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Unpredictable Tales
Uncanny! I stared at Dad's eyes through the gas mask and remembered our handshake. A deal is a deal. With pounding heart, I walked into the soggy, wet...
Paul Jennings' books are enjoyed by millions of children throughout the world. From the hugely popular UnCollected series comes this special selection...
Have you ever . . . swallowed a live fish? seen bugs in hailstones? had luminous teeth? used a smell-detector? been a ghost? No? Then read about kids ...
Honest, insightful, funny - a brilliant memoir about writing and teaching and life from one of Australia's most loved children's authors. In the telli...
It's unbearable . . . The bird's perch is swinging to and fro and hitting me on the nose. I can see my eye in its little mirror. Unbearably weird . . ...
Now you see him, now you don't - an action-packed adventure about a boy who just wants to blend in, from a bestselling author/illustrator team. Even b...
Children all over the world can't resist the special magic of a Paul Jennings story - for over twenty years he has entertained and enthralled young re...
Collection of eight humourous, entertaining and slightly vulgar short stories. Suggested level: primary, intermediate....
I'm Uncovered . . . I try to hide my nakedness with my hand. But it doesn't work. Everyone can see. Also on show . . . Bad rabbit habits. Rapt – in ...
The Paul Jennings phenomenon began with the publication of Unreal! in 1985 and, eight million books later, readers all around the world continue to de...
Even More Surprising Stories
A fantastic new Paul Jennings story, full of twists and turns, following the fortunes of a boy boarding a ship and leaving his past behind. Longlisted...
Quirky? You can say that again . . . I have an eye on my finger and a little face in my throat. I start to cry. Tears fall down my face. And down my f...
A story of new beginnings in a new land, and a surprising, heartwarming companion to A Different Boy and A Different Dog. Christopher is twelve thousa...
Paul Jennings and the Madisons
More Mad Endings
A collection of eight stories about the scary, the supernatural, or the unusual, including a mysterious bottle whose contents let you read people's mi...
Every Story from Unreal, Unbelievable and Quirky Tails. Volume one
Here is a collection of twenty-six unreal, unbelievable and quirky tales that are wildly funny, outrageously strange, and shockingly scary by Australi...
Unbelievable? Maybe. But I'm telling you it's true. The crusher had pushed all the air out of my lungs. It was squeezing me tighter and tighter. I kne...
A 2017 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award winner *********************************************** This book is an introduction to the history of a...
Here are eight great stories about ordinary kids - and some extraordinary things that happen to them. A weird and wacky world awaits you in unreal!...
More Bizarre Stories
Hedley Hopkins has a few problems: he is the new kid at school, straight off the boat from England in the 1950s. The only friends he has made are the ...
More Surprising Stories
Nine stories deal with rejuvenation, a giant tooth, a dragon, a ghostly test, a loyal dog, a comic book hero, a magic tree, a ghost gull, and a supern...
Unmentionable? Sure. But I'll try to tell you anyway...The mouth organ is inside my mouth. It is stuck in sideways. The pain is terrible. My eyes wate...
The author of Unmentionable! presents horrifying yet weirdly funny tales of the bizarre, from toadstools with the power to assume the form of anything...
Oh yuck. The mice were running up my trousers. They wriggled under my shirt. They were even inside my underpants. Mice, madness and mayhem. From the M...
Stephen's bra is starting to slip. His pantyhose are sagging. His knickers keep falling down. Oh, the shame of it. He stole a gizmo-and now it's payin...
Presents a collection of twenty-five humorous stories about children with unfortunate nicknames, killer foot-odor problems, and plagues of rabbits....
More Oddball Stories
More Surprising Stories: Pink Bow Tie, One Shot Toothpaste, There's No Such
I froze. On the other side of the fence horrible, gobbling squeals came from THE SLOBBERERS as they fought over the bloody trail I had left behind. "A...