It's a Baby Flying Fox! (Sandcastle Baby Australian Animals) (Baby Australian Animals)
by Katherine Hengel
It's a Baby Kangaroo! (Sandcastle Baby Australian Animals) (Baby Australian Animals)
by Kelly Doudna
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas is based on a true story about an elephant seal - an animal that normally prefers the wilds of the Southern Ocean - who defied the odds and gained fame when she persisted in returning to Christchurch's Avon River, time and again, to make herself at home on the banks of the river and to bask in the sun in the middle of busy roads. Of course, this attracted a lot of attention and people lined the banks of the Avon to see her. The people of Christchurch thought there wa...
If You Were Me and Lived in... Australia (If You Were Me and Lived In...Cultural, #8) (Child's Introduction to Cultures Around the World, #8)
by Carole P Roman and Kelsea Wierenga
One, two, three. Nakudji, bokenh, danjbik. Accompanied by illustrations drawing on traditional Kunwinjku art, each of the twelve entries of this counting book showcases a different animal of West Arnhem Land, Australia. From crocodiles and echidnas to wallabies, children and adults alike will enjoy learning the Kunwinjku names for numbers and animals, as well as discovering more about these animals' habitat and behavior, and what they mean to the indigenous Bininj. Whether teaching you how drago...
Finding Home, a Hawaiian Petrel’s Journey
by Caren Loebel-Fried
Eleven-year-old Makani Kealoha Morton adores ‘ua‘u, Hawaiian petrels. She grew up marveling at the seabird’s magical evening sky-dance and murmurs from their underground burrows. Living over the ocean, gliding thousands of miles on the wind to wherever food was abundant, they returned yearly to their burrows in the Hawaiian Islands. Over thousands of years, their guano helped to make Hawaiʻi fertile and habitable for humans. Yet humans brought predators and environmental changes that caused numb...
The Great Victoria Desert (Deserts Around the World)
by Lynn Peppas
Meet a Baby Crocodile (Baby Australian Animals Lightning Bolt)
by Jon Fishman
Philippines, the Culture (Lands, Peoples & Cultures) (Lands, Peoples, & Cultures (Pb))
by Greg Nickles
This book is suitable for ages 9-14. The traditions of the Philippines' many different groups of people, as well as Spanish and American influences, have joined to create the culture of the Philippines. Christian celebrations such as Christmas and saint's days, Muslim holidays such as Ramadan, and harvest festivals featuring giant higantes are showcased alongside a distinctly Filipino culture that includes the singkil dance, bamboo instruments, and carabao tales. Other topics include: Catholic a...
This title is intended for ages 9-14. 'Come a-waltzing Matilda' with "Australia - the culture" and learn about the religions and celebrations, folk music and dance, visual arts, languages and literature, and cinematic culture of 'the mob down under'. Topics included are: the Dreaming and Bipotaim; celebrating Christmas on the beach; outback and multicultural festivals; 'barbies' and other tucker; the digeridoo and boomerangs; famous Australians; x-ray and dot paintings by Aborigines; and an abor...
Philippines, the People (Lands, Peoples & Cultures) (Lands, Peoples, & Cultures (Pb))
by Greg Nickles
This title is intended for ages 9-14. The Philippine archipelago is home to over seventy different groups of peoples, each with its own traditions, customs and history. The "Philippines - The People" is an exploration of these peoples, from the largest group, the Tagolog, to the Igorot highlanders, and the country's Muslim peoples, the Manobo, explaining how they joined together through history to form a united country. Other topics included are: the Tasaday tribe controversy; Spanish and Americ...
Emus (Big Buddy Books Australian Animals) (Australian Animals)
by Julie Murray
The days seem to pass at a rate too fast to accomplish all his chores. Maui sets out to capture the sun, succeeds, and lengthens the hours of daylight.
Introduces the history, geography, and culture of the island of Hawaii through the daily lives of children who live there.