Premier's Reading Challenge 2008
21 April to 30 September
BOOKLIST
GRADES 1–2
Author – Title
A-D
A
| Aaron, Moses, 1944- | The duck catcher |
| Adams, Jeanie | Pigs and honey |
| Adams, Pam | Mrs Honey's hat |
| Adams, Pam | Mrs Honey's tree |
| Adams, Pam | Old Macdonald had a farm |
| Adams, Pam | There was an old lady who swallowed a fly |
| Adams, Pam | There was an old lady who swallowed the sea |
| Adams, Pam | This old man |
| Ahlberg, Allan | Dinosaur dreams (and any other titles) |
| Ahlberg, Janet | Peepo! (and any other titles) |
| Alborough, Jez | It's the bear! (and any other titles) |
| Alger, Elizabeth | Bertie at the horse show |
| Aliki | A play's the thing (and any other titles) |
| Allen, Jonathan, 1957- | I'm not cute |
| Allen, Jonathan, 1957- | I'm not scared |
| Allen, Judy | Elephant |
| Allen, Judy | Panda |
| Allen, Judy | Seal |
| Allen, Linda | The horrible gorrible with a hole in its head |
| Allen, Pamela | My cat Maisie (and any other titles) |
| Amery, Heather | The story of Rumpelstiltskin (and any other titles) |
| Amstutz, Andre | The shopping expedition |
| Andersen, Hans Christian | The steadfast tin soldier (and any other titles) |
| Andreae, Giles | Giraffes can't dance (and any other titles) |
| Anello, Christine | The farmyard cat |
| Anello, Christine | The farmyard cat in trouble |
| Anggabrata, Ian | I wish I had a dinosaur |
| Anholt, Catherine | We are best friends (and any other titles) |
| Anholt, Laurence | Camille and the sunflowers (and any other titles) |
| Anno, Mitsumasa | Anno's journey (and any other titles) |
| Antle, Nancy | Ordinary Albert |
| Apeitos, Stacey | Princess Priscilla |
| Applegate, Cathy | Rain dance |
| Argent, Kerry | Dinnertime! |
| Armitage, Ronda | The light house keeper's lunch (and any other titles) |
| Arnold, Tedd | Help! I'm falling apart |
| Arnold, Tim | The winter mittens |
| Ashforth, Camilla | Horatio's bed |
| Ashman, Sarah | Holly Bloom's garden |
| Atherton, Bruce | Tough old teddy |
| Austin, Mark | Ringle tingle tiger |
| Awdry, W. (Wilbert) | Thomas comes to breakfast (and any other titles) |
| Axelsen, Stephen | The oath of Bad Brown Bill |
| Ayres, Katherine | Up, down, and around |
B
| Bacon, Ronald Leonard | The bay |
| Baillie, Allan, 1943- | Dragonquest (and any other titles) |
| Baker, Jeannie | The story of Rosy Dock (and any other titles) |
| Balderson, Margaret | Junkyard dogs |
| Ball, Duncan, 1941- | Jeremy's tail |
| Ball, Duncan, 1941- | My dog's a scaredy-cat |
| Ballou, Emily | One blue sock |
| Barbalet, Margaret | Reggie, queen of the street |
| Barbalet, Margaret | The wolf |
| Barber, Shirley | The seventh unicorn |
| Barber, Shirley | A visit to fairyland |
| Bare, Colleen Stanley | Guinea pigs don't read books |
| Barnes, Kim (Kim John) | Cowtime! |
| Barrymore, Josephine | The Bungarra five |
| Barrymore, Josephine | An emu called tangles |
| Base, Graeme, 1958- | The water hole (and any other titles) |
| Bate, Lucy | Little rabbit's loose tooth |
| Baumgart, Klaus | Laura's star |
| Baumgart, Klaus | Lenny and tweek |
| Bayley, Nicola | The patchwork cat |
| Baynton, Martin | The dragon's purpose |
| Baynton, Martin | Jane and the dragon |
| Beaglehole, Helen | Plum stones |
| Beames, Margaret | The mouse that danced |
| Beames, Margaret | Oliver in the garden |
| Beames, Margaret | Oliver's party |
| Beames, Margaret | The plant that grew and grew--- |
| Beaton, Clare | Mother Goose remembers |
| Beaumont, Karen | I like myself! |
| Beck, Jennifer | Nobody's dog |
| Beck, Jennifer | Stefania's dancing slippers |
| Bedford, David | Time for bed, Isobel |
| Bedford, David | The way I love you |
| Bedson, Jack | Don't get burnt! or The great Australian day at the beach |
| Bedson, Jack | Sheep dogs |
| Beech, Julie | The monster shop |
| Beer, Barbara Vagnozzi | Jack and the beanstalk |
| Bell, Cece | Sock Monkey rides again |
| Bell, Helen | The stone swan |
| Bell, Krista | Jezza |
| Bell, Krista | Pidge |
| Bemelmans, Ludwig | Madeline |
| Berenstain, Stan | The Berenstains' B book (and any other titles) |
| Bernasconi, Pablo | Black skin, white cow |
| Bernasconi, Pablo | Hippos can swim |
| Berrett, Rebecca | Bits and pieces |
| Bertels, Sarah | The river of silence |
| Bertini, Jo | A man and his camel |
| Bevan, Clare | The wobbly wand |
| Bingham, Janet | My little star |
| Biro, Val | Tobias and the dragon |
| Birrer, Cynthia | The shoemaker and the elves |
| Bishop, Gavin | Bidibidi |
| Blabey, Aaron | Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley |
| Blackburn, Carol | Waiting for Sunday |
| Blackstone, Stella | Alligator alphabet |
| Blackstone, Stella | An island in the sun |
| Blackwood, Mary | Derek, the dinosaur |
| Blake, Quentin | Mister Magnolia (and any other titles) |
| Bland, Nicholas | A monster wrote me a letter |
| Blathwayt, Benedict | Bear's adventure |
| Blathwayt, Benedict | Ben's big book of cars |
| Blathwayt, Benedict | Faster, faster, Little Red Train |
| Blathwayt, Benedict | Little red train to the rescue |
| Blaustein, Muriel | Lola Koala and the ten times worse than anything |
| Blume, Judy | The Pain and the Great One |
| Bodsworth, Nan | Hello kangaroo! |
| Bodsworth, Nan | Mike's birthday bulldozer |
| Bodsworth, Nan | A nice walk in the jungle |
| Bogart, Jo Ellen | Malcolm's runaway soap |
| Bolton, Barbara | Edward Wilkins and his friend Gwendoline |
| Bond, Denis | The dragon who couldn't help breathing fire |
| Bond, Denis | The granny who wasn't like other grannies |
| Bond, Rebecca | The great doughnut parade |
| Bone, Ian, 1956- | Dancing night, tonight |
| Bone, Ian, 1956- | Rose's lullaby |
| Bone, Ian, 1956- | Shoo cat |
| Booth, Christina | Purinina, a devil's tale |
| Bouchet, Bruno | Dorothy's rosy tea party |
| Bourgeois, Paulette | Frankilin plays hockey (and any other titles) |
| Bourke, Nicole A | What the sky knows |
| Bradford, Clare | Phillip and Jack the monster |
| Bradman, Tony | A bad week for the three bears |
| Bradman, Tony | Look out, he's behind you! |
| Bradshaw, Gillian | Shock Monday |
| Brady, Tess | Nobody's granny |
| Brett, Jan | Christmas trolls |
| Brett, Jan | Honey-- honey-- lion! : a story from Africa |
| Brett, Jan | Town mouse, country mouse |
| Brian, Janeen | Beach pirates |
| Brian, Janeen | Leaves for Mr Walter |
| Brian, Janeen | Silly galah! |
| Brian, Janeen | Where does Thursday go? |
| Brian, Janeen | Wishbone |
| Bridwell, Norman | Clifford's happy Mother's Day (and any other titles) |
| Briggs, Raymond | Jim and the beanstalk (and any other titles) |
| Bright, Paul | Quiet! |
| Broad, Michael | Broken bird |
| Broekstra, Lorette | Baby Bear goes to the zoo |
| Broekstra, Lorette | Hugo the flying firefighter |
| Broekstra, Lorette | Hugo the lifesaving sailor |
| Brooks, Felicity | Daisy the doctor |
| Brooks, Felicity | Frank the farmer |
| Brooks, Felicity | Fred the firefighter |
| Brooks, Felicity | Sam the chef |
| Brooks, Felicity | Sam the chef |
| Brooks, Felicity | Tessa the teacher |
| Brooks, Felicity | Vicky the vet |
| Brooks, Ron | Henry's bed |
| Broome, Errol | Fly with me |
| Brown, Alan | Turtle's song |
| Brown, Jo | Hoppity skip Little Chick |
| Brown, Marc | The Gulps (and any other titles) |
| Brown, Ruth | A dark dark tale |
| Brown, Ruth | Night-time tale |
| Brown, Ruth | Winter garden |
| Browne, Anthony | Silly Billy (and any other titles) |
| Browne, Eileen | Handa's surprise |
| Browne, Philippa-Alys | A gaggle of geese : the collective names of the animal kingdom |
| Bruna, Dick | Miffy (and any other titles) |
| Brzezinski, Monica | Dashing through the (snow) sand |
| Brzezinski, Monica | Ellie's walk |
| Burke, Shirley | Birthday yo-yo |
| Burke, Tina | Are you hungry? |
| Burningham, John | Come away from the water Shirley (and any other titles) |
| Burns, Maurice | Go ducks go! |
| Burnside, Julian | Matilda and the dragon |
| Burrell, Jane | A house for wombats |
| Burton, Virginia Lee | Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel |
| Butler, Dorothy | Hector: an old bear |
| Butler, Dorothy | My brown bear Barney |
| Butler, Dorothy | What peculiar people! |
| Butler, John, 1952-, | Can you cuddle like a koala |
| Butterworth, Libby | Life with Loopy |
| Butterworth, Nick | Nice and nasty: a book of opposites (and any other titles) |
C
| Cabrera, Jane | Cat's cuddles |
| Cabrera, Jane | If you're happy and you know it |
| Cabrera, Jane | Old mother Hubbard |
| Cali, Davide | A dad who measures up |
| Calvert, Shirley | Lousing about |
| Campbell, Alan | Bromley climbs Uluru |
| Campbell, Rod | ABC zoo |
| Campbell, Rod | Buster's zoo |
| Campbell, Rod | Dear zoo |
| Campbell, Rod | Farm chase |
| Campbell, Rod | I'm hungry |
| Campbell, Rod | I'm not scary |
| Campbell, Rod | Noisy farm |
| Campbell, Rod | Oh dear |
| Campbell, Rod | Rod Campbell's Aussie animals |
| Campbell, Wayne | What a catastrophe! |
| Cannon, Janell | Stellaluna |
| Cannon, Janell | Verdi |
| Capucilla, Alyssa Satin | Mrs McTats and her houseful of cats |
| Carle, Eric | The bad-tempered ladybird (and any other titles) |
| Carmody, Isobelle, 1958- | Journey from the centre of the earth |
| Carmody, Isobelle, 1958- | Wildheart |
| Carmody, Isobelle, 1958- | The wrong thing |
| Carr, Roger Vaughan, 1937- | The butterfly |
| Carrigy, Ann | Rosie's really a country dog |
| Carroll, Jessica | Billy the punk |
| Carter, Melanie | Possum goes to school |
| Carthew, Mark | Five little owls |
| Carthew, Mark | Newts, lutes and bandicoots |
| Cartwright, Ann | Norah's ark |
| Cartwright, Ann | The proud and fearless lion |
| Casey, Patricia | My cat Jack |
| Cass, Joan | The persistent mouse |
| Castle, Caroline | For every child |
| Castle, Caroline | Happy! |
| Caswell, Brian | Hyram and B |
| Catterwell, Thelma | Sebastian lives in a hat |
| Cave, Kathryn | Friends |
| Cecil, Randy | Gator |
| Chamberlain, Mary | Mama Panya's pancakes |
| Chapman, Jean | Blue gum ark |
| Chapman, Jean | The bush jumper |
| Chapman, Jean | Greener than an emerald |
| Chapman, Jean | Opera house mouse |
| Chapman, Jean | The terrible wild grey hairy thing |
| Cheng, Christopher | One child |
| Chichester Clark, Emma | No more teasing! |
| Child, Lauren | But I am an alligator |
| Child, Lauren | Clarice Bean that's me |
| Child, Lauren | I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed |
| Child, Lauren | I am too absolutely small for school |
| Child, Lauren | I'm really ever so not well |
| Child, Lauren | My wobbly tooth must not ever never fall out |
| Child, Lauren | Say cheese |
| Child, Lauren | That pesky rat |
| Child, Lauren | Whoops! But it wasn't me |
| Childs, Sam | Alice & Anatole |
| Christelow, Eileen | Jerome the babysitter |
| Church, Caroline | Scruff sheep |
| Church, Diane | At the seaside |
| Church, Diane | Birthday party |
| Church, Diane | Going on a school trip |
| Church, Diane | Going shopping |
| Churchill, Vicki | Sometimes I like to curl up in a ball |
| Civardi, Anne | Going on a plane |
| Civardi, Anne | Going to a party |
| Civardi, Anne | Going to school |
| Civardi, Anne | Going to the dentist |
| Civardi, Anne | Going to the doctor |
| Civardi, Anne | Going to the hospital |
| Civardi, Anne | Moving house |
| Civardi, Anne | The new baby |
| Claridge, Romie | Uncle Albert's seal |
| Clark, Emma | Where are you, blue kangaroo |
| Clark, Judith (Judith I) | James was waiting : a story of adoption |
| Clark, M. D. (Margaret Dianne), 1943- | Egg's tent |
| Clark, M. D. (Margaret Dianne), 1943- | Galumpher |
| Clark, Sherryl | Wednesday was even worse |
| Clarke, Jacqueline | Moose's loose tooth |
| Clarke, Jane | Gilbert the great |
| Clement, Rod | Counting on Frank |
| Clement, Rod | Frank in time |
| Clement, Rod | Grandad's teeth |
| Clement, Rod | Just another ordinary day |
| Clement, Rod | Louisa May Pickett, the most boring person in class |
| Clement, Rod | Olga the brolga |
| Cohen, Bernard | Paul needs specs |
| Colandro, Lucille | There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow! |
| Cole, Babette | A dose of Dr. Dog (and any other titles) |
| Cole, Joanna | The magic school bus : inside a beehive |
| Cole, Joanna | The magic school bus at the waterworks |
| Cole, Joanna | The magic school bus in the time of the dinosaurs |
| Collins, Ross | My amazing dad |
| Cooke, Kaz | The terrible underpants |
| Cooper, Harry | The possum thief |
| Cooper, Helen | The baby who wouldn't go to bed |
| Cooper, Helen | A pipkin of pepper |
| Cooper, Helen | Pumpkin soup |
| Costain, Meredith | Doodledum dancing |
| Costain, Meredith | Musical Harriet |
| Costain, Meredith | Oliver's egg |
| Coulman, Valerie | When pigs fly |
| Cousins, Lucy | Maisy goes to hospital (and any other titles) |
| Cowcher, Helen | Rainforest |
| Cowell, Cressida | Claydon was a clingy child |
| Cowley, Joy | Babysitter bother |
| Cowley, Joy | Brodie |
| Cowley, Joy | The cheese trap |
| Cowley, Joy | The fierce little woman and the wicked pirate |
| Cowley, Joy | The mouse bride |
| Cowley, Joy | Nicketty-Nacketty, noo noo noo |
| Cowley, Joy | The screaming mean machine |
| Cox, David | Ayu and the perfect moon |
| Cox, David | The Drover's dog |
| Cox, David | Hello puppy! |
| Cox, Phil Roxbee | Don't be a bully, Billy : a cautionary tale |
| Cox, Phil Roxbee | Don't be greedy, Graham |
| Cox, Phil Roxbee | Don't tell lies, Lucy! : a cautionary tale |
| Cox, Tania | Baby |
| Cox, Tania | Little bat |
| Cox, Tania | Scary bear |
| Cox, Tania | Snap! went Chester |
| Cox, Tania | Wolf's Sunday dinner |
| Coxon, Michele | Where's my kitten? |
| Cresp, Gael | The biography of Gilbert Alexander Pig |
| Crew, Gary | First light (and any other titles) |
| Cronin, Doreen | Giggle, giggle, quack |
| Croser, Josephine | And kookaburra laughed |
| Croser, Josephine | Crunch the crocodile |
| Cullen, Lynn | Moi & Marie Antoinette |
| Cummings, Phil, 1957- | Goodness gracious! |
| Cummings, Phil, 1957- | Midge, Mum and the neighbours |
| Cunliffe, John | Postman Pat's secret |
| Cunliffe, John | Postman Pat's thirsty day |
| Cunningham, Andy | Mr Bodger's jumping hat |
| Currey, Anna | Tickling tigers |
| Curry, Peter | Happy hats |
| Cutbill, Andy | Albie |
| Cutting, Michael | The little crooked Christmas tree |
D
| Daddo, Andrew | Good night, me |
| Daddo, Andrew | I do it |
| Dahl, Roald | Charlie and the chocolate factory : an abridged version of the original best-loved story |
| Dahl, Roald | The enormous crocodile (and any other titles) |
| Dale, Christine | The ivy |
| Dale, Kim | Bush babies |
| Dale, Kim | Little Tawny |
| Dale, Kim | Moon bear rescue |
| Dale, Kim | What am I? |
| Dale, Penny | Bet you can't |
| Dale, Penny | Big brother, little brother |
| Dale, Penny | The boy on the bus |
| Dale, Penny | Princess, princess |
| Dale, Penny | Ten out of bed |
| Dalgleish, Joan | The snail and the cherry tree |
| Dalgleish, Joan | The watchduck |
| Dallimore, Paul | The unhappy goldfish |
| Daly, Niki | Ruby sings the blues |
| Danalis, John | Bath monster |
| Dann, Max, 1955- | Bernice knows best |
| Dann, Max, 1955- | One night at Lottie's house |
| Davis, Lee | PB Bear's birthday party |
| Davis, Sue | Possum post |
| De Beer, Hans | Leonardo's dream |
| De Fossard, Esta | Catkin : the curious kitten |
| De Fossard, Esta | Darby the donkey |
| De Fossard, Esta | Frisk the unfriendly foal |
| De Fossard, Esta | Monty mouse looks for adventure |
| De Hamel, Joan | Hemi's pet |
| De Kantzow, Megan | Bushranger Bill |
| De Kantzow, Megan | Just you wait! |
| De Paola, Tomie | Big Anthony and the magic ring (and any other titles) |
| Dean, Anna | Meggie's magic |
| Delacre, Lulu | Nathan and Nicholas Alexander |
| Denman, Cherry | Pirates |
| Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James) | Hist! |
| Denton, Terry, 1950- | Chomp! |
| Denton, Terry, 1950- | Gasp! |
| Denton, Terry, 1950- | Splat! |
| Denton, Terry, 1950- | Squish! |
| Denton, Terry, 1950- | Zapt! |
| Dewan, Ted | 3 Billy Goats Gruff |
| Dewdney, Anna | Grumpy Gloria |
| Dickens, Charles | A Christmas carol (and any other titles) |
| Dickins, Robert | Boris the bat |
| Dickinson, Mary | Alex and Roy |
| Dickinson, Mary | Alex's outing |
| Dickinson, Mary | New clothes for Alex |
| Dickinson, Stephen | All on the sea |
| Diestel-Feddersen, Mary | Try again Sally Jane |
| Disher, Garry | Switch cat |
| Dixon, Peter | Dad's bug bear |
| Dodd, Lynley | Hairy Maclary from Donalson's dairy (and any other titles) |
| Dodds, Siobhan | Grandad Pot |
| Dodson, Emma | Badly drawn dog |
| Doherty, Berlie | The midnight man |
| Dolumyu, Jacko | The bat and the crocodile : an Aboriginal story |
| Donaldson, Julia | The gruffalo (and any other titles) |
| Donnelly, Liza | Dinosaur garden |
| Donovan, Gail | Scaredy-cat fish |
| Dowling, Paul | The hungry anteater |
| Downs, Mike | You see a circus, I see-- |
| Dowrick, Stephanie | Katherine rose says no |
| Doyle, Malachy | Albert and Sarah Jane |
| Doyle, Malachy | Jody's beans |
| Doyle, Malachy | Sleepy Pendoodle |
| Dray, Matt | Dougal the garbage dump bear |
| Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961- | Rex |
| Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961- | Special days with Honey and Bear |
| Dugan, Michael, 1947- | Don't forget Granny |
| Dugan, Michael, 1947- | Dragon's breath |
| Dugan, Michael, 1947- | Nonsense numbers |
| Dugan, Michael, 1947- | Wombats can't fly |
| Dugan, Michael, 1947- | Wombats don't have Christmas? |
| Duke, Selina Li | In the year of the tiger |
| Dumbleton, Mike | Dial-a-croc |
| Dumbleton, Mike | Granny O'Brien and the diamonds of Selmore |
| Dumbleton, Mike | Let's escape |
| Dumbleton, Mike | Mr Knuckles |
| Dumbleton, Mike | Muddled-up farm |
| Dumbleton, Mike | Passing on |
| Dunbar, James | Tick-tock |
| Dunbar, Joyce | A chick called Saturday |
| Dunbar, Joyce | I wish I liked rice pudding |
| Dunbar, Polly | Penguin |
| Dunkle, Margaret | Secrets of the rainforest |
| Dunrea, Olivier | Gossie & Gertie |
| Durant, Alan | Burger boy |
| Durrell, Gerald | Keeper |
| Dwyer, Christina | Jimmie Jean & the turtles |
