National Network for Equitable Library Service

Presents a tribute to timeless childhood summer activities, from playing hide-and-seek and hopscotch to making mud soup and imagining that a stick is a magic wand.

Dusk, the world's first bat, must lead his colony to safety in a time of changing species.

In Dresden, 1945, Elizabeth and Karli’s mother works at the zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene.

Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of ten, with an imcompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles to find food for the younger children.

When Anna Rasini sees a painting of a Mediterranean street scene in the window of an Oxford art gallery her curiosity is aroused, for her mother owns a very similar work, bearing the initials N.K.

A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.

A happy marriage is eroded by temptation, leaving three children and their mother to find strength in each other to triumph over their despair.

Based on memories from his childhood, Aboriginal author Larry Loyie tells of the adventures of Lawrence, an Aboriginal boy who learns many lessons during the winter season.

In 1959, the doctor who supervised the selection of NASA's first astronauts concluded that women might actually be better for the job.

A young girl discovers a vacant park next door to her new house that is intended for butterflies, but when she has trouble getting butterflies to stay there, her new neighbors help her plant flower

When Sophie and Matthew plant pumpkins, their grandfather explains to them why they need bees to make their pumpkins grow, but how will the bees find their garden?

When Lady Miranda Lichton determines to marry a wealthy Bolivian rancher, her family is concerned, and when they discover that Ramon Cuesta grows cocaine on a global scale and will resort to murder

A horrific shooting incident at a private school just north of Edinburgh: two seventeen-year-olds killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails.

It's 1928 and St Kilda's streets hang with fairy lights. Magic shows, marionettes, tea dances, tango competitions and picnics on the beach are all part of the Flower Parade.

Tom loves running through cow fields with his best friend, Peggy, and his dog, Amos—especially when he's pretending to be his favorite radio hero, the Lone Ranger.