Books with author Teena Raffa-Mulligan

"Hi Jodie, it’s Mum. I just called to let you know I’m coming to see you. Missing you heaps. Can’t wait to be together again." The simple phone message has Jodie spooked. She’d give anything to see her mother again but that’s impossible. Dead people only return for visits from beyond the grave in books and movies. They can’t pick up a phone and call the living to have a chat. Someone must be playing a sick joke. But when the phone calls stop, the other weird communications start and Jodie has to find out the truth. Are the messages from her mum? Should she expect a ghostly visitor?

When a little girl wishes she could have a pet, she gets more than she asked for. Amy wants a pet so she can enter the pet parade competition and win a holiday vacation for her family. Her dad is out of work and her mom insists the family can't afford a dog or cat or even a crab. When Amy receives a magic rock from a crazy old lady, she discovers that her pet may not just beat the competition, it just might eat them too!

Ben has been called Bumblefoot for as long as he can remember. It’s not a name he plans to keep. His dearest wish is to become one of the brave knight protectors of Castle Crag, which stands high on a cliff in the land of Faraway. When Princess Moonglow is diagnosed with the contagious fox splots as the royal party is about to set out for the Tenth All-Kingdom Games, Ben spots his chance to prove himself. Can he save the kingdom and his best friend, or will it be just another bumblefoot distaster? This laugh-out-loud funny novel is filled with hilarious antics and good -natured cheer. Kids will love Ben and his clumsy attempts at saving the kingdom and his best friend.

This gentle story is a conversation about God between a mother and a child as they get ready and make their way to kindergarten one morning. Told from the child's perspective, the series of questions and answers in rhyme introduces young children to the idea of a higher being that can see, hear and speak without eyes, ears or tongue, and does not live in a house with roof, walls and locking doors."...For God's house is this world we share and God is in it everywhere."The tale was inspired by my younger daughter, who now has children of her own.

Ben has been called Bumblefoot for as long as he can remember. It’s not a name he plans to keep. His dearest wish is to become one of the brave knight protectors of Castle Crag, which stands high on a cliff in the land of Faraway. When Princess Moonglow is diagnosed with the contagious fox splots as the royal party is about to set out for the Tenth All-Kingdom Games, Ben spots his chance to prove himself. Can he save the kingdom and his best friend, or will it be just another bumblefoot distaster? This laugh-out-loud funny novel is filled with hilarious antics and good -natured cheer. Kids will love Ben and his clumsy attempts at saving the kingdom and his best friend.

"Don't go, Daddy!"It's the plea that tugs at the heart of every loving father whose child no longer shares his everyday life due to a relationship breakdown.For a young child, accepting how things have changed once parents live apart can be difficult.When 'Daddy time' is occasional instead of constant, saying goodbye for now can be the hardest part of spending time together.In this gentle story about the special bond between a little girl and her father, the fun of sharing a day imagining everyday activities into extraordinary adventures turns to sadness when it is time for him to leave. Tears turn to acceptance with the promise that Daddy will soon return -- and there is a special way to know when that will be.

Joshua Jones has no one in the world except a fruit loop of a gran and they live in a tiny city flat so he can’t even have a pet.When a spectacular creature on a seven-day visit from Jupiter offers to be his houseguest during its Earth stay, Josh thinks his luck has changed. His nothing life is about to become awesome.His celestial visitor eats frozen peas and crossword puzzles, answers questions with questions and is invisible to everyone except him. That should have warned Josh to expect the unexpected.But soon Traveller will be gone and Josh’s life will be back the way it was… or will it?

Elephants never forget - or do they? One rainy day a young elephant is on his way home from school alone when a stranger stops and offers him a lift. Tiger Tim promises to get Jumbo Jim home and dry quicker than a snake can blink an eye - but Jimbo says no. Mum has told him about stranger danger and that he must never go with anyone he does not know. That's when Tiger Tim says he is a family friend - and he has chocolate too.Will Jimbo remember his mother's stranger danger warning - or go with Tim?Told in rollicking rhyme and with lively full-colour illustrations featuring a menagerie of jungle creatures, Jimbo! Don't go! presents this important safety message for pre-schoolers and junior primary children in an entertaining, non-threatening style.

This gentle story is a conversation about God between a mother and child. Told from the child's perspective, the series of questions and answers in rhyme introduces young children to the idea of a higher being that can see, hear and speak without eyes, ears or tongue, and does not live in a house with roof, walls and locking doors.'For God's house is this world we share and God is in it everywhere.'

This gentle story is a conversation about God between a mother and child. Told from the child's perspective, the series of questions and answers in rhyme introduces young children to the idea of a higher being that can see, hear and speak without eyes, ears or tongue, and does not live in a house with roof, walls and locking doors. For God's house is the world we share and God is in it everywhere.

When a little girl wishes she could have a pet, she gets more than she asked for. Amy wants a pet so she can enter the pet parade competition and win a holiday vacation for her family. Her dad is out of work and her mom insists the family can't afford a dog or cat or even a crab. When Amy receives a magic rock from a crazy old lady, she discovers that her pet may not just beat the competition, it just might eat them too!

Trouble comes to Tea Tree Bend…In cowboy movies the sheriff forms a posse to round up allthe bad guys. Cam and Ellie from Daisy Cottage and their friends Billy andLouisa have formed a different posse. Their mission is to find and fix allthe signs in Tea Tree Bend with missing apostrophes. The summer holidays arealmost over so they have just nine days to complete their task. How can doing the right thing go so wrong?