Most Popular Books by Morris Gleitzman

When Rowena, who is mute, rescues a pet cockatoo from the class bully, she begins to make sense of her feelings about the new baby her father and stepmother are expecting. Ages 8 and up.

Limpy’s family reckons humans don’t hate cane toads, but Limpy knows otherwise. He’s spotted the signs: the cross looks, the unkind comments, the way they squash cane toads with their cars. Limpy is desperate to save his species from ending up as pancakes. Somehow he must make humans see how fabulous cane toads really are. Risking everything, he sets off on a wart-tinglingly dangerous and daring journey to . . . the Olympics? This is the epic story of a slightly squashed young cane toad’s quest for the truth.

A cane toad''s hilarious quest to discover the true meaning of Christmas! Limpy has a dream. A dream in which cane toads and humans live happily together. Surely this time Limpy will be able to show humans how nice cane toads can be? After all, it is Christmas. And isn''t Christmas a time of peace and goodwill to all men? And cane toads?

WINNER - Speech Pathology Australia Upper Primary 2007 SHORTLISTED - REAL Children''s Choice Awards 2008 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? When Thomas is faced with an itchy problem that he thinks is the most embarrassing secret he''s ever had, he doesn''t know is that this problem will lead him on an epic journey from Australia to Paris, filled with laughter, friendship, and self-discovery. Throughout the story, Thomas will encounter challenges and obstacles, but with the help of his best friends, he''ll learn that there is no such thing as an embarrassing secret, and that everyone''s quirks make them unique and special. Doubting Thomas is a touching and entertaining portrayal of childhood and the power of friendship and self-acceptance, making it a must-read for all ages. ------------------ 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

‘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

Mitch is about to be flattened by the school bullies so he begs for help from the most powerful source he knows - Doug, his guardian angel. Told in the first person, this is another of Gleitzman''s popular comedies about anxious and accident-prone youngsters, including ''Misery Guts'' and ''Worry Warts''.

Keith worries about his separated parents and wants to improve their appearance so they will find new partners, but he realizes that he cannot change them into different people. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

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.

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.

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 ...

Brilliantly funny short stories for middle school readers from the ever-popular Morris Gleitzman, in the hilarious style of Give Peas a Chance, Pizza Cake and Snot Chocolate!

Amy and Sprocket are on a mission - to find her dad and his mum, rescue the baby from the Brats and uncover exactly what is going on inside the mysterious nudist colony. But the truth is even more terrifying than anything they imagined.

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.

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 ...

The jaw-dropping details of one slightly squashed cane toad''s adventures on TV. And his shock when he discovers what''s cooking.

Sent to live with relatives in England when his younger brother develops a rare form of cancer, Colin tries to see the Queen to help find a cure for his brother.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A continuação de Uma vez, a história contada através do olhar inocente e criativo de Felix, uma criança de 10 anos que tenta sobreviver em meio aos horrores do Holocausto. Felix é um daqueles personagens que ficam na memória. Um menino de 10 anos, criativo e esperto, que tenta sobreviver em meio a um dos mais cruéis episódios da história da humanidade: o Holocausto. Sua história começou a ser contada no livro Uma vez, ao descobrir que foi deixado pelos pais em um orfanato e resolve fugir, na tentativa de reencontrar a família. No meio do caminho, além de muitos sustos e perigos, Felix encontra Zelda, uma menina de 6 anos que ele salva de um incêndio. Neste vollume, Felix e Zelda, depois de fugirem de um trem que leva judeus para um campo de concentração na Polônia, precisam de coragem, criatividade e sorte para não serem pegos pelos nazistas nem morrerem de fome ou frio. Este é um livro que evoca emoção e ternura ao narrar, do ponto de vista infantil, as dificuldades de quem lutou para sobreviver ao Holocausto. Então parte do desejo de incluir um exemplo realmente notável: a história de pessoas dispostas a arriscar tudo para oferecer amizade e proteção a um estranho. O primeiro volume da série recebeu Prêmio da Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil (FNLIJ) 2018, categoria Tradução/Adaptação Jovem.

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.