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This Is Home: Essential Australian Poems For Children (HB) by Jackie French (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
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
To Love a Sunburnt Country (#4 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.98 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: The Matilda Saga
In war-torn Malaya, Nancy dreams of Australia - and a young man called Michael. The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy left school at fourteen to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow. Now sixteen, Nancys family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her si ...Show more
To Love a Sunburnt Country (#4 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy is 16 and left school to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow was famed for. Now Nancy's family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her sister-in-law Moira and baby Gavin. Moira is British and married to Nancy's br ...Show more
To the Moon and Back by Jackie French; Bryan Sullivan
$16.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
'... FASCINATING INSIGHTS INTO THE PART THAT THE AUSTRALIANS PLAYED IN GETTING THE ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON AND BACK.'-- Bestselling author, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Who were the Honeysuckle Creek mob? And how did they assist the first moon landing? When man took the first step on the moon it was a bunch of A ...Show more
Tom Appleby, Convict Boy by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
Tom Appleby, eight year old chimney sweep is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. This book tells of a colony that, despite its natural abundance, cannot offer what the colonists want. While the people's health is better than ever, their morale is low as they wait for news f ...Show more
Valley of Gold: One Valley's Stories of Gold Through the Ages by Jackie French
$14.95 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
One valley's stories of gold through the ages Interspersed with historical and geological information are stories that bring to life the valley and its occupants. First, around 35,000 BC, we meet Mirrigan, a young Aboriginal man hunting the last of the mainland thylacine to present its skin to his femal ...Show more
Vanishing at the Very Small Castle (The Butter O'Bryan Mysteries #2) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Crime & Mystery | Series: The\Butter o'Bryan Mysteries Ser.
It's 1932, the height of the Depression, and Butter O'Bryan and his friends have another mystery to solve. The Very Small Castle is home to Butter O'Bryan, his father, three aunts, friends Gil, Olive and Tish, and their dog, Woofer.But now there's also a monster at the castle!When glamorous film actress ...Show more
Wombat Goes to School by Jackie French
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
She sleeps. She eats. She scratches - and finds a hole. When Mothball discovers a new hole, it unexpectedly leads her to the local school. The children learn that wombats love carrots and grass, while Mothball learns that lunch boxes contain very few carrots, that sports sheds can be a good place to hav ...Show more