Young readers can delight in reading an array of engaging fiction, nonfiction, poems and plays. Here’s a small snapshot of the treasures to be found in Countdown:

• a poem about a magnificent Dragon in the Sky
• learn what it means to be a Collarenebri Cowboy
• listen to the retelling of A Picnic For the Tortoise Family
• uncover fascinating facts in the article Kangaroos Under the Pyramids

Readers can dive into the world of all things strange and beautiful with:

• Stinky Sid, the dog who smelt worse...
• Joel and Hayden when they have a Day at the Zoo
• Josh when he goes for a walk in Mr Kessel's Bush Tucker Garden
• Sock Monster, a mischievous creature who lives in socks.

Go on adventures with characters funny and scary, old and young, big and small with:

• James, the boy who lived next door to a house filled with garden gnomes in Midnight in Gnome City
• Antrik, when he sits for The Flying Test in the aeropod.
• a furry critter that wears cowboy boots at the Rodent Rodeo
• a family who comes face-to-face with a troll in The Clever Sun and Moon.

Older readers can explore the history of Australia, read fictional text or listen to poems about:

• the Gold Fever, an article about the history of gold mining in Australia from 1930.
• Masie and her dad in the Haunted House
• a boy who is Waiting for the swell in the surf
• the beginning of the 'Bug Boom' in Yum Yum!