An Open Swimmer

Tim Winton

Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, when he will find a girl. But they don't understand about Sean's mother, Jewel, or the bush or the fish with the pearl. They think he needs a job...

The House That Jack Built (Little Golden Book)

Miller, J. P.

This rollicking rhyme tells the story of a very important house--the house that Jack built--around which wacky things happen to animals and people alike It's a shining example of how one event can spawn a whole series of mishaps. Best of all, it's fun to read aloud...

George's Marvellous Medicine (Classic Collection)

Roald Dahl

"The rule would be this: whatever George saw, if it was runny or powdery or gooey, in it went . . ." George Kranky's grandma is a grouch. She's always mean to George (and not much nicer to his parents either). One day, when George is put in charge of giving Grandma her medicine, he wonders if he can com...