Aussie Bites is a series of short novels, aimed at 7–10 years old, written by a variety of Australian authors. Each novel stands alone, not forming linking storylines, although there are several sequels. They are published by Puffin Books

Puffin Books

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, a subsidiary of Penguin Books

Penguin Books

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Aussie Bites are identifiable by having a bite-mark cut-out on the top right corner of their book covers.

Following the success of Aussie Bites, Puffin Books have also released other similar series called:

• Aussie Nibbles
  Aussie Nibbles
  Aussie Nibbles are a collection of children's novels, written by a variety of Australian authors in Australia. They are published by Puffin Books...
  
   (Junior readers)
• Aussie Chomps
  Aussie Chomps
  Aussie Chomps is a collection of children's novels written by a variety of Australian authors in Australia. They are published by Penguin Books under the imprint Puffin Books....
  
   (Senior readers)
• Kiwi Bites (New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
  's version of Aussie Bites)

Aussie Bites Authors

• Allan Baillie
  Allan Baillie
  Allan Baillie is an Australian writer. He was born in Scotland, but moved with his family to Australia when he was seven. He began work as a journalist working on papers such as the Melbourne Sun, Telegraph and the Australian Women's Weekly having studied journalism at Melbourne University...
  
  
• Susannah Brindle
• Raewyn Caisley
• Margaret Clark
  Margaret Clark
  Margaret Clark is the former mayor of Rosemead, California. Having previously served five terms, she now serves on the Rosemead city council.When she was re-elected mayor in 2009, she stated: "I'll look at each project that comes before us individually," she said. "The council sets policy... We...
  
  
• Sherryl Clark
• Bill Condon
• Justin D'Ath
• Max Dann
• Bruce Dawe
  Bruce Dawe
  Donald Bruce Dawe AO is an Australian poet, and is considered by many as one of the most influential Australian poets of all time.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ursula Dubosarsky
  Ursula Dubosarsky
  Ursula Dubosarsky is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She has won nine national literary prizes, including five NSW Premier's Literary Awards, more than any other writer in the Awards' 30 year history...
  
  
• Thurley Fowler
• Archimede Fusillo
  Archimede Fusillo
  Archimede Fusillo is an Australian author of books for children and young adults.- Biography :His Italian background has inspired many of his novels and short stories, starting with Memories of Sunday Cricket in the Street and Talking to the Moon...
  
  
• Jane Godwin
  Jane Godwin
  Jane Godwin is an Australian author, and is a publisher at Penguin Books Australia for Children and Young Adult Books....
  
  
• Libby Hathorn
  Libby Hathorn
  Libby Hathorn is an Australian writer. She has received many awards for her books, some of which have been translated into several languages. In 2003 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for her contribution to children’s literature.- Background :...
  
  
• Rosemary Hayes
• Catherine Jinks
  Catherine Jinks
  Catherine Jinks is an Australian author. She has written more than 30 books for all ages, and has won many awards, including the Children's Book Council Of Australia Book of the Year Award three times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction, the IBBY...
  
  
• Nola Kerr
• Christobel Mattingley
• David Metzenthen
• James Moloney
  James Moloney
  James "Jim" Moloney is an Australian children's author who has written more than 30 books including The Book of Lies, The Gracey Trilogy, and A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove, which won the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1997...
  
  
• Eleanor Nilsson
• Garth Nix
  Garth Nix
  Garth Nix is an Australian author of young adult fantasy novels, most notably the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series, and The Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the...
  
  
• Debra Oswald
  Debra Oswald
  Debra Oswald is an Australian writer for film, television, stage, radio and children's fiction. In 2008 her Stories in the Dark won Best Play in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She is creator and head writer of the Channel 10 drama series Offspring, for which she won the 2011 NSW Premier's...
  
  
• Moya Simons
• Jen Storer
  Jen Storer
  -Biography:The youngest of four children Storer was born in Horsham, Victoria.Storer graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2000. After graduating Storer worked as an editor and in creative development for a publishing house in Melbourne. Storer then went on to write...
  
  
• Patricia Wrightson
  Patricia Wrightson
  Patricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
  
  

Aussie Bites Novels

• A Box of Chicks
• Bernice Knows Best
• Crackle!
• David, The Best Model Maker in the World
• Even Bigger Whoppers
• Frank and the Emergency Joke
• Frank and the Secret Club
• Haggis McGregor and the Night of the Skull Moon
• Hello World, It's Me!
• Imp
• Isador Brown's Strangest Adventures of All
• Jaleesa The Emu
• Jason Prince
• Joan of Art
• Let It Rip!
• Monkey Trix
• Moving House
• Mummy's Boy
• Nathan and the Ice Rockets
• No Place for Grubbs!
  No Place for Grubbs! (Aussie Bites)
  No Place for Grubbs! is a children's novel in the Aussie Bites collection written by Australian author Max Dann. The book was released in Australia on March 4, 1998....
  
  
• One Night at Lottie's House
• Pop!
  Pop! (Aussie Bites)
  Pop! is a children's novel in the Aussie Bites collection written by Australian author Margaret Clark and illustrated by Terry Denton. The book was released in Australia on 30 September 1999....
  
  
• Rattler's Place
• Silent Knight
• Sing,Pepi,Sing!
• S.N.A.G.: The Sensitive New-Age Gladiator
• Snap!
  Snap! (Aussie Bites)
  Snap! is a book in the Aussie Bites collection written by Australian author Margaret Clark and illustrated by Mark Payne. The book was released in Australia on 4 August 1997....
  
  
• Teacher's Pest
• The Chewing-Gum Kid
• The Even Stranger Adventures of Isador Brown
• The Excuse
• The Lenski Kids and Dracula
• The Strange Adventures of Isador Brown
• The Sugar-Gum Tree
• The Water-Dragons
• The Worst Nurse
• Whoppers
• Willie Tell- Or Won't He?