The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley

The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2007
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 1933605502

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Comparing the short, happy lives of rats with the long, complicated, dissatisfied lives of humans can lead to depression for the humans. The answer: simplify.

The Floods #1: Good Neighbors

The Floods #1: Good Neighbors
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061131962

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A family of wizards and witches living in an ordinary neighborhood in an ordinary town decides that they have had enough of the noisy family living next-door and makes them disappear.

The Big Little Book Of Happy Sadness

The Big Little Book Of Happy Sadness
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-03-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 174274804X

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The funny, touching story of an unlikely friendship from master storyteller Colin Thompson George lives with his grandmother and a big empty space where his mother and father should be. One Friday on his way home from school, George visits the animal shelter. There, in the very last cage, is Jeremy, a sad dog who looks as lost and lonely as George feels. When Jeremy comes home to live with George and his granny, their whole lives change, and they learn that when it comes to love, it's quality not quantity that counts . . .

Ruby

Ruby
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1742748112

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Hidden within the pages of this intriguing book are the letters and numbers which make up Ruby's numberplate. Ruby was made in 1934 by Austin Motor Company in Longbridge, England. She’s shiny, she’s beautiful and this is her story.

Free To A Good Home

Free To A Good Home
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1742748090

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Most people don't like being different. They want exactly the same things as their neighbours, only bigger and more of them. Yet no matter how much they have, they always feel there is something missing. The Smiths are not like other people. They might not be any good at cooking, or housework, or homework, but in their jumbled house full of strange things that will probably come in useful one day, they are happy and content. Well, almost. The Smiths, too, feel that there is something missing from their lives. And today the children went down to the shops and found it.

The Paradise Garden

The Paradise Garden
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Gardens
ISBN: 9781741664195

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Tired of his mother's shouting and the noise of the city, Peter runs away to a beautiful garden, where he stays until he finds a way to bring a part of it home with him.

How to Live Forever

How to Live Forever
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1998
Genre: Books
ISBN: 0099461811

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Every night for two years Peter searches in the library for the lost book on how to live forever, and when he finds it, he makes an important decision.

Pictures of Home

Pictures of Home
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1742750907

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An illustrated collection of quotations by children about the meaning of home.

Castles

Castles
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0099439425

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Colorful, fanciful castles are described.

Looking For Atlantis

Looking For Atlantis
Author: Colin Thompson
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1742748538

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Grandfather left his grandson a seafarer’s chest, a parrot called Titanic and a dream – the dream of looking for Atlantis. “Atlantis is right here all around you,” Grandfather said, “you have to learn how to look for it.” So when Grandfather dies, the boy starts looking: in the chest, on shelves, in books, under the stairs. Colin Thompson’s dazzingly detailed pictures richly illustrate the boy’s magical journey of discovery.