested, while Nathan deals with a vast and unrequited love, and Matthew grapples with his s...

Marianne Messman, a housewife, wants to escape her loveless marriage and an uncaring and unfeeling husband of 35 years. She and her husband, army sergeant major Lothar, take a trip to Paris, during which Marianne leaps of the Pont Neuf into the Seine, but she is saved from drowning by a homeless ...

"Little Bunny and Field Mouse wander the quiet woods, asking their animal friends if they have seen signs of spring"-- Provided by publisher.

A mother in crisis. A doctor's duty. What is the truth about that night? Liz and Jess have been friends for ten years, ever since they both started a family. But how well do they really know each other? When Jess arrives at Emergency with her baby girl and a story that doesn't add up, Liz is the ...

When French bookseller Esther loses her father, she decides to place an ad in a newspaper, inviting struggling readers to join her secret letter writing workshop. To Esther's surprise, applications pile in by the dozens - and before long, an elderly lady, a disillusioned businessman, a dishearten...

"When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition ... Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, ...

Little Lunch Truck loves to bring Chef Nina's food around town, but he's nervous to meet the other trucks, diggers, and cranes and worries they won't like him.

Join Little Matilda as she learns to believe in herself and holds onto her dream of finding a special friend.--Cover.

Furball is a loveable little yeti on his first day at Monster School. He can't wait to learn how to be scary, but it's hard when you look like a cuddly toy. When the big monsters at the school make fun of Furball, Howler the little werewolf comes to the rescue. Together, can they prove that littl...

Little Owl doesn't want to play with Small Squirrel. No, no, no! He wants to finish playing Feeding-Time-at-the-Zoo with Hedge. He doesn't need a new friend -- does he? But what if this new friendship involves cinnamon buns, searching for Bears and Snaffle-Worms, and escaping from the fearsome Hu...

After his friends' reports about bears, Little Penguin is anxious about a new polar bear friend's visit.

Beautifully capturing the emotional complexity of impending motherhood, Little Plum is a rich and vital story from a rising star in Australian fiction On the cusp of thirty, Coral learns that a thing is growing inside her body. It is not necessarily a complete disaster, she tells herself. I'm oka...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's tender and magical classic fable has been adapted for picture book readers for the very first time!

In a small town in balmy Provence, Marie-Jeanne has a gift. She can see the marks Love has left on the people around her. Glowing faces, hands that shimmer brighter when enclosed in another. Before long, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker. When her foster father, Francis, sets up a mobile library...

A moving and heartwarming verse novel from CBCA shortlisted author Pip Harry about friendship, new experiences and staying true to yourself. When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves. Noah is fearl...

In a beachfront mansion in Martha's Vineyard, Annick and Rebecca relax, knowing that their children are in the care of life-long friend Tash. But by the end of the afternoon, one of the children will have vanished...Annick, daughter of an actress and an assassinated president, has spent her life ...

"It's Easter time. And Little Wombat is searching for eggs when somebody rushes pat. It's not Rabbit. And it's not Koala. So who can it be? A delightful tale about how a special Easter someone shows Little Wombat how important it is to share with your friends." -- Back cover.