The Book Swap Flop

Billie B Brown #30

Sally Rippin, Aki Fukuoka

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Hardie Grant Books
01 August 2025

Series: Billie B Brown

In this chapter book from beloved early-reader series Billie B Brown, Billie's favourite book finds a surprising new home at her school's book swap!

In The Book Swap Flop, Billie's school is holding a book swap to raise money for kids in hospital. Everyone brings a book and a gold coin. Billie donates her best book, but is upset to discover it is not going to the kids – only the money is. How can Billie get her book back?

Billie B Brown is the perfect first chapter-book series for young readers. Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it's about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there's nothing Billie can't do!

With more than ten million books in print around the world, Billie B Brown has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there's plenty of books in the Billie B Brown series to explore!

For more wonderful series by Sally Rippin, check out the Hey Jack! and School of Monsters series.

Readers will love other books in the Billie B Brown series:

The Bad Butterfly The Soccer Star The Midnight Feast The Best Day Ever The Snow Day The Baby Bird

and many more!

Discover the world of Billie B Brown and spark a love of reading!

BESTSELLING AND BELOVED SERIES: With more than ten million books in print and over a dozen languages in translation, Billie B Brown has fans all over the world, and there are plenty of titles in the series for hungry new readers!

STAR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR DUO: Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin and much-loved illustrator Aki Fukuoka have created a realistic and relatable series that readers will love.

DECODABLE TEXT: Each story is carefully written to assist early readers to decode the text, with no 'big' words and plenty of illustrations to enjoy.

By: Sally Rippin
Illustrated by: Aki Fukuoka
Imprint: Hardie Grant Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 58g
ISBN: 9781761214912
ISBN 10: 1761214918
Series: Billie B Brown
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

The Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin, is a best-selling and beloved author for children. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She is also the author of one book for adults, Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don't. Sally loves to write stories with heart featuring characters that resonate with children and is passionate about literacy and access to stories. She travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers. In 2024, Sally was named the eighth Australian Children's Laureate, a two-year appointment to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians.