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Discover Oceans by Australian Geographic Staff
Category: No Category | Series: Discover Australian Geographic Ser.
Australian Geographic Discover Series is an engaging and educational series for young readers. Each title introduceskids aged 5+ to a uniquelyAustralian, cross-curricular offering of topics.
Discover Sea Life by Australian Geographic Staff
Category: No Category | Series: Discover Australian Geographic Ser.
Australia's oceans and beaches are teeming with sea life. Water surrounds our island nation, and the fascinating creatures that live there can seem strange, scary or spectacular. Dive in to learn all about them! With stunning images from Australian Geographic's extensive picture library and plenty of fu ...Show more
Discover Space by Australian Geographic Staff
Category: No Category | Series: Discover Australian Geographic Ser.
Australian Geographic Discover Series is an engaging and educational series for young readers. Each title introduceskids aged 5+ to a uniquelyAustralian, cross-curricular offering of topics.
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals, he spends a day lounging with the lions, and even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. Sheena Knowles's upbeat, rhymin ...Show more
Explorers: How Weather Works - Eyes on the Sky by Australian Geographic Staff
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Geographic Explorers
From rainbows to cyclones, the 14th book in the Explorers series examines climate and the weather. We investigate how we measure and predict the weather, look back at big weather events in our past (right back to the Ice Age!) and also provide a how-to for building your very own weather vane!Australian ...Show more
Explorers: Robots - our high-tech future by Australian Geographic Staff
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Geographic Explorers
How do robots work? Will robots be as intelligent as humans one day? Come along with the Australian Geographic team as we tackle these questions and more. Meet the largest robot in the world and others so small they could swim in your bloodstream.Australian Curriculum: Technologies - Design and Techn ...Show more
Gardens on the Edge: A Journey Through Australian Landscapes by Christine Reid
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Landscapes
18 stunning Australian gardens, each bordering a natural 'frontier', including rainforest, river, desert, bushland, saltbush plains, volcanic lake, mountain ranges and the ocean's edge This lavishly photographed book, written and curated by internationally respected gardening author Christine Reid and ...Show more
Goodbye House, Hello House by Margaret Wild
Category: No Category | Series: Australian
A joyful story about moving house and embracing change from a much-loved, award-winning team. This is the last time I'll fish in this river. This is the last time I'll run through these trees. This is the last time I'll dream by this fire ... Goodbye, old house. Goodbye. A heartwarming story of letti ...Show more
Great Australian Bush Funeral Stories by Bill Marsh
Category: No Category | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin We're nearing the end of the service and so I step closer in to do the last 'ashes to ashes and dust to dust' bit. Just as I get to the edge of the grave, the soil gives away and in I go. Well, they reckon I was like a kangaroo. I hardly missed a bea ...Show more
Horatio Squeak by Karen Foxlee; Evie Barrow Evie
Category: No Category | Series: Australian
In a very fine house, on a very grand street, Lived the tiniest mouse you could possibly meet. The youngest of twelve, he was timid and slight, But he was always, ALWAYS very polite. When tiny Horatio Squeak is invited to a mysterious party at the top of the stairs, he finds himself in the unexpected co ...Show more
I Wonder: The Life and Work of Ken Inglis by Peter Browne (Editor); Seumas Spark (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: Australian History Ser.
Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach -- summed up by the recurring query, 'I wonder...' -- won him a large and appreciative audience. Whether he was writing about re ...Show more
Impossible Music by Sean Williams
Category: No Category | Series: Australian
When the song is over, what remains? A novel about rediscovering yourself when everything you once took for granted is gone. Music is Simon's life - which is why he is devastated when a ministroke obliterates his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counselle ...Show more