Books published by publisher Ford Street Publishing Pty Ltd

Sheriff Tuff Brunson and his sidekick Deputy Sadie Marcus are sent by Judge June on a dangerous job in the Sand Hills of Texas. They must bring General Buster Muster to Muleshoe so he can build a fort to protect the Hideout Kids from an army of outlaws.Hideout Kids Series Description: The highly entertaining page-turner Hideout Kids is a brilliant children's Wild West action series. It features two ordinary ten-year old kids, the brave Sheriff Tuff Brunson and his clever best friend, Deputy Sadie Marcus. Joining their adventures is an amazing cast of fun-loving characters including Wild Thing, a pink fairy armadillo, and Mr Zip, a beaver. Each book tells incredible stories of cowboys, American Indians, outlaws, wagon trains, lost gold mines, cattle drives, and mountain men. How can two ten-year old kids tame the Wild West? Only in the beautifully written and illustrated Hideout Kids series can you find the answer!

Justin D’Ath’s Pool is a beautifully modulated novel that explores adolescent transitions and discoveries in seamless prose. Sixteen-year-old Wolfgang Mulqueen works at the public swimming pool in New Lourdes, Victoria, where pilgrims from across the world travel to test the waters’ curative powers. In the course of a long hot summer, Wolfgang is forced to confront his own strengths and limitations. D’Ath juxtaposes intriguing characters, metaphors and events - a blind girl, a black butterfly, a tragic 18-year-old mystery - to create a truly original work. Pool is a powerful and moving novel about love, death, faith and family.

Crime Time – Australians Behaving Badly is a collection of true Australian crime stories ranging from bushrangers such as Ned Kelly and Mad Dan Morgan through to serial killers, fraudsters and modern celebrity criminals. Crime Time contains details of the crimes, biographical details, portraits by Louise Prout and interesting trivia in Did You Know boxes.

Join the Hideout Kids in their next Wild West adventure! The Parrot Gang & WILD WEST GHOSTS After "Big Nose" George Parrot threatens Tuff and Sadie, Judge June Beak, the good witch who rules over Muleshoe, decides the "meanest outlaw in the Wild West" must be stopped. She sends Tuff and Sadie to arrest The Parrot Gang at their Hideaway, a giant tree house near Stinking Springs. The children of Muleshoe believe the area around the tree house is haunted and won't go near. Judge June's familiar, Hooter the Owl, joins Tuff and Sadie on the dangerous journey. Can they safely capture the Parrots or will the Wild West ghosts turn out to be real?Hideout Kids Series Description: The highly entertaining page-turner Hideout Kids is a brilliant children's Wild West action series. It features two ordinary ten-year old kids, the brave Sheriff Tuff Brunson and his clever best friend, Deputy Sadie Marcus. Joining their adventures is an amazing cast of fun-loving characters including Wild Thing, a pink fairy armadillo, and Mr Zip, a polite beaver. Each book tells incredible stories of cowboys, American Indians, outlaws, wagon trains, lost gold mines, cattle drives, and mountain men. How can two ten-year old kids tame the Wild West? Only in the beautifully written and illustrated Hideout Kids series can you find the answer!

Join the Hideout Kids in their next Wild West adventure!Tuff and Sadie travel back in time to help Mountain Man Jedediah Smith. Jedediah and his crew are pinned down in the Rocky Mountains by outlaw Indian Chief Black Bear.Can Tuff and Sadie rescue Jedediah or will they all end up as a snack for the Chief's pet grizzly bears?Hideout Kids Series Description: The highly entertaining page-turner Hideout Kids is a brilliant children's Wild West action series. It features two ordinary ten-year old kids, the brave Sheriff Tuff Brunson and his clever best friend, Deputy Sadie Marcus. Joining their adventures is an amazing cast of fun-loving characters including Wild Thing, a pink fairy armadillo, and Mr Zip, a beaver. Each book tells incredible stories of cowboys, American Indians, outlaws, wagon trains, lost gold mines, cattle drives, and mountain men. How can two ten-year old kids tame the Wild West? Only in the beautifully written and illustrated Hideout Kids series can you find the answer!

Wild West adventure awaits inside this Hideout Kids book!BILLY the KID & CROOKED JIMThe US Army asks the good witch Judge June to help an honest rancher in the Territory of New Mexico near Muleshoe. Sheriff John Robin is under attack by a vicious gang of outlaws led by Crooked Jim Murphy. The sheriff has the famous Billy the Kid on his side but their posse is outnumbered.Judge June sends Tuff and Sawbones to New Mexico to help fight the outlaws until US Army soldiers can arrive. Hooter helps with their disguises but Tuff's plan goes wrong. He and Sawbones are captured by Crooked Jim.Can they escape with Sadie and Hooter's help or will the outlaws get to Sheriff Robin and his posse first?Hideout Kids Series Description: The highly entertaining children's chapter book series Hideout Kids features two ordinary ten-year old kids, the brave Sheriff Tuff Brunson and his clever best friend, Deputy Sadie Marcus. Joining their adventures is an amazing cast of fun-loving characters including Wild Thing, a pink fairy armadillo, and Mr Zip, a beaver. Each book tells incredible stories of cowboys, American Indians, outlaws, wagon trains, lost gold mines, cattle drives, and mountain men. How can two ten-year old kids tame the Wild West? Only in the beautifully written and illustrated Hideout Kids series can you find the answer!

Trust Me! features original contributions by 50 of Australia’s best known children’s authors, poets and illustrators. Stories and poems cover all genres, mystery, romance, crime, fantasy, SF, humour and more. Contributors include: Andy Griffiths, Shaun Tan, Gary Crew, Phillip Gwynne, Catherine Bateson, Steven Herrick, Allan Baillie, Sofie Laguna, Leigh Hobbs, Marc McBride, Mitch Vane, Michael Wagner, David Metzenthen and many others.

Much has changed in the sky-city of Quentaris. With the Archon dead, dark forces have come into play. New faces are appearing, familiar ones vanishing, and the horrid Florian has claimed the throne. Then, as Quentaris slips quietly through a vortex into the watery world of the Yarka, Tab Vidler and her friends suddenly realize they are the city’s only hope.Plots, intrigue, magic, mystery, high adventure and more – everything that you’ve come to expect from the Quentaris series!