Flora: Australia's Most Curious Plants by Tania Mccartney
29.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
When it comes to flora, Australia is a land of diversity. From rainforests to deserts, mountains to the seashore, 90 per cent of our plant life is unique to this ancient land. Treasures like our wattles, eucalypts, grass trees and banksias are part of our heritage and identity – and they still flourish ...Show more
Dog Beach by Julie A. Murphy
24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
With bright, fun illustrations by Annie White, this short, rhythmic story will capture the attention of all beach and dog loving children, and even their parents! Look who's at the dog beach!Strong dogs, long dogs,Playing dogs, staying dogs,Black dogs, brown dogs, go-to-town dogs, Bit-of-a-clown dogs, u ...Show more
Strangers on Country by David Hartley, Kirsty Murray
29.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 8+ Giom, Anco and Duramboi are the names of just three young shipwreck survivors and convict escapees who were given refuge by Indigenous communities during the nineteenth century. No one knows exactly how many received sustenance from the local people, but there are some documented accounts ...Show more
Marion and the Forty Thieves by Sarah Luke
19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
A smirking boy shuffled past the door, and Marion, hands shaking, quickly turned the key in the lock. It was Cotterson, the boy from Sewers Canal who wanted to burn the Sobraon. Her heart jolted.The barge had delivered the Forty Thieves onto the ship!Marion’s life is anything but ordinary. The daughter ...Show more
Phonobet by Kathy Weeden
24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 4 to 6 Come and meet the Phonobet, old Alpha Betty’s twin,The set of all the sounds you use when waggling your chin.Phonobet is a modern-day, Australian answer to Dr Seuss’s ABC. This very clever rhyming text takes an onomatopoeic romp through the 44 phonemes of Australian (and British) Englis ...Show more
Sorry Day by Coral Vass
17.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
There was a hum of excitement. Flags flickered in the breeze as Maggie's heart danced with delight. 'This is a very special day!' her mother said. Maggie holds tight to her mother as they await the long anticipated apology to show a willingness to reconcile the past for future generations. In the excite ...Show more
Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather by Stephanie Owen Reeder, Tania McCartney
19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 5+Did you know that, in 2009, a massive dust storm in Australia blew red dust and sand all the way to New Zealand, where it turned the glaciers pink? That, in 1899, Cyclone Mahina plucked dolphins out of the ocean in Far North Queensland and deposited them on cliff tops? That it snowed at Ulur ...Show more
Will the Wonderkid: Treasure Hunter of the Australian Outback: Flexi Edition by Stephanie Owen Reeder
19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 6+It’s December 1914, and young Will Hutchison heads off into the South Australian desert in search of gold with his father, two other explorers and six camels. Their expedition doesn’t go according to plan, and finding water becomes their prime concern. In a desperate bid to survive, the men ...Show more
Have You Seen My Egg? by Penny Olsen
24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 2 to 5 Eddy Emu has lost one of his eggs. He travels far and wide, looking for it. Has Lizzie Lizard seen it? Has Susie Spider found it? Is it among Connie Crocodile’s eggs? Can Pip and Poppy Penguin help him? Join Eddy on his search and meet his friends. See all their different eggs and the ...Show more
Stoked!: Winners and Grinners from Our Sporting Life by H. G. Nelson
19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
There’s nothing Australians love better than a sporting hero, except perhaps giving that hero a gentle ribbing for having the temerity to outstrip the rest of us. From the Jumping Doc and his ‘Peltzer flinch’ to late nineteenth century fashion on the field (knitted jumper, anyone?), the great H.G. ‘batt ...Show more
Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly
19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on a Thursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year. Today was Sunday. Four more days without sugar. Four more days until the Christmas train. Please, please be on time. Please don't be late. Join Kathleen in the outback as she eagerly await ...Show more
Captain Thunderbolt's Recital by Jane Jolly
24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 4+Captain Thunderbolt was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’. He didn’t like violence, was always polite, and even paid back most of the money he stole. In Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital, author Jane Jolly retells the true tale of one of the bushranger’s most famous robberies with comic effect ...Show more