Author : Kerri Hashmi
Publisher : Puffin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 39,27 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 9780140564990
'We walk this same brown earth - you and me, Murrawee . . . ' In this lyrical, beautifully observed picture book, we see through the eyes of a young girl camping on the river with her family, life as it would have been two hundred years ago
Author : Gwyn Perkins
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2017-03-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781925475531
Author : Anne Lindbergh
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 14,21 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1567924115
Ten-year-old August Brown adjusts to his new home in Washington, D.C., with the help of the seven children of Pineapple Place, invisible to everyone but him.
Author : Felicity Marshall
Publisher : Sandcastle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,49 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Endangered species
ISBN : 9781863682534
Sage's Ark is an exquisitely illustrated tale of a young girl's quest to save endangered species. Orphaned and unable to speak, Sage lives with her aunt on a small island, caring for the local wildlife. A gift of magical paint brushes opens up an exciting new world for her, but adventure leads to danger when strangers stumble onto the island.
Author : Misha Blaise
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,77 MB
Release : 2020-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781493050437
For hipsters who like to geek out over science and nature Entertaining, colorful, and full of facts, This Phenomenal Life tells the story of the wondrous ways that we humans are related to the natural world around us. Every single atom of our body is made of remnants of stars and massive explosions in the galaxies, and we share the same biochemical basis of life with all living beings on earth, from a single-celled amoeba to a giant blue whale. Misha Blaise's whimsical illustrations elucidate wild science-based facts, from the unexpected intimacy we have with fungi on a daily basis, to the similar ways that humans and birds learn to communicate. This Phenomenal Life will inspire the reader to look at the world in a whole new way.
Author : Pat Lowe
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2015-03-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781459694101
The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young Walmajarri girl and her family in the desert country of north - west Australia. A collection of accessible stories that elucidate the rich cultural lives of pre - contact Aboriginal Australians, this book is a valuable resource for educators and young readers, and is accompanied by beautiful black and white illustrations.
Author : Michael Foreman
Publisher : Transworld Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,14 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781842700839
A fable about conflict in which two kingdoms fight over food supplies.
Author : Mark Wilson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 33,84 MB
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0734416806
John is a child convict, transported to New South Wales for stealing a shirt. Life is grim in the fledgling colony and when food runs short, John once again has to steal to survive. Starving and alone, he is taken in by Australia's first schoolteacher, Isabella Rosson. In her simple classroom, John learns to read and write and soon becomes her star pupil - until he is discovered by the soldiers and again sent away in chains. Yet John never forgets Isabella's lessons, the power of words - and the hope for a brighter future. Inspired by the life of convict Isabella Rosson, the first teacher in the colony at Port Jackson, and John Hudson, the youngest First Fleet convict, this touching story is illustrated with Mark Wilson's vividly realistic and evocative artwork.
Author : Uri Shulevitz
Publisher : Andersen Press (UK)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Geography
ISBN : 9781842707609
When war devastates their country, a boy and his parents are forced to flee to another country far east, where they must live in a small room shared with another couple. Food is scarce. But one day, when father goes to the bazaar to buy bread, he comes home with a map instead. The boy and his mother are furious, they are so hungry! But the map floods their cheerless room with colour. The boy becomes fascinated by it and is transported far away without ever leaving the room. Father was right to buy it, after all.
Author : Morris Lurie
Publisher : Puffin
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Hippopotamus
ISBN : 9780140342970
This funny, exciting and best-selling story takes you behind the scenes as eight-year-old Edward trains for the greatest swimming marathon of all!
