Books published by ABC (Roadshow)

Join Thomas and the Steam Team in an extended adventure! After a series of mishaps puts the diesel engines out of action, the steam engines have to work doubly hard to avoid confusion and delay! Whilst at Brendam Docks, Thomas sees an overwhelmed Percy struggling to keep up with ...his workload. When Thomas witnesses his best friend have yet another accident, he turns from helper to determined hero. Encouraging all the tired engines to pull together, Thomas rallies the Steam Team together to help Percy and save the day - Steam Team to the Rescue!
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Would you like to have a party with The Wiggles? Emma, Anthony, Simon and Lachy are planning to have a party and you're all invited! Enter the perfectly playful, Master of the Australian Ballet - Mr Paul Knobloch. Immaculate and classically impeccable, Paul the Party Planner help...s The Wiggles create this interactive and entertaining release, Party Time! Children will love to play and have fun with a collection of the most popular party songs including 'Hokey Pokey', 'What's the Time, Mr Wolf?', 'Happy Birthday' and 'Pin the Bow on Emma'. Please enjoy this Party Time with The Wiggles!
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The Fun and Games begin in the park, hopping around the mulberry bush, looking for baby shark. Join us, The Wiggles, in a Mexican hat dance and Henry the Octopus in his eight legged pants. Who else is coming to the Wiggly party? Captain Feathersword, Dorothy and Bromley Bumblebee...! Dr Knickerbocker appears too, counting to nine and 10 green bottles stand very still in line. Enjoy the bear hunt and the little speckled frog, and listen for the woof from our friend Wags the Dog. Now its time to sit back, relax and giggle and be entertained by your friends, The Wiggles!
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The race is on for Fireman Sam & his team. Gareth is taking the Science class to see the Aurora Borealis but, while preparing Bessie, accidentally trips, knocks off the brake and tumbles from the train. As a cabin fire also breaks out, Gareth watches in horror as the train speeds... off without a driver and the children on-board! The fire crew is called but their path is blocked by snow and ice and so Sam makes a bold decision, leaping from the helicopter to ski towards the runaway train. Its a Race Against Time to stop the train before it reaches the end of the line!
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Chief Fire Officer Boyce announces that the old Pontypandy fire station will be closed down to make way for a new, more modern fire station and two new members of the firefighting crew. In the meantime, the team will have to co-ordinate rescues from a Mobile Command Unit whilst t...he new fire station is being built. Up at the mountains, Penny is taking Norman, Mandy, Sarah and James on a pot-holing trip in the old mines. And at the Mountain Activity Centre, Moose and Tom are using Mooses new amphibious vehicle to take wildlife photographs, but they havent quite mastered the controls and its not long before theyre swept out to sea and Sam has to come to their aid. Elsewhere at sea, Charlie and coastguard Ben see a hurricane has rapidly developed and is heading straight for Pontypandy; they immediately warn Sam. So its action stations as Sam has to rescue Penny and the kids from the old mines, Elvis helps prepare Pontypandy for the storm and Station Officer Steele gathers everyone at the new fire station. But when a fire breaks out at the new fire station, its a race against time as Sam has to hurry back to Pontypandy to help the rest of the team and save the day. The hurricane passes, Pontypandy made it through. As life goes back to normal in Pontypandy, Moose donates the amphibious vehicle to Sam and the team newly painted in fire station colours and re-named Hydrus.
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