Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes Camping


Book Description

Dorothy invites her friends, Wags the Dog, Captain Feathersword and Henry the Octopus to camp for the night in her back garden. They are going to have supper under the stars and tell stories until bedtime. But first they have to put up the tent and that's when things get into a twist!




Dorothy the Dinosaur


Book Description

The town of Wiggles Bay is nearly ten years old and it's party time! Every year a surprise guest comes to the town's party and Dorothy and her friends try to guess who it will be! This year they're going to get the biggest surprise of all!




Dorothy the Dinosaur Moves in


Book Description

Dorothy the Dinosaur is so excited - she's moving into her new home in Wiggles Bay, right next to her friends, Captain Feathersword, Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog! There's just one little problem - it's getting late and she isn't at her new house yet! Where will Dorothy spend the night?




Digger the Dinosaur


Book Description

Digger the Dinosaur may be huge, but he has the heart of a preschooler. He loves to help but gets mixed up a lot. In Digger the Dinosaur, Digger wants to play baseball with his friends. But he isn’t allowed to go out until he’s cleaned his room. Digger starts cleaning at top speed, but the faster he moves the messier his room gets. His big tail and big feet aren’t helping! Will Digger win the race to tidy his room and get to the game on time? Gynux’s full-color illustrations capture Digger’s lovable personality. Digger the Dinosaur is a My First I Can Read book. That means it’s perfect for shared reading with a child.




Dorothy's Memory Book


Book Description

Dorothy takes a trip down memory lane with all her favourite Wiggly friends.




Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus


Book Description

On Christmas Eve, Dorothy and Captain Feathersword go to the North Pole to visit Santa in his toy factory. When Santa's helpers try to make life easier for him by introducing a computer, it all goes horribly wrong! Dorothy and the Captain come to the rescue to help Santa deliver presents to children all around the world. Ages 2-5.




A Wiggly Mystery


Book Description

The Wiggles call on Wags, the dog, to sniff out the answer to whatever is moving things around nightly at their house.




Shark Girl


Book Description

A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive. (Age 12 and up) On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything -- absolutely everything -- changed. Now she’s counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That’s her -- that’s Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel, Kelly Bingham uses poems, letters, telephone conversations, and newspaper clippings to look unflinchingly at what it’s like to lose part of yourself - and to summon the courage it takes to find yourself again.




Here Come the Girl Scouts!: The Amazing All-true Story of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure


Book Description

The amazing, all-true story of the first Girl Scouts and their visionary founder. Juliette Gordon Low--Daisy to her friends and family--was not like most girls of the Victorian era. Prim and proper? BOSH! Dainty and delicate? HOW BORING! She loved the outdoors, and she yearned for adventure! Born into a family of pathfinders and pioneers, she too wanted to make a difference in the world--and nothing would stop her. Combining her ancestors' passion for service with her own adventurous spirit and her belief that girls could do anything, she founded the Girl Scouts. One hundred years later, they continue to have adventures, do good deeds, and make a difference!




Australian Children's Books: 1989-2000


Book Description

All Australian children's books published from 1989 to 2000 are listed in this essential reference for those who appreciate the richness of Australian writing for children. Following the same format as volumes 1 and 2 in this series chronicling books published as early as 1774, entries include publishing details, the number of illustrations, and the awards received for each book. This third volume follows the continuing careers of authors such as Mem Fox, Bob Graham, Robin Klein, and Paul Jennings, and traces changes in the popularity of Australian themes and settings to identify publishing trends. Varied cultural aspects of modern-day life are shown, from globalization, commercialism, and the rise of the middle class in Asia to desktop publishing, outcome-based school curricula, and the modern obsession with celebrities all of which are reflected in the type and quantity of books produced by Australian writers and publishers. The wealth of included material will extend researchers' understanding of the range of Australian children's books. "