Random House Australia: 1821 books

A fairytale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen - heart-warming and enchanting. It is 1823 and the child is a loner who spends her time hiding in the Vienna Woods until she spies an old man - a music maker. And so begins an odd friendship which develops through their mutual love of...

Everyone in the circus has a secret - Claire's is just more unusual than most . . . After her grandmother falls ill, Claire finds a sequin star among her treasures. Why does Claire's wealthy grandmother own such a cheap piece? The mystery deepens when the brooch hurtles Claire back in time...

Athletics, basketball or ballet? The pressure is on and Riley has a big decision to make! Riley loves ballet - it's her favourite style and she's great at it too, with perfect technique and natural athleticism. But it's not just dancing she loves - it's all sports. With her carefree attitude,...

Battles, betrayals and beguiling enchantments Queen Tayesha's mad plan to rule all the Saur people is tormenting the land itself. Earthquakes, volcanoes and vast crevasses are threatening to tear Krangor apart. There is one way Adalon and his friends can halt the Queen's plans. They must rescue...

Deltora Quest meets Dinotopia in this classic fantasy quest from the bestselling Australian author of the Laws of Magic series! While Adalon and his friends, Targesh and Simangee, gather supporters at the Lost Castle, the mad queen and her ruthless general continue to wage war on the seven...

Troggle is a small troll that would prefer to eat vegetables, not people. Troggle the Troll lives with Mummy Troll, Daddy Troll and Baby Troll under a bridge. He is a happy troll . . . except at dinner time. Who wants to eat people every night? But one day Daddy Troll has...

A novel about losing your home and finding your family, from the award-winning Australian author of Walking Naked and Finding Grace See, what happened was, our lives were going really well. My mum got a promotion, I enrolled in an A-list school, and then my Dad had this great idea to start...

Come and join Bindi Irwin on her next wildlife adventure! Bindi and her family help transport a special rhino from South Africa to a national park in Mozambique. But when a tyre blows out, they realise they are not the only ones interested in the unusual cargo. Bindi and Robert hatch a plan to outwit some dangerous poachers.

This dog never forgets a friend. When their friend Lucky is kidnapped by elephant poachers in Tanzania, the Global Rapid Reaction Responders team is called in to find him. Caesar the super-sniffing war dog is sent with Ben and Charlie on the mission. After a death-defying parachute jump...

Bindi learns to dive for the first time alongside green sea turtles. It's time-out for the Irwin clan, and they're holidaying on Lady Elliot Island in Queensland, a beautiful island within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Bindi learns to dive for the first time alongside green turtles but...

Come and join Bindi Irwin on her next wildlife adventure! Bindi loves helping out at an outback sheep station near the Simpson Desert. But the enjoyment is hampered by a neighbour who wants to hunt down a dingo that has killed one of her sheep. Bindi wants to change her mind. But how? It seems that a landslide and a venomous snake may just solve the problem . . .

Come and join Bindi Irwin on her next wildlife adventure! Bindi, Robert and their Wildlife Warrior pals have been invited to speak at a climate change conference in icy Finland. All the kids are super excited! But when the conference organiser, Professor Tikkanen, mysteriously disappears the night...

Come and join Bindi Irwin on her next wildlife adventure! The Irwins fly down to Tasmania to take part in a fundraising concert to raise money for the endangered Tasmanian devil. After a terrific start, things take a dramatic turn for the worse when a self-obsessed celebrity, Adam Starr, causes the real stars of the show to escape. Devils on the loose!

Come and join Bindi Irwin on her next wildlife adventure! Bindi and her friend Kelly are on a diving holiday in the beautiful Maldives, admiring the gorgeous marine life. Unfortunately, a dead shark without a fin is spotted. Shark finning is illegal, and Bindi and Kelly are determined to bring...