Best Selling Books by Morris Gleitzman

‘A brilliantly funny writer’ Sunday Telegraph Aristotle just wants to be happy. And, if possible, have the biggest adventure of his life. With no sneezing. Is that too much for a germ to ask? Meet Aristotle - a germ who wants to laugh and joke, but is living in a nostril that bans such nonsense. When he goes against the system, he and his brother Blob are banished and soon discover another nostril just like theirs, sending them on a journey to find their place in the world. Aristotle''s Nostril will give you a biology lesson you didn''t know you needed, all while making you laugh and think. ------------------ PRAISE FOR MORRIS GLEITZMAN ‘Readers can''t get enough of him.’ The Independent ‘A virtuoso demonstration of how you can make comedy out of the most unlikely subject’ Sunday Times ‘He is one of the finest examples of a writer who can make humour stem from the things that really matter in life.’ The Guardian

Then is the second story of Felix and Zelda. They escaped from the Nazis, but how long can they now survive when there are so many people ready to hand them over for a reward? Thanks to the courage of a kind, brave woman they are able to hide for a time in the open, but Felix knows he has a distinguishing feature that identifies him as a Jew and that it is only a matter of time before he is discovered, which will mean death for them all. Even though he promised Zelda he would never leave her, he knows he has to, before it is too late . . .

STORIES THAT DIG DEEP! Stop your mum picking her nose ... read the secret diary of a dog ... catch a bus and then let it go ... discover how one slice of toast can make you the most popular person in school ... start wearing a crown and give up eating pig-nostril gruel ... use a wrecking ball to defeat a bully ... show your big sister the very scary secret in your wardrobe ... unleash the awesome power of chips ... and live in a house that gets wiped clean more often than a bottom! ------------------ PRAISE FOR MORRIS GLEITZMAN ‘Readers can''t get enough of him.’ The Independent ‘A brilliantly funny writer’ Sunday Telegraph ‘A virtuoso demonstration of how you can make comedy out of the most unlikely subject’ Sunday Times ‘He is one of the finest examples of a writer who can make humour stem from the things that really matter in life.’ The Guardian

Now available in paperback--the novel that introduces a cane toad named Limpy, who is desperate to save his species from ending up as pancakes on the roadways. Somehow he must make humans see how fabulous cane toads really are.

11-year-old Mitch lives in a remote Australian town. Desperate to win friends, and earn his family the gratitude of the hostile locals, he decides to become a world champion diver. Trouble is, there''s no water big enough to dive in for 600 miles.

The truth is . . . Thomas has an embarrassing secret. Is it a rare and special gift or the worst thing that could happen to a boy? A story about best friends, surprising adventures and itchy nipples.

From two of Australia''s wickedest authors comes this collection of six shocking children''s stories. They are: The Slobberers, Battering Rams, Croaked, Dead Ringers, The Creeper and Till Death Us Do Part.

I put my face close to the cocky''s and gave it a look. Don''t be scared, you poor little thing, the look said. I want to help you. ''Rack off,'' said the cocky. The last thing Rowena wants in her life right now is a crazy cockatoo. She''s got enough problems of her own. For a start, she''s just splattered twoo hundred grown-ups with jelly and custard. But a crook-tempered cockatoo, Ro discovers, can be just the friend she needs.

After Amy loses her dad and Sprocket loses his memory, the two of them are on a quest that will take them to the weirdest nidist colony in the world. They discover deadly secrets that lure deeper into the mystery.

''What section do you want to advertise in? Toys? Sporting Equipment? Computers and Video Games?'' The woman in the newspaper office took off her glasses and polished them on her cardigan. ''What are you advertising?'' ''My Parents,'' said Keith. What does a kid do when his Mum and Dad are past it? Get them into shape, decides Keith. And find them new partners. It''s a brilliant plan-but he''ll need help.

Amy''s mum is missing, her dad''s left and she''s stuck with a baby she''s never seen before. Meanwhile Sprocket has no idea how he ended up all alone in the bush, naked and with no food. But one thing''s for sure - being chased around by fiendish little brats isn''t going to help him remember anything ...

In no time at all, Amy and Sprocket were covered with scampering, crawling, hopping insects and spiders. They were in Sprocket''s hair and eyes and earholes. He gasped and sucked in air. And with the air he drew in a huge spider. It squirmed and wriggled inside his mouth like a live, damp feather. He spat it out with a scream ...

Birds. Lots of birds. The people of the world are puzzled. Their feathered friends are trying to tell them something, and they’re not sure what it is. Then a boy and his pet budgie discover the secret. Join Jay and Clyde, and their friends Maxine and Dora, on an exciting, funny, risky journey to save their families. And every other family too.

Comic children''s novel about a mute girl whose chief trials in life are her father - who seems unable to be embarrassed - and the attitude of her school, which wants her to be a project, not a person. From the author of ''Misery Guts'' and ''Worry Warts''.

Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house. Once I made a Nazi with toothache laugh. My name is Felix. This is my story.

Bumface! That''s who Angus wants to be. He dreams of being bold, brave, wild and free. Like the pirate in the stories he tells his younger brother and sister.

Despite the opposition of Ancient Eric and Malcolm, Limpy goes on a quest to find a place where cane toads can be safe from humans and live in harmony.

Reissue of the book of the telemovie of the same name. Serious as well as humourous tale of a lad learning about the other facts of life P war, famine, pollution and nuclear destruction.

Limpy is fed up with seeing his relatives run over and when he hears of a place in the Amazon, where human and toad live together in harmony, he resolves to find this place for himself and to take his cousin Goliath with him. But the jungle is not the Utopia that Limpy had imagined and it takes the advice of some Amazonian cane toads and one wise man to finally find the secret of a harmonious life with humans.

To solve the mystery and save their step family Rory and Dawn must find Karl. What awaits them in the abandoned refinery, a new beginning or a horrible end? Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Felix is a grandfather. He has achieved much in his life and is widely admired in the community. He has mostly buried the painful memories of his childhood, but they resurface when his granddaughter Zelda comes to stay with him. Together they face a cataclysmic event armed only with their gusto and love, an event that helps them achieve salvation from the past, but also brings the possibility of destruction.