OUR AUSTRALIAN GIRL:
Book 1 - Meet Grace

A four book series for 8 to 9 yr-olds published by Penguin Books

Ma Honeywell, their mother, stopped when she saw Grace and gave her cheek a playful pinch. She had eleven children, most of them girls, though she could never find half of them.

'Hello, luv,' she said, smiling. 'How was business today?'

Ma Honeywell always asked the same question, only today Grace could give her a different answer. 'Good,' she said, smiling back. 'Very good! My uncle will be happy!'

OUR AUSTRALIAN GIRL:
Book 2 - A friend for Grace


A four book series for 8 to 9 yr-olds published by Penguin Books

Mama told me we might be setting sail today,' Hannah said excitedly, between mouthfuls of bread and butter. 'Today we head for Sydney Cove on the open seas and become sailors!'

Grace sat in the wooden sleeping berth next to Hannah and watched her friend make a telescope with her hands. Hannah's chains knocked against each other as she held the telescope to her eye.

OUR AUSTRALIAN GIRL:
Book 3: Grace and Glory

A four book series for 8 to 9 yr-olds published by Penguin Books

The sun was low in the sky and the spring air growing cool when Tom, Grace's new master, rowed the small wooden boat to the river's edge. We must be close now, thought Grace, as she looked around at the cleared land sloping up from the bank.

'It's quite a walk to the property from here,' said Beth, Grace's new mistress, as she stood and rubbed her back. 'But I'll be glad to stretch my legs.'

OUR AUSTRALIAN GIRL:
Book 4  -A Home for Grace

A four book series for 8 to 9 yr-olds published by Penguin Books

Grace was hanging a row of Alice's nappies on the line in the late afternoon sun when she heard men's voices coming from the track leading to the house. Tom must have returned from his journey, she thought.

Grace knew she should have been pleased her master was back to take care of things, but instead she felt an anxious knot in her stomach. She wondered what Tom would do when he discovered she had ridden his precious mare all the way along the East Trail and left the horse with a deep cut down her side. Grace wished she never had to face him.

BORIS MONSTER, SCARED OF NOTHING


A picture book illustrated by Ben Redlich, published by Scholastic Press

STEPHEN’S MUSIC


A picture book illustrated by Anna Pignataro, published by Hachette


A Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Australian Book 2008