Premier's Reading Challenge 2008
21 April to 30 September
BOOKLIST
GRADES 1-2
Author - Title
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| Impey, Rose | A letter to Father Christmas |
| Ingpen, Robert | The idle bear |
| Ingpen, Robert | The voyage of the Poppykettle |
| Ingram, Anne Bower | Run Damon run |
| Inkpen, Mick | Billy's beetle |
| Inkpen, Mick | Is it bedtime Wibbly pig? |
| Inkpen, Mick | Kipper |
| Inkpen, Mick | Kipper's Christmas eve |
| Inkpen, Mick | Kipper's toybox |
| Inkpen, Mick | One year with Kipper |
| Inkpen, Mick | Ploo and the Terrible Gnobbler |
| Inkpen, Mick | Threadbear |
| Inkpen, Mick | Tickly Christmas, Wibbly pig! |
| Isham, Marion | Joey the Roo |
| Isham, Marion | Quest |
| Isham, Marion | Tiger tale |
| Isham, Stephen E. | Bo Bandicoot at the market |
| Isham, Stephen E. | One weary wombat : a counting book |
| Isham, Stephen E. | Tasmanian traveller |
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| Jacka, Martin | Waiting for Billy |
| Jacks, Lynette | When Giddy's been acting the goat |
| Jackson, Kathryn | The saggy baggy elephant |
| Jackson, Kathryn | Tawny scrawny lion |
| Jagtenberg, Yvonne | The first day at school |
| Jakamarra, Henry Cook | The two wallabies |
| James, Brian | The shark who was afraid of everything! |
| James, Lisa | The ant army |
| James, Simon | Baby Brains and robomum |
| James, Simon | Baby Brains superstar |
| James, Simon | Little one step |
| James, Simon | My friend whale |
| Jaques, Faith | Tilly's rescue |
| Jarman, Julia | Big red bath |
| Jarman, Julia | Jack in a box |
| Jarman, Julia | Kangaroos' Cancan Café |
| Jaunn, Adele | Caruso's song to the moon |
| Jeffers, Oliver | Lost and found |
| Jennings, Paul | Grandad's gifts (and any other titles) |
| Jennings, Sharon | Franklin forgets |
| Jennings, Sharon | Franklin makes a deal |
| Jensen, Kiersten | Possum in the house |
| Jeram, Anita | The most obedient dog in the world |
| Jinks, Catherine | You'll wake the baby |
| Johnson, Gillian | My sister Gracie |
| Johnson, Gillian | Thora and the incredible crystals |
| Johnson, Penelope | When the buffalo wakes |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Bilby's burrow |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Dolphin's triumph |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Kangaroos' lucky escape |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Koala's big day |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Splash the platypus |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Wombat's secret |
| Jolley, Kiersten | I'll see you in the morning |
| Jolly, Jane | Ali the Bold Heart |
| Jolly, Jane | Glass tears |
| Jolly, Jane | Limpopo lullaby |
| Jones, Ronald | The three little diggers : a modern day scarytale (for children to read to adults) |
| Jordan, Sherryl | Babysitter bear |
| Jordan, Sherryl | Matthew's monsters |
| Jorgensen, Gail | Crocodile beat |
| Jorgensen, Gail | Gotcha! |
| Jorgensen, Gail | The monster mystery |
| Jorgensen, Norman | The call of the Osprey |
| Joyce, William | Sleepy time Olie |
| Joyce, William | Snowie Rolie |
| Jungman, Ann | Honest Mum, I've looked everywhere |
| Juster, Norton | The hello, goodbye window |
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| Kamal, Aleph | The bird who was an elephant |
| Karas, G Brian | On earth |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Maggie and the pirate |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Over in the meadow |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | The trip |
| Keller, Holly | Cromwell's glasses |
| Keller, Holly | Geraldine's blanket |
| Keller, Holly | Goodbye Max |
| Keller, Holly | Lizzie's invitation |
| Keller, Holly | Ten sleepy sheep |
| Kelly, John | Guess who's coming to dinner |
| Kelly, Mij | I won't say please! |
| Kennedy, Jimmy | The teddy bears' picnic |
| Kent, Jack | Joey |
| Ker Wilson, Barbara | Meltdown |
| Kerr, Judith | Mog in the dark |
| Kerr, Judith | Mog the forgetful cat |
| Kerr, Judith | Mog's amazing birthday caper |
| Khoza, Valanga | Gezani and the tricky baboon |
| Kidd, Diana | Paddymelon |
| Kilgras, Heidi | What will I do if I can't tie my shoe? |
| Killeen, Gretel | Cherry pie |
| Killeen, Gretel | What'll we get for grandma? |
| Kimpton, Diana | The lamb-a-roo |
| King, Deborah | Jake |
| King, Karla | Ms Johnstone to the rescue |
| King, Stephen Michael | Emily loves to bounce |
| King, Stephen Michael | Henry and Amy : (right-way-round and upside-down) |
| King, Stephen Michael | The man who loved boxes |
| King, Stephen Michael | Milli, Jack and the dancing cat |
| King, Stephen Michael | Mutt dog! |
| King, Stephen Michael | Patricia |
| King, Susan | Rosie the night-fright monster |
| King-Smith, Dick | H. Prince |
| King-Smith, Dick | Puppy love |
| Kingston, Julie | A very important story |
| Kirk, David | Little Miss Spider at Sunny Patch School |
| Kirk, David | Miss Spider's new car |
| Kirk, David | Miss Spider's tea party |
| Klein, Robin | Amy's bed |
| Klein, Robin | Birk the berserker |
| Klein, Robin | Boris and Borsch |
| Klein, Robin | The giraffe in Pepperell Street |
| Klein, Robin | Oodoolay |
| Klein, Robin | Thingnapped! |
| Knister, Tharlet, Eve | A promise is a promise |
| Knowles, Sheena | Edwina the emu |
| Kotzwinkle, William | Walter the farting dog |
| Krasilovsky, Phyllis | The cow who fell in the canal |
| Kraus, Robert | How spider saved the flea circus |
| Kraus, Robert | Spider's first day at school |
| Kraus, Robert | Where are you going, little mouse? |
| Krauss, Ruth | The growing story |
| Krebs, Laurie | We all went on safari, a counting journey through Tanzania |
| Kresner, Ilana | Alphabet wings |
| Kroll, Jeri | A coat of cats |
| Kroll, Jeri | Sunny faces |
| Kroll, Steven | The big bunny and the easter eggs |
| Kroll, Steven | The big bunny and the magic show |
| Kroll, Steven | The biggest pumpkin ever |
| Kroll, Virginia | A carp for Kimiko |
| Krulik, Nancy E | Scholastic's The magic school bus going batty : a book about bats |
| Kuchling, Guundie | Poppy's gift |
| Kuchling, Guundie | See food |
| Kuchling, Guundie | Silverskin |
| Kuchling, Guundie | Tommy's pet |
| Kuchling, Guundie | Turtle - taxi |
| Kuchling, Guundie | Yakkinn the swamp tortoise : survival Book 2 |
| Kutner, Merrily | Down on the farm |
| Kwaymullina, Ambelin | Crow and the waterhole |
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| Lacome, Julie | Walking through the jungle |
| Laguna, Sofie | Boris Monster, scared of nothing |
| Laguna, Sofie | My yellow blanky |
| Laguna, Sofie | On our way to the beach |
| Laguna, Sofie | Stephen's music |
| Laguna, Sofie | Too loud Lily |
| Lajamanu School | Warnayarra : the rainbow snake |
| Lalonde, Shirley | Cat and Mum story |
| Lamb, Ann | At the vet |
| Lamprell, Klay | Otto the true-blue Aussie dog |
| Langen, Annette | Letters from Felix |
| Langoulant, Allan | A prize for Percival |
| Lardner, Kym | Arnold the prickly teddy |
| Lardner, Kym | The coat-hanger horse |
| Lardner, Kym | The sad little monster & the Jelly Bean Queen |
| LaReau, Kara | Ugly fish |
| Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon | Chipper the cheetah |
| Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon | Elle the elephant |
| Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon | Kolah the koala |
| Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon | Lena the lion |
| Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon | Ping-Ping the panda |
| Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon | Rufus the rhinoceros |
| Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon | Timba the tiger |
| Lavis, Steve | Jump! |
| Lawes-Gilvear, Nita | Tiddles : the special Tassie devil |
| Lawrenson, Diana | Pickle the perfectly awful pig |
| Lawson, Sue | My Gran's different |
| Layton, Neal | Bartholomew and the bug |
| Leaf, Munro | The story of Ferdinand |
| Leake, Kate | The best chip |
| Lear, Edward | The Quangle Wangle's hat |
| Lebkowski, Sylvia | I've been to Africa |
| Lee, Lyn | Eight |
| Lee, Lyn | Emily & the dragon |
| Lee, Lyn | Pog |
| Lefroy, Mike | Rosa's famous elbow |
| Legge, David | Bamboozled |
| Lehmann, Geoffrey | Sky boy |
| Leibrich, Julie | The biggest number in the universe |
| Lendis, Celia | Postcards from the town that disappeared |
| LeSieg, Theo | The eye book |
| Lester, Alison | Purr (and any other titles) |
| Lester, Julius | Sam and the tigers : a new telling of Little Black Sambo |
| Letchford, Peita | The very sniffy dog |
| Lewis, Kim | Floss |
| Lewis, Kim | Friends |
| Lewis, Kim | Goodnight, Harry |
| Lewis, Kim | Little Baa |
| Lewis, Paeony | No more biscuits! |
| Li, Cunxin | The peasant prince |
| Light, Steve | Puss in boots |
| Lindbergh, Reeve | The midnight farm |
| Lindbergh, Reeve | What is the sun? |
| Lindsay, Elizabeth | Heggerty Haggerty and the day at the fair |
| Lindsay, Elizabeth | Nellie and the dragon, ahoy! |
| Lionni, Leo | Cornelius : a fable |
| Little, Jean | Once upon a golden apple |
| Littledale, Freya | The boy who cried wolf |
| Littledale, Freya | The farmer in the soup |
| Littledale, Freya | The magic fish |
| Littledale, Freya | The snow child : a Russian folktale |
| Littledale, Freya | Snow White and the seven dwarfs |
| Lively, Penelope | Good night, sleep tight |
| Lleonart, Mark | A is for antechinus |
| Lloyd, David | The Stopwatch |
| Lloyd, Sam | Mr Pusskins and Little Whiskers |
| Lobel, Anita | The straw maid |
| Lobel, Arnold | A treeful of pigs |
| Lock, Kath | Jennifer & Nicholas |
| Lock, Sue | Hubert hunts his hum |
| Lockyer, John | Harry and the Anzac poppy |
| Lodge, Annette | Bird |
| Lodge, Annette | Natemba |
| Lodge, Annette | Red Fred |
| Lofthouse, Liz | Ziba came on a boat |
| Lofts, Pamela | Dunbi the owl |
| Lofts, Pamela | The echidna and the shade tree |
| Lofts, Pamela | How the birds got their colours |
| Lofts, Pamela | Kangaroo and the porpoise |
| Lofts, Pamela | When the snake bites the sun |
| Loh, Morag | The kinder hat |
| Loh, Morag | Tucking Mummy in |
| Lohse, Wendy | Is it true, Grandfather? |
| Long, Melinda | How I became a pirate |
| Loomis, Christine | The 10 best things about my dad |
| Lovell, Robin | Where there's smoke |
| Loves, June, 1938- | Oliver's restaurant |
| Lubner, Susan | Ruthie Bon Bair, do not go to bed with wringing wet hair |
| Lucas, Helen | A new star |
| Lunn, Helen | Over the hill and around the bend with Granny and Bert (and me) |
| Lunn, Helen | Waiting for mum |
| Lunn, Janet | Duck cakes for sale |
| Lurie, Morris | What's that noise? What's that sound? |
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| Macarthur-Onslow, Annette | Uhu : (pronounced Yoo-Hoo) |
| Maccarone, Grace | My tooth is about to fall out |
| Maccarone, Grace | The sword in the stone |
| Macdonald, Caroline | Joseph's boat |
| MacLachlan, Patricia | Bittle |
| Macnab, Nan | Victoria's market |
| Maddern, Eric | The King with horse's ears |
| Maddox, Tony | Fergus in the park |
| Maddox, Tony | Fergus the sea dog |
| Mahy, Margaret | Down the back of the chair (and any other titles) |
| Majid, Ellisha | A sausage went for a walk |
| Manning, Linda | Dinosaur days |
| Manning, Mick | Snap! |
| Manning, Mick | Yuck |
| Manos, Helen | Samsara dog |
| Marin, Gabiann | A true person |
| Maris, Ron | Are you there, bear? |
| Maris, Ron | My book |
| Marks, Ralph C | Rainbow |
| Marrone, Robert | Harold's hiccups |
| Marsden, John | A day in the life of me |
| Marsden, John | Millie |
| Marsden, John | Norton's hut |
| Marsden, John | The rabbits |
| Marshall, Felicity | Sage's ark |
| Martin, Bill | Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? |
| Martin, Bill | Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? |
| Martin, David | Five little piggies |
| Martin, Rodney | There's a dinosaur in the park! |
| Martin, S. R. | The magic pudding |
| Marzollo, Jean | I spy a dinosaur's eye |
| Marzollo, Jean | I'm tyrannosaurus! : a book of dinosaur rhymes |
| Marzollo, Jean | Three little kittens |
| Matthews, Cecily | Emily's Rapunzel hair |
| Matthews, P. E. (Penelope) | Jump baby! |
| Matthews, P. E. (Penelope) | Little red bear |
| Matthews, P. E. (Penelope) | Pudding & Chips |
| Matthews, P. E. (Penelope) | A year on our farm |
| Mattingley, Christobel | The angel with a mouth-organ |
| Mattingley, Christobel | Black dog |
| Mattingley, Christobel | Brave with Ben |
| Mattingley, Christobel | The butcher, the beagle and the dog catcher |
| Mattingley, Christobel | The great Ballagundi damper bake |
| Mattingley, Christobel | The magic saddle |
| Mattingley, Christobel | The race |
| Mattingley, Christobel | Tucker's mob |
| Maxey, Jane | Charlotte and the lion |
| Mayer, Mercer | There's an alligator under my bed |
| Mayer, Mercer | There's something in my attic |
| Mayhew, James | Ella Bella ballerina and the Sleeping Beauty |
| Mayhew, James | The knight who took all day |
| Mayhew, James | Who wants a dragon? |
| Mayne, William | The mouse and the egg |
| Mayo, Margaret | Dig dig digging |
| McAuley, Stephen | Imagine you're an elephant |
| McBratney, Sam | The dark at the top of the stairs |
| McBratney, Sam | Guess how much I love you |
| McBratney, Sam | I'm sorry |
| McBratney, Sam | It's lovely when you smile |
| McBratney, Sam | Just you and me |
| McBratney, Sam | Tell me a story before I go to bed |
| McBratney, Sam | You're all my favourites |
| McCauley, Judy | Congl : a little Mt Lyell magic |
| McClelland, Julia | First at last and other stories |
| McClelland, Julia | Lizzie and Smiley : five stories for young children |
| McClintock, Mike | A fly went by |
| McClure, Gillian | What's the time, Rory Wolf? |
| McConnell, Sarah | Ruby's big ideas |
| McCormick, P D (Peter Dodds) | Advance Australia Fair |
| McCourt, Lisa | It's time for school, Stinky Face |
| McCuaig, Sandra | Bus fuss |
| McDonnell, Flora | I love boats |
| McEvoy, Greg | Alfie's long winter |
| McEwan, Ian | Rose Blanche |
| McG, Shane | Evie's mad hair day |
| McGovern, Ann | Stone soup |
| McKay, Carmen | The royal mouse |
| McKay, Hilary | Was that Christmas? |
| McKee, David | Elmer |
| McKee, David | Elmer again |
| McKee, David | Not now, Bernard |
| McKee, David | Snow woman |
| McKenzie, Heath | The Aussie A to Z |
| McKenzie, Heath | The Australian twelve days of Christmas |
| McKimmie, Chris | Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow |
| McKinnon, Ferg | A bee in Ben's bonnet |
| McLean, Andrew | Cat goes to sea |
| McLean, Andrew | Fire-engine Lil |
| McLean, Andrew | Hector and Maggie |
| McLean, Andrew | Josh and the monster |
| McLean, Andrew | Oh Kipper! |
| McLean, Andrew | The riverboat crew |
| McLean, Andrew | The steam train crew |
| McLean, Jane | Cats' whiskers |
| McLean, Janet | Dog tales |
| McLean, Janet | Josh |
| McLean, Janet | Josh and the ducks |
| McLean-Carr, Carol | Fairy dreams |
| McMullen, Nigel | Go to sleep! |
| McNab, Nan | Victoria's market |
| McNaughton, Colin | Boo! |
| McNaughton, Colin | Captain Abdul's pirate school |
| McNaughton, Colin | Nighty night |
| McNaughton, Colin | The rat race : the amazing adventures of Anton B Stanton |
| McNaughton, Colin | Suddenly! |
| McNaughton, Colin | When I grow up |
| McRae, Rodney | Dragon in the garden shed |
| McRobbie, Narelle | Who's that jumbun in the log |
| McSpedden, Bani | Mango makes music |
| Meeks, Arone Raymond | Enora and the black crane |
| Meeks, Arone Raymond | Sisi and the cassowary |
| Megarrity, David | The empty city |
| Melenhorst, Glenn | The sock monster |
| Melling, David | Good knight, sleep tight |
| Melling, David | The kiss that missed |
| Melling, David | The three wishes |
| Menchin, Scott | Taking a bath with the dog and other things that make me happy |
| Merchant, Simon | The meaning of ripe |
| Metzenthen, David | The rainbirds |
| Mewburn, Kyle | The bear in the room next door |
| Mewburn, Kyle | No room for a mouse |
| Milbourne, Anna | The dinosaur |
| Milbourne, Anna | The rainy day |
| Millard, Glenda | Angel breath |
| Millard, Glenda | Heart of the tiger |
| Millard, Glenda | Kaito's cloth |
| Millard, Glenda | Mrs Wiggins' wartymelons |
| Millard, Glenda | Unplugged! |
| Millard, Kerry | Gordon's biscuit |
| Millard, Kerry | Quincy and Oscar |
| Miller, Cameron | Woodlore |
| Miller, David | Just like you and me |
| Miller, David | Refugees |
| Miller, David | What's for lunch? |
| Miller, Rita | Penny penguin |
| Mitton, Tony | All afloat on Noah's boat! |
| Mitton, Tony | Bumpus jumpus dinosaurumpus |
| Mitton, Tony | Down by the cool of the pool |
| Mitton, Tony | Party animals |
| Mitton, Tony | Perky little penguins |
| Mitton, Tony | Spookyrumpus |
| Mitton, Tony | Tremendous tractors |
| Modesitt, Jeanne | Sometimes I feel like a mouse : a book about feelings |
| Monks, Lydia | Aaaarrgghh, spider! |
| Monks, Lydia | I wish I were a dog |
| Moon, Nicola | Penguins in the fridge |
| Moore, Inga | Six dinner Sid |
| Moore, Lilian | The ugly duckling |
| Morecroft, Judith | Malu kangaroo : how the first children learnt to surf |
| Morecroft, Richard | Impossible pets |
| Moreton, John | The adventures of Edgar Remington the Third |
| Morgan, Anne | The glow worm cave |
| Morgan, David R | Blooming cats |
| Morgan, Michaela | Helpful Betty solves a mystery |
| Morgan, Michaela | Helpful Betty to the rescue |
| Morgan, Palo | Cat balloon |
| Morgan, Paul | Little piggies |
| Morgan, Sally | Dan's grandpa |
| Morgan, Sally | Hurry up, Oscar! |
| Morgan, Sally | In your dreams |
| Morgan, Sally | Just a little brown dog |
| Morimoto, Junko | Big nuisance |
| Morimoto, Junko | Kenju's forest |
| Morimoto, Junko | Kojuro and the bears |
| Morimoto, Junko | A Piece of straw |
| Morimoto, Junko | The two bullies |
| Morimoto, Junko | The white crane |
| Moroney, Trace | When I'm feeling happy |
| Morpurgo, Michael | Wombat goes walkabout |
| Morris, Jill | The boy who painted the sun |
| Morris, Jill | Kookaburra school |
| Morris, Jill | The lady down the road |
| Morris, Julie | Possums in the roof |
| Morris, Julie D | The most colourful frog in the world |
| Morris, Martha | Katherine and the garbage dump |
| Morrison, Vicki | So shy |
| Morrison, Yvonne | An Aussie night before Christmas |
| Mosel, Arlene | Tikki Tikki Tembo |
| Moss, Elaine | Polar |
| Moss, Miriam | The best dog in the world |
| Moss, Miriam | This is the reef |
| Mueller, Ross | The big ball of string |
| Mueller, Ross | The boy who built the boat |
| Muir, Frank | What-a-Mess in winter |
| Muir, Stephen | Albert's old shoes |
| Muller, Robin | Little Kay |
| Muller, Robin | The lucky old woman |
| Mullins, Patricia | Dinosaur encore |
| Mullins, Patricia | One horse waiting for me |
| Mullins, Patricia | V for vanishing : an alphabet of endangered animals |
| Mumbulla, Percy | The whalers |
| Munsch, Robert N | The paper bag princess |
| Murphy, Brian | Gangelhoff |
| Murphy, Jill | All in one piece |
| Murphy, Jill | Five minutes' peace |
| Murphy, Jill | On the way home |
| Murphy, Jill | Peace at last |
| Murphy, Jill | A piece of cake |
| Murphy, Jill | A quiet night in |
| Murphy, Jill | Whatever next |
| Murray, Martine | A dog called Bear |
