Books
HARPER WELLS: RENEGADE TIMELINE OFFICER (Book #1)
Publisher: Wombat Books
Publication date: 3 September 2025
ISBN: 9781761112928
Harper Wells finally gets a bedroom of her own, away from her annoying big brother. But on the first night in her new bed, she wakes up in the past and meets a troubled young girl named Edie (none other than THE Edith Cowan).
Has befriending Edie changed the course of Australia’s history? Who does this strange time-travelling bed really belong to? And what will happen when the rightful owner discovers Harper using it?
Harper is thrown into a world of time-travelling spies as she risks her life to find a missing girl before time runs out.
The first in a trilogy perfect for readers 9+ and fans of Jackie French!
GENIE SNAIL
Publisher: Little Book Press
Publication date: 24 February 2026
ISBN: 1923141449
Give this regular garden snail a rub and … POOF! He turns into Genie Snail – a finicky critter who leaves a trail of magical mayhem wherever he goes.
A funny tale full of clever rhymes, silly surprises and one tiny plot twist – this slippery genie only grants wishes that rhyme with ‘snail’.
Illustrated by best-selling, award-winning Chris Kennett, illustrator of The School of Monsters and Brunocorn.
JOSIE MACK AND THE MEGA DIVISION (Book #1)
Publisher: Wombat Books
Publication date: 1 June 2026
ISBN: 9781761112829
The FUN need help!
When a wombat knocks on her window one night, Josie hopes her lifelong wish for a pet has come true. But Ursula the wombat is on an important mission for the Fellowship of Underground Nocturnals (the FUN). The FUN need human-help to solve their wildlife woes.
After proving how well they work as a team, Josie and Ursula are invited to join the FUN’s MEGA Division, which will make them mega-sized. But will joining the MEGA Division be a mega mistake?
THE PICTURE-PERFECT PRESENT
Publisher: Wombat Books
Publication date: 1 August 2026
ISBN: 9781761113215
Can Meg come up with the perfect present for Dad before time runs out?
With one day to find a special gift for her dad, Meg thinks of ideas by drawing Dad’s favourite things. Would he like a fully automatic coffee machine, an indoor ice-skating rink, or a pet hippo? By the end of the day, Meg is out of time, and out of ideas. What will she do?
The Picture-Perfect Present is a book for creative children who love drawing, using their imagination, and their dads!
HARPER WELLS: TIME WALKER (Book #2)
Publisher: Wombat Books
Publication date: 1 September 2026
ISBN: 9781761113482
After Harper’s brother Morris has a dream about their mother, Harper realises her mum is alive, somewhere in the past. If she can use the Issue 42 Wollemi Bed to bring her mother home, could this be her chance to have a normal family?
Harper searches for clues in her mother’s greenhouse and at her old office at State Museum. She can’t work out why she keeps waking up in a random organ-building workshop with a pernickety girl called Constance Stone. When she’s out of leads, can Harper swallow her pride and ask for help?
And if she ever finds her mum, can Harper convince her to come home?
JOSIE MACK AND THE PREDATOR PROBLEM (Book #2)
Publisher: Wombat Books
Publication date: 4 November 2026
ISBN: 9781761112843
Nine-year-old Josie and her wombat friend Ursula have become the Fellowship of Underground Nocturnals (the FUN’s) most exceptional team, especially now that Ursula can go mega-sized with a press of her MEGA tag.
But the FUN’s leader (a tawny frogmouth named Pod) is missing, and an apex predator named Venus has joined the fellowship.
Could the two things be related?
