Books with author Jim Harris

A rip-roaring ride on the high seas with the most lyrical pirates around! Pirates find their literary voices in this rollicking romp on the salty seas. Hilarity ensues as they go about their tasks narrated in poetry and song. The jolly illustrations bring their adventures, above and below decks, to life. See all their silly exploits in this swashbuckling adventure!

A Watership Down of a tale for junior readers based around New Zealand's native bird, the tui.Sil: adolescent tui and rising star. His startling song compositions arouse admiration and jealousy among his age-mates as he prepares for the annual competitions. Bron: fearless, daredevil flier, a tomboy who tells it like it is. She's Sil's best friend but Sil can see that handsome Tor is luring her away. Tor, Bek, Jeb, Pip, Mem, Bel: the very existence of the whole tui clan who sing in the dawn, hang off flax bushes, build nests and play aerial games of 'floop' is under threat. Magpies: an outcast gang beginning a campaign of devastation and annihilation in the valley. Across the harbour at the competitions, Sil stuns his audience with his singing but, blinded by pride, he makes a fatal mistake. Can he rise from disgrace to help the tuis strike back?

A warm-hearted story for junior readers about a young girl's friendship with a dog. Harriet is missing her brother. She's refusing to believe that he's not coming back. She wants him to return to his untidy bedroom and make her parents happy again - like they used to be before Toby went away. Ten-year-old Harriet is lonely and is having difficulty coping with school. But she notices the dog next door is receiving visits from other neighbourhood dogs who are teaching him how to slip his collar - then slip back into it. Meanwhile, mysterious parcels are arriving in the mail for her. The dogs, who talk amongst themselves, befriend Harriet, and lead her to a garden shed where they've hidden a small, stray dog called Girl. Harriet's life becomes intertwined with the doggy community in her neighbourhood and she makes some wonderful friends: Max and Gus. In the middle of a botched rescue, Gus is whisked off to the dog pound. And Max, distressed and upset, sets out with Girl through a violent storm in order to save him. Harriet realises she must help her new-found friends, and also gradually comes to terms with the fact that Toby isn't coming back. This affecting and warm-hearted story by an award-winning writer is about the grief of a child and the healing powers of man's best friend. Missing Toby will be encouraging to children who are frightened by dogs, and gives pleasure to those who already love them.

Have you ever felt out of place? Like you are not important or special? Have you ever wondered why God made you the way you are? Well, so does Jed, the great, great whale. This story takes us on an underwater adventure with a whale named Jed, who is a very big whale! Jed grows bigger and bigger by the day and becomes twice the size of all the other whales in the sea. In fact, he becomes the biggest creature in the entire ocean! Jed is no monster, however; this big whale has an even bigger heart. Even after being picked on and mistreated, Jed never gives up and believes God made him special for a reason. Jed discovers God has an amazing mission for him and that he was made extra big for this special reason. As you embark on this journey with Jed, he wants you to remember that God never, ever makes a mistake. Just like Jed the whale, God loves you and has made you to do big things for Him.

Smartphones… GPS… Social media… None of it would exist if it weren’t for one thing: computer technology.So what if the computer hadn’t been invented? Or was invented somewhere… else? BY someone else?Kristen and Brad are visiting the University of Pennsylvania with their cousin Sally. The teens don’t expect their tour to include time travel, and yet when they walk into a campus building they find themselves in another era.They know that the first ‘real’ computer was built at the university. Could that achievement be part of the reason for their trip through time? And what do the Nazis have to do with it?

Years ago, in Xyno City, there was an evil organization that contaminated the city’s water supply, all in the desire to control the people. This, of course, made the families in Xyno City very sick, which forced them to steal and kill in order to trade for medicine. But what the people did not know was that the medicine they desperately needed was being sold to them by the same organization that made them ill. This organization was called the Union. During this time, two scientists from the Union discovered this system and decided to create a serum strong enough to cure the illness with only one dose. But mistakenly, the serum they were secretly giving to the city was also curing any illnesses ever known. When the Union discovered the intentions of this formula, they raided the laboratory in search for the ingredients, killing the two scientists. Luckily, when it was first revealed to the scientists that the Union suspected their dishonor, they hid the formula in one place the organization would not look to find it—their daughter’s locket.