Remy Lai

El Deafo meets Inside Out and Back Again in this funny, emotional illustrated middle-grade debut novel about immigrating to Australia, being upstaged by an annoying little brother, baking cakes, and overcoming loss. When Jingwen moves to Australia, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn’t speak English, and he's stuck looking...

WINNER: 2024 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Children's Literature SHORTLISTED: 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Children's Literature WINNER, Silver Ledger: 2024 Comic Arts Awards of Australia SHORTLISTED: 2025 DANZ Children's Book Awards, Graphic Novel Category Selected as one of the Best Middle Grade Books for 2023 - Readings Books 'Perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli, Raina Telgemeier or Kayla Miller, children...

NOTABLE BOOK: 2022 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers Every Saturday, Pawcasso trots into town with a basket, a shopping list, and cash in paw to buy groceries for his family. One day, he passes by Jo's house, where she's peering out the window, bored and lonely. When Jo sets out to follow him, a group of kids from...

In this moving and hilarious illustrated novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Pie in the Sky, a twelve-year-old boy goes on a (forbidden) solo journey halfway around the world to prove his independence to his overprotective family. Henry Khoo's family treats him like a baby. He’s not allowed to go anywhere without his sister/chaperone/bodyguard. His (former) best friend knows to...

WINNER: 2025 Australian Book Designers Association Awards, Best Designed Children's Fiction Book 'Frightfully fun. A masterpiece of storytelling.' Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood, bestselling creators of the Real Pigeons series Once upon a time, I skipped assembly, snuck into the attic, awakened an evil and now I'm h(a)unted. When Hannah and her friends play the game Spirit of the Coin,...

Abby Lai is sick of being trapped at home with her FOUR younger siblings! All she wants is to spend more time with her friends, far away from the sticky fingers and snooping eyes of her annoying brothers and sisters. But when a case of chickenpox leaves the Lai kids covered in scratchy red spots and stuck at home for...

WINNER: 2023 Comic Arts Awards of Australia, Silver Ledger Hi! I'm Rainbow and I'm a koala. My mum says it's time for me to go out and find a new home to call my own. But life in the bush can be scary! It's hard to find the perfect tree. A kookaburra keeps laughing at me. It's hot and I'm...

Hi! I'm Star and I'm an elephant. There isn't enough food left on my island, so my herd has to split up. But the world out there is so big! Soon I am lost and alone, facing giant spiders and a big, wild ocean and the scariest thing of all ... humans! Will I ever see my family again?This inspiring...

Hi! I'm Sunny and I'm a shark. I love cruising the ocean with my pilot fish friends, looking for food. But sometimes things in the water are not what they seem ... Now a plastic ring is wrapped around my fin and it's tricky to hunt. Can I break free before winter sets in? This inspiring series offers the perfect...