The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea: Popular Penguins

Randolph Stow

In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite older cousin Rick leaves to join the army, the war takes a step closer. When Rick returns several years later, he has changed and the old merry-go-round that represents Rob's dream of utopia ...

The Beast Within

Emile Zola

His haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's "The Beast Within" (La Bete Humaine) is translated from the French with an introduction and notes by Roger Whitehouse in "Penguin Classics". Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret ab...

Everything in Its Place - A Story of Books and Belonging

Pauline David-Sax; Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illustrator)

An inspiring and poetic story about reading, libraries, and overcoming shyness to findcommunity.I gather the books in my arms, and give them a hug. "Welcome back,"I whisper.Nicky is a shy girl who feels most at home in the safe space of her school library, but the library closes for a week and Nicky is ...