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  • Published: 3 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9781760149642
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160

Taronga presents 2: Party Animals





The ultimate animal adventure series! From Taronga’s two Zoos comes a wild junior fiction series, purrfect for animal lovers aged 7 and up!
Join best friends Sophia and Ollie as they experience a day in their DREAM JOB and get up-close and personal with all your favourite zoo creatures, big and small.

It’s Ollie’s birthday, and Sophia has a secret. She knows what he's getting for his birthday. It's AWESOME, but she's not allowed to tell him! And it's her job to get him there on time. But will Ollie think she's ignoring his special day? Or will Ollie get the wild and wonderful birthday he's dreamed of all year?

Part of a publishing program supporting Taronga’s critical conservation work to secure a shared future for wildlife and people.

  • Published: 3 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9781760149642
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 160

About the authors

Kristin Darell

Kristin Darell has been a passionate storyteller since she was a child. Whether it was making up adventures with her twin sister, or writing about the world around her, she was rarely found without a pen and paper in hand. As an adult, she made this passion her life. She worked as a broadcast news and sports journalist for major Australian news organisations for more than twenty years.

After the birth of her two children, Kristin re-focussed her attention on writing for children. As an author, she has contributed to children’s writing anthologies and is the acclaimed author of the Football Fever series with Football Australia and the Taronga Zoo presents series.

Kristin is a strong advocate for children’s literature, working as the Program Manager for the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation. She lives on Sydney’s northern beaches with her husband, two children, two dogs, pet snake and three-legged pygmy bearded dragon.

Laura Wood

Laura Wood is originally from a small town in the north of Italy. She studied illustration in Melbourne, where she started her illustration career. She works in both commercial art and books for children. After a few years of travelling around the world, she now lives in Milan, Italy.

Praise for Taronga presents 2: Party Animals

. . . will provide younger middle grade readers with a fabulous insight into the daily life of animals, keepers and volunteers at Taronga Zoo.

Kathryn Beilby, ReadPlus

[A] terrific new series for junior readers who are the animal lovers . . . I loved both these titles from start to finish . . . they have real warmth and happy-making in them.

Sue Warren, Just So Stories

An Aussie writer who has mastered the art of Junior Fiction is Kris Darell, and this is going to be another best selling series!

Paul Macdonald, The Children's Bookshop

Lovely flavoured stories to entice children to science . . .

Robyn Williams, The Science Show