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“Barky the Barking Dog Show” extract from The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton © Backyard Stories Pty Ltd. and Terry Denton, 2011. Used by kind permission of Pan Macmillan Australia. All rights reserved. Extract from The Amazingly Disorganised Help Dictionary by Georgia Productions. Text copyright © Georgia Productions. First Published by Penguin Random House Australia, 2018. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd. Extract from Tom Weekly series by Tristan Bancks and Gus Gordon. Text Copyright © Tristan Bancks and Gus Gordon. First Published by Penguin Random House Australia, 2014. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd.
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