PagineMem Fox, Graeme Base, Aaron Blabey, Andy Griffiths, Lynley Dodd, Margaret Mahy and more — the Australian and New Zealand authors behind Possum Magic, Animalia, The Bad Guys and Hairy Maclary, and where to borrow their books free.
Gumnut Babies · The Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie · Little Ragged Blossom
Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8)
Read free →✍️Possum Magic · Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge · Koala Lou
Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Mr Archimedes’ Bath · Who Sank the Boat? · Bertie and the Bear
Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy · Hairy Maclary’s Bone · Slinky Malinki
Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8)
Books & where to borrow →✍️A Lion in the Meadow · The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate · The Haunting
Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8) · Grades 6–8 (ages 11–14)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Mrs. Wishy-Washy · Greedy Cat · The Duck in the Gun
Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Clive Eats Alligators · Imagine · Magic Beach
Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8)
Books & where to borrow →My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch · Animalia · The Eleventh Hour
K–2nd grade (ages 5–8) · Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Pig the Pug · Thelma the Unicorn · The Bad Guys
K–2nd grade (ages 5–8) · Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Hitler’s Daughter · Diary of a Wombat · Pete the Sheep
K–2nd grade (ages 5–8) · Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11)
Books & where to borrow →Just Tricking! · The Day My Bum Went Psycho · The 13-Storey Treehouse
Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Two Weeks with the Queen · Toad Rage · Boy Overboard
Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11) · Grades 6–8 (ages 11–14)
Books & where to borrow →✍️The Rabbits · The Lost Thing · The Red Tree
Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11) · Grades 6–8 (ages 11–14)
Books & where to borrow →✍️Something Special · Rowan of Rin · The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest #1)
Grades 3–5 (ages 8–11) · Grades 6–8 (ages 11–14)
Books & where to borrow →🇺🇸 American Children’s Authors · 🇨🇦 Canadian Children’s Authors · 🇬🇧🇮🇪 British & Irish Children’s Authors · 🌍 African Children’s Authors · 🇮🇳 Indian Children’s Authors · 🌏 East Asian Children’s Authors · 🇪🇺 European Children’s Authors · 🌎 Latin American & Spanish Children’s Authors
May Gibbs, Mem Fox, Graeme Base, Aaron Blabey, Andy Griffiths, Morris Gleitzman, Jackie French, Pamela Allen are among the best-loved — see each author’s best books and where to find them below.
Public-domain classics are free to read in Pagine. For books still under copyright, every author page links to free borrowing: your local library (WorldCat), Libby/OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks with a library card, and Open Library.
Authors are grouped by the age they suit best — from Pre-K picture books to teen novels. Each author page lists their books with suggested ages.