Diana Noonan

Tim is supposed to be asleep. But he can't stop thinking about the old clothes that his mum wants to give away. He's not sure that he wants to give them away—or even that he wants to grow bigger. Perhaps his bear Toby can help. The Best-dressed Bear by Diana Noonan explores Tim's reluctance to let go and his journey...

All the children in Tim's class are taking their teddy bears to school to find out which one is the best-loved. Tim feels embarrassed. What will everybody think of his poor old battered teddy?

Katy struggles with anxiety and compulsive behaviour disorders. She self-harms and is seeing a counsellor. When she starts dating, it only increases her anxieties. Then her parents hear her Yiayia (grandmother) is ill in Greece and maybe dying. The family decide to visit. Reluctant at first, Katy eventually decides to embrace the trip as a way to learn about her...

On a cold Christchurch morning, while the city was sleeping, before the birds roused him with twitters and cheeping, curled up on the end of his friend Emma's bed, Tiger woke with a start ...and a feeling of dread. Tiger fled from the house with a leap and a bound as, louder than thunder, from deep underground, came a roar...