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 RYDE LIBRARY SERVICES
CHILDREN'S BOOKLISTS
Premier's Reading Challenge 2008
These Challenges are open to all students from Years 2 148 in NSW Government and non-Government schools or the equivalent in home schooling and accredited Australian International schools, to encourage a love of reading.
The Library Catalogue includes a list of the titles in the Premier's Reading Challenge collection at Ryde Libraries. Links to the catalogue are:
 Booklists
Adventure Stories
- books where the character is challenged by people or things that are happening to them.
(Updated 23 September 2008)
Animal Stories
- books about people and animals and the animal world.
(Updated 23 September 2008)
Detective & Mystery Stories
- books whose story involves detection to solve a problem though examination of clues.
(Updated 30 September 2008)
 Fairies
- stories about fairies or other magical creatures.
(New 30 September 2008)
Fantasy
- stories based on magic, make believe, or the supernatural - witches, wizards, fairies, and other mythical people.
(Updated 30 September 2008)
Friendship
- books that explore friendships in and outside the family.
(New 30 September 2008)
Have a Laugh
- funny, humorous stories read for enjoyment.
(Updated 30 September 2008)
Magic
- stories containing elements of magic where the magic is woven through words and settings.
(New 30 September 2008)
Science Fiction
- escape from today's world and move into a land where there are no boundaries.
(Updated 30 September 2008)
Series
- books with same characters and similar storylines, where more than two books continue the story.
(Being revised for 2008)
- Abbott, Tony - Secrets of Droon
- Adler, David A - Cam Jansen
- Animal Ark
- Aussie Bites
- Aussie Chomps
- Aussie Nibbles
- Blyton, Enid - Famous Five
- Blyton, Enid - Secret Seven
- Campbell, Julie - Trixie Belden
- Clarke, Margaret - Aussie Angels
- Cleary, Beverly - Ramona
- Dee, Sheryn - Aussie Pony Tales
- Dinotopia
- Dixon, Franklin W. - Hardy Boys
- Fienberg, Anna - Tashi
- Goscinny & Uderzo - Asterix
- Hale, Bruce - Chet Gecko Mystery
- Herge - Tintin
- Herman, Gail - Scooby-do
- Keene, Carolyn - Nancy Drew
- Koller, Jackie French - Dragonling
- Krensky, Stephen - Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Books
- Lewis, C. S. - The Chronicles of Narnia
- Little Ripper Aussie Reads
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Malcolm in the Middle
Martin, Ann M - Baby-sitters Club
Mary-Kate and Ashley
McMullan, K. H. - Dragon Slayers Academy
McSkimming, Geoffrey - Cairo Jim
Mitchell, Elyne - Silver Brumby
Montgomery, L. M. - Anne of Green Gables
Osborne, May Pope - Magic Tree House
Pilkey, Dave - Captain Underpants
Robert, Rachel - Avalon, Web of Magic
Rodda, Emily - Crazy Tales
Rodda, Emily - Deltora Quest
Rodda, Emily - Fairy Realm
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter
Snicket, Lemony - Series of Unfortunate Events
The Sleepover Club
Stine, R. L. - Goosebumps
Wilder, Laura Ingals - Little House |
 Spooky Tales
- tales of ghost, the unnatural, and things that may scare you.
(Updated 30 September 2008)
Sports
- stories with a sports subject matter.
(Being revised for 2008)
TV & Movie Tie-Ins
- a list of books that have featured on television or as movies.
(Being revised for 2008)
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Angela Anaconda
Anne of Green Gables
The Chronicles of Narnia
Disney's Return to Never Land
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Ice Age
James & the Giant Peach
Jimmy Neutron - boy genius
Mary-Kate and Ashley
Matilda
Monsters Inc. |
- Polar Express
- Round the Twist
- Rug rats
- Saddle Club
- Shrek
- Spiderman
- Star Wars:
- Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice
- Star Wars: Episode 1 journal
- Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear
- Stuart Little
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 Wizards
- stories about wizards and wizardry.
(New 17 September 2008)
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