VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
30 Australian Ghost Stories for Children
30 Australian Stories for Children
4F for Freaks
50 Famous Australians
68 Teeth
A Britt Brady Mystery: The Hairy Legs Heist
A Dream of Seas
A Flock of Blats
A Fox Called Sorrow
A Grave Catastrophe
A Horse Called Elvis
A Kingdom for a Hat
A Matter of Cats
A Paddock of Poems
A Penny to Remember
Author
Knight, Linsay (ed.); Rogers, Gregory (ill.)
Knight, Linsay (ed.); Rogers, Gregory (ill.)
Hobbs, Leigh
Costain, Meredith
Moloney, James
Whiting, Sue
Norman, Lilith
Stephens, Michael
Carmody, Isobelle
Hilton, Nette
Heffernan, John
Heimann, Rolf; Spooner, John (ill.)
Hutchins, Elizabeth
Fatchen, Max
Murray, Kirsty; Bray, Peter (ill.)
A Phaery named Phredde: and Other Stories to Eat with a
Banana
A True Person
A Tyranny of Toads
A Wrinkle in Time
Across the Dark Sea
Action Sports series
Adults Only
Air Force
Al Dentay and the Incredible Spaghetti Machine
Alexander the Great: Reckless Conqueror
Ali the Bold Heart
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
All About Anna and Harriet and Christopher and Me
All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
All Right, Vegemite!
All Stars series
Allie McGregor's True Colours
Amazing Australian Mammals
Amazing Facts about Australian Dinosaurs
Anastasia series
Ancient Rome
Animal Architects
Annabel Again
Anne of Green Gables series
Antarctic Close-up
Antarctica
Anthony Mundine
Anton Rocks on
Araminta Spook series
Aristotle's Nostril
Army
Artists are Crazy and Other Stories
As I Grew Older
Asterix series
Astrid Spark Fixologist
Astrolabe: Adventures in the Southern Seas
Australia Locked Up
Australian Olympians 1896-1996
Australian Sea Mammals
B Is for Bravo
Bad Girls
Ballet
French, Jackie; Vane, Mitch (ill.)
Gabiann, Marin; Grantford, Jacqui (ill.)
Green, Jessica
L'Engle, Madeleine
Orr, Wendy
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Gleitzman, Morris
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Atherton, Bruce
Wilkinson, Carole
Jolly, Jane; Hurst, Elise
Carroll, Lewis
Hathorn, Libby
Hoopmann, Cathy
Factor, June; Viska, Peter (ill.)
Costain, Meredith and others
Lawson, Sue
Silkstone, Barry
Hocknull, Scott; Cook Alex
Lowry, Lois
Stroud, Jonathan
Nicholson, John
McKinlay, Meg
Montgomery, L.M.
Edwards, Hazel; Parkee, Meegan (ill.)
McDonald, Kellie
McCallum, Grant
Metzenthen, David
Sage, Angie; Pickering, Jim (ill.)
Gleitzman, Morris
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Catran, Ken
Abdulla, Ian
Goscinny, Rene; Uderzo, Albert (ill.)
D'Ath, Justin
Arnott, Susan
Nicholson, John
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Ayling, Tony; Bell, Gary (photo)
Burgemeestre, Kevin
Wilson, Jacqueline
Bussell, Darcey
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Ballet Shoes
Batman
Beast
Beetle Soup
Being Bee
Belly Flop
Belonging
Best Friends
Better Out Than In
Bibile: The True Story of a Baby Orphan Elephant
Bike Shorts
Billy Mack's War
Bird and Sugar Boy
Blabbermouth
Blading
Blart2
Blat Magic
Blind Trek
BMX
Board Shorts
Booger Mining
Bootleg
Boots and All
Booyooburra
Born to Run: My Story
Boxer Shorts
Boy Overboard
Bringing Back the Dead
Bronco, Fi, Maddie and Me
Bumageddon, the Final Pongflict
Bumface
Buzzard Breath and Brains
Cairo Jim series
Call of the Osprey
Callie's Castle
Cannily, Cannily
Captain Mack
Caravan Kids
Castlecliff and the Fossil Princess
Cathy Freeman
Cathy Freeman
Catland
Centrally Heated Knickers
Chair
Challenge - Australian National Students' Magazine
Change the Game series
Charles Darwin
Author
Streatfeild, Noel
Beatty, Scott
Wild, Margaret
Morrow, Robin (comp.)
Bateson, Catherine
Gleitzman, Morris
Baker, Jeannie
Wilson, Jacqueline; Sharratt, Nick (ill.)
Wallace, Adam; McKenzie, Heath (ill.)
Cannon, Teresa; Wilks, Liz (ill.)
Clark, Margaret
Roy, James
Laguna, Sofie
Gleitzman, Morris
Smith, Martin
Barker, Dominic
Stephens, Michael
Kennedy, Jim
Job, Chris
Clark, Margaret
Martin, S. R.
Shearer, Alex
Clark, Sherryl
Fogarty, Lionel
Freeman, Cathy
Clark, Margaret
Gleitzman, Morris
Hollyer, Belinda; Kearney, David (ill.)
Luke, Pauline
Griffiths, Andy
Gleitzman, Morris
Moloney, James
McSkimming, Geoffrey
Jorgensen, Norman; Harrison-Lever, Brian (ill.)
Park, Ruth
French, Simon
Roy, James
Hathorn, Libby
Pulford, Elizabeth; Jenner, Lorelei
Dolan, Beth
McCallum, Grant
Starke, Ruth
Rosen, Michael
Martin, S. R.
Various
Hyde, Michael
Drummond, Allan; Drummond, Sam
Charles Darwin's Big Idea: the Revolutionary Theory of
Evolution
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Charlie Bone series
Charlie Carver Stacks It
Charlotte's Web
Charmantle
Chaucer`s Canterbury Tales
Children of the Green Knowe
Child's Dreaming
Stewart, Robin
Dahl, Roald
Dahl, Roald
Nimmo, Jenny
Stiller, Laurie
White, E.B.
Martin, S. R.
Willams, Marcia
Boston, Lucy
Gilbert, Kevin
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Circus Carnivore
Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type
Cold
Convicted!
Cool School
Cool Shorts
Cowpat$
Cracking Coasts
Cross-Eyed Jack
Crow Chronicles
Dacked!
Danny the Champion of the World
Darby
Dark Island
David Mortimore Baxter series
Dawn Undercover
Dead Average!
Dead Funny!
Dead Meat!
Dead Scary!
Dead Worried!
Deadly! Series
Dear Mr Sprouts
Dear Writer
Deltora Quest series
Desert Animals and Plants
Diary of a Would Be Princess
Digger J. Jones
Dinotopia
Dipper's Fabulous Fantastic Footy Fun [and Fact] Book
Dirty Beasts
Dirty Shorts
Disaster
Diva series
Do Not Go Around the Edges
Doctor! Doctor!
Dodger
Dolphins Dance
Don't Pat the Wombat
Double Act
Double Jeopardy
Doubting Thomas
Down the Hole
Do-Wrong Ron
Dracula
Dragonkeeper Trilogy
Earthfasts
Earthsea Cycle
Egg Drop
Eleanor, Elizabeth
Eliza! Eliza!
Ella Enchanted
Emil and the Detectives
Empty Frame
Encyclopaedia of Preserved People
Endangered!
Ernie Dingo
Everset Trilogy
3
Author
Svendsen, Mark
Cronin, Doreen
Martin, S. R.
Clark, Anna; Cawley, Kate
Marsden, John
Clark, Margaret
Alexander, Goldie
Ganeri, Anita
Montano, Josie; Serenc, Mary
Martini, Clem
Daddo, Andrew
Dahl, Roald
Fuqua, Jonathan S.
Ben-Uri, Galila
Tayleur, Karen
Dale, Anna
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Jennings, Paul; Gleitzman, Morris
Broome, Errol
Gleeson, Libby; Cox, David (ill.)
Rodda, Emily
Pearson, Jane
Green, Jessica
Frankland, Richard J.
Vornholt, John and others
DiPierdomenico, Robert
Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin (ill.)
Clark, Margaret
McAllan, Kate
Lawson, Sue
Utemorrah, Daisy; Torres, Pat (ill.)
Carthew, Mark
Gleeson, Libby
Goetze, Jutta
Honey, Elizabeth
Wilson, Jacqueline
McGahey, Jo
Gleitzman, Morris
Williams, Edna Tantjingu
Herrick, Steven; Magerl, Caroline (ill.)
Stoker, Bram; Calcutt, David
Wilkinson, Carole
Mayne, William
Le Guin, Ursula
Grey, Mini
Gleeson, Libby
Irvine, Nance
Levine, Gail Carson
Kastner, Erich
Pilling, Ann
Prior, Natalie Jane
Wilkinson, Rick
McCallum, Grant
Korman, Gordon
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Fair Dinkum Histories
Fame School series
Fantastic Book of Mountain Biking
Far Out, Brussel Sprout!
Father Sky and Mother Earth
Feathered Soldiers
Feathers and Fools
Ferret Boy
Finders Keepers
Finn Family Moomintroll
First Light
Five Children and It
Five Times Dizzy
Florence Nightingale: the Lady of the Lamp
Flushed
Fly a Rebel Flag: the Battle of Eureka
Flying Ace: the Story of Amelia Earhart
Flytrap
Foggy
Football
Footy Shorts
Fox
Francis Bacon series
Frank and the Secret Club
Freaks Ahoy!
Freaky Friday
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler
Fungus
Fungus the Bogeyman
Funniest Stories
Getting into Sports series
Gift of the Gab
Give Peas A Chance
Go Horatio
Goal! How Football Conquered the World
Goanna Jumps High
Author
French, Jackie
Jefferies, Cindy
Osborne, Ian
Factor, June; Viska, Peter (ill.)
Noonuccal, Oodgeroo; Walker, Kath
Farrer, Vashti; Small, Mary
Fox, Mem
Lawson, Sue
Rodda, Emily
Jansson, Tove
Crew, Gary; Gouldthorpe, Peter (ill.)
Nesbit, Edith
Wheatley, Nadia
Barnham, Kay
Daddo, Andrew
Annear, Robyn
Bull, Angela; Forsey, Chris
McDonald, Meme; Pryor, Boori
Baillie, Allan
Lineker, Gary
Clark, Margaret
Wild, Margaret; Brooks, Ron (ill.)
Measday, Stephen
Oswald, Debra
Hobbs, Leigh
Rodgers, Mary
Konigsburg, E.L.
Martin, S. R.
Briggs, Raymond
Jennings, Paul
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Gleitzman, Morris
Gleitzman, Morris
Quinn, Pat
Chambers, Catherine
Urandangi State School
Gogo Fish! the Story of the Western Australian State Fossil
Emblem
Going for Kalta: Hunting for Sleepy Lizards at Yalata
Good Luck to the Rider
Gowie Corby Plays Chicken
Gracie and the Emperor
Grandad's Gifts
Grandma Cadbury series
Greek Myths for Young Children
Grommet Saves the World
Groosham Grange series
Groovy Greek Hero Raps
Gymnastics
Gypsy Magic
H2O: An Anthology of Water Stories
Hair of the Skeleton
Half the Battle
Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
Hannah's Winter
Happiness of Kati
Harriet the Spy
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Long, John; Ruse, Jill
Edwards, Yvonne; Day, Brenda
Phipson, Joan
Kemp, Gene
Broome, Errol
Jennings, Paul; Gouldthorpe, Peter (ill.)
Bates, Dianne
Williams, Marcia
Moloney, James
Horowitz, Anthony
Mitton, Tony; Chatterton, Martin (ill.)
Jackman, Joan
Simons, Moya
Hamilton, Margaret (compiler)
Freeman, Pamela
Henderson, Don
Klein, Robin
Meehan, Kierin
Vejjajiva, Jane; Borthwick, Prudence
Fitzhugh, Louise
Rowling, J.K.
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Hatchet series
Hating Alison Ashley
Hazel Green series
Heidi
Hello God, Kate Here. Can We Talk?
Helping Out
Heritage and Places
Holey Shorts
Home Among the Gum Trees
Hoosh! Camels in Australia
Horrible Histories series
How the Finnegans Saved the Ship
How to Be a Pirate
How to Eat Fried Worms
How to Guzzle Your Garden
How to Speak Dragonese
How to Train Your Dragon
Howzat!
I am Jack
I am Susannah
I Believe in Unicorns
I Can't Wait
I Findem P.I.
I Hate Fridays: Stories from Koala Hills Primary School
I Hate Sport
I, Nigel Dorking
Idjhil
If the World Belonged to Dogs
In Between series
In My Father's Room
In the Wake of the Mary Celeste
In Union
Incredible Cross-sections
Indian in the Cupboard series
Indie Kidd series
Inline Skating
Inside the Australian Ballet
Into the Land of the Unicorns
Invisible Chains
Iron Soldiers: A Story of Arms and Armour
Irving the Magician
Is It True, Grandfather?
It`s True! Bushrangers Lost Their Heads
It's Not Fair
It's True! a Bushfire Burned my Dunny Down
It's True! Animals are Electrifying
It's True! Burke and Wills Forgot the Frying Pan
It's True! Crime Doesn't Pay
It's True! Dinosaurs Never Died
It's True! Everest Kills
It's True! Fashion can be Fatal
It's True! Frogs are Cannibals
It's True! Hauntings Happen and Ghosts Get Grumpy
It's True! Pigs Do Fly
It's True! Space Turns You into Spaghetti
It's True! Squids Suck
It's True! the Romans Were the Real Gangsters
It's True! the Vikings got Lost
5
Author
Paulsen, Gary
Klein, Robin
Hirsch, Odo
Spyri, Johanna
Simons, Moya; Coutts, Lisa (ill.)
Nilsson, Eleanor
Chapman, Helen
Clark, Margaret
Nicholson, John
Brian, Janeen
Deary, Terry
French, Jackie
Cowell, Cressida
Rockwell, Thomas
French, Jackie; Rossell, Judith (ill.)
Cowell, Cressida
Cowell, Cressida
Fatchen, Max
Gervay, Susanne
Gleeson, Libby
Morpurgo, Michael
Flynn, Rachel
Barton, Colleen; Axelsen, Stephen (ill.)
Flynn, Rachel
Storer, Prue
Fahey, Mary-Anne
Bell, Helen
Taylor, Michelle A.
McCarthy, Maureen
Crew, Gary
Crew, Gary; Ingpen, Robert (ill.)
Caisley, Raewyn
Biesty, Stephen
Banks, Lynne Reid
McCombie, Karen
Glidewell, Steve
Lawrenson, Diana
Coville, Bruce
Vogiel, Eva
Luckett, Dave
Riddle, Tohby
Lohse, Wendy
Barwick, John; Axelsen, Stephen (ill.)
Flynn, Rachel
McGuire, Tracey
Wilkinson, Rick
Greagg, David
MacDonald, Beverley
Long, John
Wilson, Kim
Green, Susan
Tyler, Michael
Costain, Meredith
Denton, Terry
Catchpole, Heather; Woods, Vanessa
Greenberg, Nicki
Wright, John; Wright, Joshua
Greagg, David
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
It's True! There ARE Bugs in Your Bed
It's True! This Book is a Load of Rubbish
It's True! We Came from Slime
It's True! Women were Warriors
It's True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes
It's True! You Eat Poison Every Day
It's True! Your Cat Could Be a Spy
It's True! Your Hair Grows 15 Kilometres a Year
Jamil's Shadow
Jasper Zammit Soccer Legend series
Jenny Angel
Joan of Arc: The Story of Jehanne Darc
Jock and Aramis
John Lennon: Voice of a Generation
Joseph
Journey from the Centre of the Earth
Julie of the Wolves
Junior Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife
Just Annoying
Just Crazy
Just Disgusting
Just So Stories
Just Stupid
Just Tricking
Kensuke's Kingdom
Kevin The Troll
Kids' Night In 2: A Feast of Stories
Killer Virus and Other Stories
Layla, Queen of Hearts
Legends series
Leon Stumble’s Book of Fairly Stupid Tales
Let 'Er Rip, Potato Chip!
Licorice Shorts
Life in a Rockpool
Lily Quench series
Little Brother
Little House on the Prairie
Author
Catchpole, Heather; Woods, Vanessa
Burnside, Deborah
McNamara, Kenneth
Jones, Carol
Holt, Sharon
Macinnis, Peter
Bursztynski, Sue
Lawrenson, Diana
Harris, Christine
Abela, Deborah; Warren, Johnny
Wild, Margaret; Spudvilas, Anne (ill.)
Wilkinson, Lily
Battersby, Ewan
Gogerly, Liz
Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim (ill.)
Carmody, Isobelle
George, Jean
Currey, Kylie
Griffiths, Andy; Denton, Terry (ill.)
Griffiths, Andy; Denton, Terry (ill.)
Griffiths, Andy; Denton, Terry (ill.)
Kipling, Rudyard
Griffiths, Andy; Denton, Terry (ill.)
Griffiths, Andy; Denton, Terry (ill.)
Morpurgo, Michael
Macleod, Doug
Adams, Jessica; Basini, Helen; Earls, Nick
Alexander, Goldie
Millard, Glenda
Panckridge, Michael
Macleod, Doug; Smith, Craig (ill.)
Durkin, Peter; Ferguson, Virginia; Viska, Peter (ill.)
Clark, Margaret
Pyers, Greg
Prior, Natalie Jane
Baillie, Allan
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Livewire Investigates Aboriginal Studies: Traditional
Technologies
Loku and the Shark Attack
Looking for Atlantis
Lucy in the Leap Year
Lucy's Bay
Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War
Luke's Way of Looking
Luna Bay series
Macbeth and Son
Magpie Island
Making Jamie Normal
Mandawuy Yunupingu and Yothu Yindi
Manxmouse
Martial Arts
Mary Bryant: The Impossible Escape
Matilda
Max Remy Super Spy series
Me All Alone at the End of the World
Messing Around
Michael O'Loughlin
Cahir, Sandra
Carlyon, Deborah; Danalis, Johnny (ill.)
Thompson, Colin
Wheatley, Nadia; Searle, Ken (ill.)
Crew, Gary
Henderson, Kathy; Ray, Jane
Wheatley, Nadia; Ottley, Matt (ill.)
Lantz, Francess
French, Jackie
Thiele, Colin; Haldane, Roger (ill.)
Pershall, Mary K.
McCallum, Grant
Gallico, Paul
Mitchell, David
Scott, Craig
Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin (ill.)
Abela, Deborah
Anderson, M. T.
Flynn, Rachel
McCallum, Grant
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Midnite
Midsummer Knight
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure
Mighty Greek Myth Raps
Millions
Minnie and the Superguys
Misery Guts
Molly Moon series
Mountains
Muffin Top
Multicultural Australia series
Mustara
My Canberra Project
My Father is not a Comedian
My Father's Boat
My Girragundji
My Hiroshima
My Life in Dog Years
My Place in Space
My Side of the Mountain
My Sister's a Burp
My Sister's a Full Stop
My Sister's a Nightmare
My Sister's a Sea Slug
My Sister's a Yo-yo
My Sister's an Alien
My Story and My Australian Story series
Naked Bunyip Dancing
Nanny McPhee: Based on the Collected Tales of Nurse
Matilda
Natalie Imbruglia
Nathan Nuttboard hits the Beach
Naturally Rude
Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls series
Navy
Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon
Nellie Melba
Nelson Mandela
Nerd No More
New Bjorn
Nicholas and the Chronoporter
Nightpeople
NIPS Go National
NIPS XI
No Tears
Norman and Brenda
Not Cricket
Nova Peris-Kneebone
Number 8
Okra and Acacia
Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece
On a Camel to the Moon
One Perfect Day
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
Only a Donkey
Paddy McCann, Time Shifter
Pannikin and Pinta
Pat Rafter
7
Author
Stow, Randolph
Rogers, Gregory
Coerr, Eleanor
Mitton, Tony; Chatterton, Martin (ill.)
Cottrell Boyce, Frank
Godwin, Jane
Gleitzman, Morris
Byng, Georgia
Chapman, Garry
Daddo, Andrew
Chapman, Gary
Hawke, Rosanne; Ingpen, Robert (ill.)
Murdoch, Gregory; Flynn, Rachel
Dubosarsky, Ursula
Garland, Sherry
McDonald, Meme; Pryor, Boori
Morimoto, Junko
Paulsen, Gary
Hirst, Robin; Hirst, Sally; Harvey, Roland (ill.); Levine, Joe (ill.)
George, Jean
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Wheatley, Nadia and others
Herrick, Steven
Brand, Christianna
Gott, Robert
Eaton, Anthony
Aronson, Linda
Milne, Christopher
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Goldsmith, Mike
Irvine, Nance
Connolly, Sean
Franklin, Kristine L.
England, Kathryn
Monkfish, Rowley
Eaton, Anthony
Starke, Ruth
Starke, Ruth
Bell, Krista
Thompson, Colin; Lissiat, Amy
Caisley, Raewyn
McCallum, Grant
Fienberg, Anna
Hathorn, Libby; Stoddart, Brigitte (ill.)
Blacklock, Dyan; Kennett, David (ill.)
Bloom, Valerie
French, Jackie
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Walters, Celeste; Mullins, Patricia (ill.)
Blake, Bronwyn
Thiele, Colin; Gouldthorpe, Peter (ill.)
Shephard, Barrie
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Penny Pollard series
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter Pan
Peter Pan in Scarlet
Pheasant and Kingfisher
Author
Klein, Robin
Barry, Dave; Ridley, Pearson
Barry, Dave; Ridley, Pearson
Barrie, J.M.
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Berndt, Catherine; Meeks, Arone Raymond (ill.)
Phredde and a Frog named Bruce: and Other Stories to Eat
with a Watermelon
French, Jackie; Vane, Mitch (ill.)
Phredde and the Temple of Gloom: a Story to Eat with a
Mandarin
French, Jackie
Phredde and the Zombie Librarian: and Other Stories to Eat
with a Blood Plum
Piggotts in Peril
Pigs and Honey
Pilawuk: When I was Young
Pinocchio
Pinquo
Pippi Longstocking series
Plenitude
Poems in my Luggage
Pope John Paul II
Pop-up Machines
French, Jackie
Ball, Duncan
Adams, Jeanie
Brian, Janeen
Collodi, Carlo
Thiele, Colin; Milton, Mary (ill.)
Lindgren, Astrid
Bloom, Jessica
Thiele, Colin
Burns, Peggy
Crowther, Robert
Prickly and Poisonous: the Deadly Defenses of Nature's
Strangest Animals and Plants
Princess Tamsin
Private and Confidential
Puppy Fat
Pure Dead Magic
Queenie: One Elephant's Story
Quick, Let's Get out of Here
Quirky Tails
Quizzical
Rain May and Captain Daniel
Rainforests of Australia
Rainstones
Rapunzel
Raven Hill Mysteries
Ray's Olympics
Read My Mind!
Real Keen Baked Bean!
Redback Mansion
Remote Man
Revolting Rhymes
Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts
Rhyme Stew
Riding
Riding High series
Ring of Bright Water
River Boy
River Boy
Road-kill Breakfast
Robbie and the Dolphins
Robin Hood
Rockhopper
Roll Over Pavlova!
Rose Blanche
Round the Twist
Rowan of Rin series
Ganeri, Anita
Wickes, Annette
Ripley, Marion; Backhouse, Colin
Gleitzman, Morris
Gliori, Debi
Fenton, Corinne; Gouldthorpe, Peter (ill)
Blake, Quentin; Rosen, Michael
Jennings, Paul
Davidson, Leanne
Bateson, Catherine
Churchett, Graham
French, Jackie
Zelinsky, Paul
Rodda, Emily
Gleeson, Libby
Bell, Krista
Factor, June; Viska, Peter (ill.)
Marwood, Lorraine
Honey, Elizabeth
Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin (ill.)
Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin (ill.)
Dahl, Roald
Green, Lucinda
Kelly, Bernadette
Maxwell, Cynthia
Bowler, Tim
Hill, Anthony
Martin, S. R.
D'Ath, Justin
Early, Margaret
Broome, Errol
Factor, June; Marshall, Annie (ill.)
Innocenti, Roberto
Jennings, Paul
Rodda, Emily
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Runcible Jones series
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sam Poo the Mystery Behind the Legend
Samsara Dog
Sand Swimmers
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarindi and the Lucky Bird
Sassycat: the Night of the Dead
Saturday Morning, Mozart and Burnt Toast
Saving Arthur
School of Magic series
Sea Secrets
Seams of Gold
Selby series
Seven Fabulous Wonders series
Seven Little Australians
Shrek: the Novel
Simpson and Duffy
Sister Chick
Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
Sixth Grade Style Queen: Not!
Skateboarding
Slice 'n' Dice
Smith
Snow
Snow White in New York
Soccer: Great Moments, Great Players in World Football
Someday Angeline
Something Weird About Mr Foster
Songlines and Stone Axes
Space Games
Specky Magee series
Spiderwick Chronicles
Author
Irvine, Ian
Coerr, Eleanor
Stitt, Christopher
Manos, Helen; Vivas, Julie (ill.)
Oliver, Narelle
MacLachlan, Patricia
Fraser, J.; Gamble, Kim (ill.)
Harland, Richard
Newton, Robert
England, Kathryn
Luckett, Dave
Wadds, Gillian, M; Mertzlin, Anita (ill.)
Cheng, Christopher; Rawlins, Donna (ill.)
Ball, Duncan
Roberts, Katherine
Turner, Ethel
Weiss, Ellen
Small, Mary; Kasepuu, Ester (ill.)
McDonald, Meme
Macleod, Doug; Smith, Craig (ill.)
Clark, Sherryl
Powell, Ben
Martin, S. R.
Garfield, Leon
Chapman, Garry
French, Fiona
Lovelock, Damien
Sachar, Louis
Catran, Ken
Nicholson, John
Carter, Mick
Arena, Felice; Lyon, Garry
Black, Holly; Di Terlizzi, Tony (ill.)
Spiky, Spunky, My Pet Monkey and Other Weird and Wicked
Rhymes
Spit It Out!
Spookiest Stories
Spook's Shack
Spooner or Later
Sprung
Sprung Again
Spy Girl series
Stage Fright
Staying Alive in Year 5
Stefania's Dancing Slippers
Stella by the Sea
Stella Street series
Stench
Sticky Beak
Stinky Shorts
Stories from Jerusalem
Storm Boy and Other Stories
Story of Crow
Strange Station
Streets
Strictly Stars
Stuart Little
Sucked In: the Story of an Appendix on the Loose
Macleod, Doug; Smith, Craig (ill.)
Jennings, Paul
Jennings, Paul
Orr, Wendy; Millard, Kerry (ill.)
Jennings, Paul; Greenwood, Ted; Denton, Terry (ill.)
Daddo, Andrew
Daddo, Andrew
Harris, Christine
Tulloch, Richard; Jennings, Paul
Marsden, John
Beck, Jennifer; Fisher, Lindy
Starke, Ruth
Honey, Elizabeth
Martin, S. R.
Gleitzman, Morris
Clark, Margaret
Geras, Adele
Thiele, Colin
Torres, Pat (storyteller)
Martin, S. R.
Chapman, Garry
Montano, Josie
White, E.B.
Jennings, Paul
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Surf
Surfing Goliath
Surfing Mr Petrovic
Swallows and Amazons series
Swan Song
Swashbuckler
Switchers Trilogy
Sydney
Tales from Shakespeare
Tales of Deltora
Talk to Me
Tangara
Teacher Free Day
Technology in the Time of Ancient Rome
Tee Dee and the Collectors
Tell Me a Picture
Tennis
Tennis Star
The Afterdark Princess
The Angel with a Mouth Organ
The Arrival
The Babylon Game
The Ballad of Cauldron Bay
The Bamboo Flute
The Bear Pit
The BFG
Author
Chapman, Garry
Hyde, Michael
Bowles, Colin
Ransome, Arthur
Thiele, Colin
Moloney, James
Thompson, Kate
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Lamb, Charles; Lamb, Mary
Rodda, Emily; McBride, Marc (ill.)
Martin, S. R.
Chauncy, Nan
D'Ath, Justin
Snedden, Robert
Caswell, Brian
Blake, Quentin
Stich, Francesca (ed.)
Caisley, Raewyn
Dalton, Annie
Mattingley, Christobel; Lacis, Astra (ill.)
Tan, Shaun
Roberts, Katherine
Honey, Elizabeth
Disher, Garry
Lisle, Rebecca; Kearney, David (ill.)
Dahl, Roald
The Big Picture Book: See Life on Earth Unfolding Through
Time
The Black Dress: Mary Mckillop's Early Years
The Book of Australian Ballads
The Book of Changing Things and Other Oddibosities
The Book of Wizards
The Borrowers
The Boy Who Would Live Forever
The Burnt Stick
The Camel Boy
The Castaway Convict
The Children of the New Forest
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Cockroach War
The Colossus Crisis
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka
The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
The Cursed
The Dark is Rising series
The Day I Was History
The Day My Bum Went Psycho
The Deltora Book of Monsters
The Demon Headmaster
The Demon Headmaster series
The Depression Years
The Discovery of Dragons
The Divide series
The Drop Kick
The Eighteenth Emergency
The Eleventh Hour
The Empty Grave
The Faber Book of Greek Legends
Long, John; Choo, Brian (ill.)
Freeman, Pamela
King, John Anthony
Hirsch, Odo; Kiuru, Inari (ill.)
Manning-Sanders, Ruth
Norton, Mary
Simons, Moya
Hill, Anthony
Revich, S.J.
MacDonald, Wendy; Wilson, Mark (ill.)
Marryatt, F.
Lewis, C.S.
Harlen, Jonathan
Roberts, Katherine
Dahl, Roald
Gibbs, May
Panckridge, Michael
Cooper, Susan
French, Jackie; Booth, Christina (ill.)
Griffiths, Andy
Rodda, Emily; McBride, Marc (ill.)
Cross, Gillian
Cross, Gillian
Irvine, Nance
Base, Graeme
Kay, Elizabeth
Wickes, Annette
Byars, Betsy
Base, Graeme
Lisle, Rebecca; Denis, Peter (ill.)
Lines, Kathleen
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
The Family from One End Street
The Fiery Salamander
The Figment
The Fire at Triangle Factory
The Fire Within series
The Flying Emu and Other Australian Stories
The Garden of Empress Cassia
The Ghost and the Goggle-box
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
The Girl in the Cave
The Goat That Sailed the World
The Grandad Tree
The Great Cleopatra Case
The Great Deeds of Heroic Women
The Great Deeds of Superheroes
The Great Escape from City Zoo
The Great Ferret Race
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Great Montefiasco
The Great Pyramid Robbery
The Green Wind
The Heavenly Host
The Hidden Monastery
The Hold-Up Heroes
The Honey Spot
The House on Kyverdale Road
The Iliad and the Odyssey
The Iron Man
The Kite Rider
The Lady Grace Mysteries
The Legend of Lasseter's Reef
The Listmaker
The Long Walk
The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie
The Lost Treasure of Chilton
The Macmillan Children's Encyclopedia of the Olympic
Games
The Magic Pudding
The Mal Rider
The Man
The Man From Ironbark
The Mausoleum Murder
The Mennyms
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Missing Crown
The More the Merrier
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
The Mystery of Eilean Mor
The Mystery of the Ruby Glasses
The Naming of Tishkin Silk
The Nargun and the Stars
The Naughty Nine seires
The Never-ending Story
The New Book of Pharaohs
The Olympic Conspiracy
The Original Olympics
The Other Facts of Life
The Other Side
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Author
Garnet, Eve
Thiele, Colin; Wilson, Mark (ill.)
Martin, S. R.
Littlefield, Mary
D'Lacey, Chris
Morgan, Sally
Wang, Gabrielle
Ball, Duncan
Lively, Penelope
Eaton, Anthony
French, Jackie
Cooke, Trish; Wilson, Sharon
Roberts, Katherine
Saxby, Maurice
Saxby, Maurice
Riddle, Tohby
Collins, Paul
Paterson, Katherine
Thompson, Colin; Redlich, Ben (ill.)
Roberts, Katherine
Fowler, Thurley
Asimov, Isaac
Wang, Gabrielle
Bates, Dianne
Davis, Jack
Halpern, Chaiky
Williams, Marcia
Hughes, Ted
McCaughrean, Geraldine
Cavendish, Grace
Greenwood, Mark
Klein, Robin
Greenwood, Kerry
Crew, Gary; Gouldthorpe, Peter (ill.)
Benjamin, Ruth
Herran, Joe; Thomas, Ron
Lindsay, Norman
Flynn, Pat
Briggs, Raymond
Paterson, A.B.
Roberts, Katherine
Waugh, Sylvia
DiCamillo, Kate; Ibatoulline, Bagram (ill.)
Ben-Uri, Galila
Fine, Anne
Van Allsberg, Chris
Crew, Gary; Geddes, Jeremy
Cripps, Lindsay
Millard, Glenda
Wrightson, Patricia
Milne, Christopher
Ende, Michael
Millard, Dr Anne
Roberts, Katherine
Ross, Stewart
Gleitzman, Morris
Morgan, Sally; Culkin-Lawrence, Teresa (ill.)
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems
The Pearl of Tiger Bay
The Peasant Prince: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer
The Peppermint Pig
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Polar Express
The Pomegranate Pendant: a Historical Novel
The Present Takers
The Prisoner
The Prisoner's Apprentice
The Punjabi Pappadum
The Quicksand Pony
The Railway Children
The Really, Really Epic Mini-Bike Ride
The Really, Really High Diving Tower
The Red Dragon
The Riddle of the Trumpalar
The Robe Of Skulls
The Roman Army
The Roman Mysteries
The Sack
The Saw Doctor
The Secret Army Operation Loki
The Secret Garden
The Shape
The Shape Game
The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley
The Silver Brumby series
The Silver Donkey
The Singing Hat
The Sixth Worry Doll
The Snow Goose
The Spirit Wind
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
The Stone Swan
The Story of King Arthur and his Knights
The Story of the Falling Star
The Terrible Things: Allegory of the Holocaust
The Toilet Of Doom
The Trolley Boys
The Truth Cookie
The Tunnel
The Tunnel
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
The Twilight Ghost
The Two Bullies
The Undys: Let the Games Begin
The Upside Down Girl
The Very Naughty Mother Goes Green
The Very Naughty Mother Goes Invisible
The Very Naughty Mother is a Spy
The Very Naughty Mother Runs Away
The Viewer
The Walker Book of Classic Poetry and Poets
The Water Babies
The Way Home
The Wee Free Men
The Whalers
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Author
Harrison, Michael; Stuart-Clark, Christopher
Wang, Gabrielle
Cunxin, Li; Spudvilas, Anne (ill.)
Bawden, Nina
Juster, Norton
Van Allsberg, Chris
Waysman, Dvora
Chambers, Aidan
Riordon, James
Elboz, Stephen
Newton, Robert
Lester, Alison
Nesbit, Edith
Metzenthen, David
Metzenthen, David
Lansdown, Andrew
Bernard-Waite, Judy; Bernard, Patricia
French, Vivian
Blacklock, Dyan; Kennett, David (ill.)
Lawrence, Caroline
Mattingley, Christobel
Crew, Gary
Masson, Sophie; Davis, Anthony (ill.)
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Bates, Dianne; Rippin, Sally (ill.)
Browne, Anthony
Thompson, Colin; Lissiat, Amy (ill.)
Mitchell, Elyne
Hartnett, Sonya; Spudvilas, Anne (ill.)
Riddle, Tohby
Dwyer, Christina
Gallico, Paul
Fatchen, Max
Scieszka, Jon; Smith, Lane (ill.)
Bell, Helen
Pyle, Howard
Jones, Elsie
Bunting, Eve
Lawrence, Michael
Moloney, James
Dunbar, Fiona
Browne, Anthony
Martin, S. R.
Kemp, Gene
Thiele, Colin
Morimoto, Junko
Wagner, Michael; Gordon, Gus (ill.)
D'Ath, Justin
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Killeen, Gretel
Crew, Gary
Rosen, Michael
Kingsley, Charles
Nilsson, Eleanor
Pratchett, Terry
Mumbulla, Percy; Bancroft, Bronwyn (ill.); Robinson, Roland E
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
The Whipping Boy
The Willow Tree's Daughter
The Witches
The Wizard Apprentice series
The Wolves in the Walls
The Worst Band in the Universe
The Worst Team Ever
This is Still Rainbow Snake Country
Thor's Tale
Three Cheers for Inventors!
Three Way Street
Tiff and the Trout
Tiger in the Bush
Time Warp Trio series
Tjarany: Roughtail
To the Goldfields
Author
Fleischman, Sid
Freeman, Pamela
Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin (ill.)
Doyle, Debra
Gaiman, Neil; McKean, Dave (ill.)
Base, Graeme
Gwynne, Phillip
Berndt, Catherine; Meeks, Arone Raymond (ill.)
Marriot, Janice
Williams, Marcia
Nicholls, Bron
Metzenthen, David
Chauncy, Nan
Scieszka, Jon
Greene, Gracie (story teller)
Tonkin, Rachel
To the Moon and Back: the Amazing Australians at the
Forefront of Space Travel
Toad Away
Toad Heaven
Toad Rage
Toby Jones series
Tom Appelby Convict Boy
Tongue-tied!
Too Many Captain Cooks
Top Marks
Totally Awesome
Totally Cool
Totally Creepy
Totally Freaky
Totally Weird
Totally Weird!, Cool! and Awesome!
Trapped by Ice
Troy Cassar Daley
Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry Book
Troy Thompson's Radical Prose Folio
Truck Dogs
True Survivors
Tucker
Tunnel of Fear
Two Hands Together
Two Weeks in Grade Six
UFO: Unavoidable Family Outing
Un- series
Under the Cat's Eye
Unjust Cause
Unlikely Exploits series
Unreal, Banana Peel!
Up for Sale
Valley of Gold
Vicky Angel
Viking Magic series
Vincent van Gogh
Virtual Realities
Walk Twenty, Run Twenty
Walking with the Seasons in Kakadu
Walter Wants to be a Werewolf!
Wannabe Wallaby
Sullivan, Bryan; French, Jackie
Gleitzman, Morris
Gleitzman, Morris
Gleitzman, Morris
Panckridge, Michael; Lee, Brett
French, Jackie
Jennings, Paul
Tucker, Alan
Caisley, Raewyn
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
Simons, Moya
McCurdy, Michael
McCallum, Grant
Crew, Gary
Crew, Gary
Base, Graeme
Barwick, John; Barwick, Jennifer
Abdulla, Ian
Godwin, Sam;Thompson, Dave (ill.)
Kidd, Diana
Pershall, Mary K.
Hackett, Dave
Jennings, Paul
Rubinstein, Gillian
Peterseil, Tehila
Ardagh, Philip
Factor, June; Viska, Peter (ill.)
Flynn, Rachel
French, Jackie
Wilson, Jacqueline
Ciddor, Anna
Claybourne, Anna
Carmichael, Claire
Disher, Garry
Lucas, Diane; Searle, Ken (ill.)
Harland, Richard
Clark, Margaret
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VPRC Challenge books – Years 5 and 6 – 2008
Title or series
Water Bombs
Water Wings
Way Home
Weirdest Stories
Welcome to the Wax Works
Whale Rising
What Katy Did
What Willow Knew
What`s So Special About Dickens?
What`s So Special About Shakespeare?
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
When I Was Little Like You
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
Which Witch?
White Fang
Who Dares?
Who's on the Money?
Wicked Wizards and Leaping Lizards
Wicked! Series
Wiggy and Boa
Winnie-the-Pooh
Winning Back Dad
Wolf Brother
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Worm Story
Worried Sick
Worry Warts
Wow: Amazing Science Facts and Trivia
Wunambi the Water Snake
Yellow-Eye
Yinti: Desert Child
You Beaut, Juicy Fruit!
You Kids, Count Your Shadows
Young Bloods
You're Dropped
Zac Power series
Zac's PB
Zen Tails series
Ziba Came on a Boat
Zombie Bums from Uranus
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Author
Herrick, Steven
Gleitzman, Morris
Hathorn, Libby; Rogers, Gregory (ill.)
Jennings, Paul
Godwin, Sam; Player, Stephen (ill.)
Robinson, Sue
Coolidge, Susan
Colbert, June
Rosen, Michael; Nayler, Sarah
Rosen, Michael; Nayler, Sarah
Kerr, Judith
Malbunka, Mary
Baker, Jeannie
Ibbotson, Eva
London, Jack
Bell, Krista
Miles, Chris
Carthew, Mark
Jennings, Paul; Gleitzman, Morris
Fienberg, Anna; James, Ann (ill.)
Milne, A. A.
Bone, Ian
Paver, Michelle
Ross, Stewart
Gleitzman, Morris
Flynn, Rachel
Gleitzman, Morris
Holper, Paul; Torok, Simon
O'Brien, May
Spillman, David; Wilson, Mark (ill.)
Lowe, Pat
Durkin, Peter; Ferguson, Virginia; Viska, Peter (ill.)
Povah, Frank
Wakefield, Kerry
Daddo, Andrew
Larry, H. I.
Stanford, Michael
Whitfield, Peter; Bevington, Nancy (ill.)
Lofthouse, Liz; Ingpen, Robert
Griffiths, Andy
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