Star of Anise by Jane Jolly
17.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 5+ The hawker's wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track … *WINNER Northern Lights Book Awards Multicultural Category 2022**CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Picture book of the year*Age range 5+The hawker's wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track …Annie and Arthur have been eager ...Show more
Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author (Charlotte Waring Atkinson) by Kate Forsyth; Belinda Murrell
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA General
In Searching for Charlotte, Forsyth and Murrell tell Charlotte's story along with that of their own journey to discover her. In an intriguing account, the sisters join the reader in reacting to Charlotte's actions: wondering what could have motivated certain choices; admiring the strength of spirit that ...Show more
Socks , Sandbags and Leeches: Letters to My ANZAC Dad (HB) by Pauline Deeves
3.50 AUD
Category: NLA General
Ivy and her mother live in Australia, far away from where the Great War is raging. They have moved in with Aunt Hilda whose flat is so small that Ivy has to sleep under the kitchen table. Not only that, but she also has to empty Aunt Hilda’s chamber pot! ‘The Pests’ live in the flat on one side and, on ...Show more
The Fairy Who Wouldn't Fly by Bronwyn Davies
3.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
As far as the Fairy Queen was concerned, the Fairy-who-wouldn't-fly was lazy and so she banished her to the Woodn't, the place where she had sent all the other creatures who wouldn't do as they should. There, the Fairy-who-wouldn't-fly met many friends-the Kookaburra-who-wouldn't laugh, the Bee-who-woul ...Show more
This Is Home: Essential Australian Poems For Children (HB) by Jackie French (Editor)
34.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
In This Is Home, much-loved author Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood. What do you feel like doing today? Sit beside a bush campfire with Oodgeroo Noonuccal, watch people going by with Henry Lawson, float away with Alison Lester, learn to read with Andy Griffiths or be brav ...Show more
The Imagineer by Christopher Cheng
17.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Penny has a massive imagination. She loves to draw up plans, gather her tools and turn sketches and scribbles into new creations. One day, she visits her grandpa’s house and is amazed at his gadgets and gizmos. He has a telephone hanging on his wall, an organ with bellows to pump and a contraption with ...Show more
The Great Book-Swapping Machine by Emma Allen
9.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range 4 +Late one night, a thing appears in the paddock next to Fabio’s house.His dad calls it ‘space junk’ but inside Fabio discovers books. Books about the galaxy; big, fat books; books full of poems. He swaps a book with Leila from next door and the thing becomes a Great Book-swapping Machine.But ...Show more
Where's Jessie? (HB) by Janeen Brian
2.00 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Age range: 3+ Bertie Bear was going on a long journey. He didn't realise it would be on a camel! And he never imagined he would be having adventures on his own, far away from Jessie. Bertie sets off with his family to head out into the Outback. He is packed into a box to travel with the cameleers as he ...Show more
Courageous Kids and their Amazing Adventures by Stephanie Owen Reeder
19.99 AUD
Category: Older Readers
Age range 6+Stephanie Owen Reeder’s Heritage Heroes series celebrates stories of incredible survival, persistance and resilience by young people. This book binds together the five original, beloved stories with two brand new ones:Brave Bee and the Castaway KidsWill the Wonderkid and the Elusive Treasure ...Show more
New Year Surprise! (PB) by Christopher Cheng
17.99 AUD
Category: Children's Books
Little Brother is told by his brother and his friends that he's too small to help out at the Spring festival. He's not strong enough to hold onto a kite, and too little to hold the dragon poles. But Father says that he has a special job to do. What can it be? He knows it's not hanging the lanterns up, a ...Show more