Aussie Bites, Nibbles and Chomps and Quick Reads
by James Moloney

David, the Best Model Maker in the World

David could build a model of anything he saw, out of the things young boys have in their cupboards. One day, he receives a mysterious letter, challenging him to build a giant ball. But it is a trick and now it is up to David to save his Mum and Dad and his sister, Sarah. 

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Blue Hair Day

This book is an Aussie Nibble, for children who have just learned to read.

Sonya and Margo hear their grandmother talk about putting a blue rinse in her hair. They decide to do it for her, while she is asleep. They use food dye. Too much food dye. Oh dear. Blue Hair. Get the picture?

Moving House

‘Brian knows the removalists are taking away the wrong house. Yet no one believes him – not his father, not the removalists. He sets out to stop them and what an adventure it turns out to be. Sliding tables and flying soup cans. But Brian won’t give up. He has to save the house.’

A Box of Chicks

Mervyn was interested in everything, but most of all he loved animals. And animals loved Mervyn, especially the chicks he discovered at school. But his Mum wasn’t so keen. She wants them out of the house. And worse still, if he can’t find a home for his box full of chicks, they will end up DEAD MEAT!

Grommet Saves the World

Grommet lives life on the edge. When this gets him into trouble at Scream World, the manager sees an opportunity. Someone has been sabotaging the rides at the theme park. She needs an undercover agent to catch the culprit. And who would suspect a skateboarding teenager like Grommet of being a spy?

Intergalactic Heroes

Dan and his mate, Joe, love space adventures. They play out fantastic battles in their back yards. Then they find some old walkie-talkies in the garage and play around with the wiring. Suddenly, they find themselves in the middle of a real Intergalactic battle that threatens the entire earth!

 

 

Duck Sounds

Jock lives near a park with a large duck pond. One morning he wakes early to the sound of duck calls. But the calls aren’t coming from a real duck. When he investigates, he finds he must act to stop a terrible crime.
Be warned – reading this book can be a messy affair!


 

 

68 Teeth

When fourteen year old Jack goes fishing on his family’s isolated cattle property he’s lucky not be caught himself – by a rogue crocodile. To capture the huge reptile, Jack’s father calls in a trapper who gives out a constant stream of facts about crocodile. He captures one, but what he and Jack don’t know is that there is a second one, even bigger. Your blood will race when Jack has to save the crocodile trapper from this terrible beast.



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