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When Mary Pinny dies from a snakebite, she leaves her young daughter, Comity, and husband Herbert in the Middle of Nowhere. As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Repeater Station, Herbert Pinny takes great pride in his job; receiving morse messages and passing them down the Wire to the rest of Australia and beyond. But Comity dreams of a different life - where her mother is alive and she has her own horse and a new piano - and sends letters to her grandmother and her snooty aunt full of colourful t...

In this new series, based on real-life animal tales, discover that not all heroes wear capes – some have four legs, a wet nose, and a brave heart. Big or small, fall in love with animal friends who have lived truly wild lives. Read about Fluffles, the koala, who held strong through the bushfires in South Australia with bravery. As flames burned below her, she fled to the very top of a tree, and held on firm for her life until the flames eventually receded. Badly burned but still alive, Fluffles...

A group of little bilbies are hunting for decorations to turn their Australian bush home into a magical Christmas wonderland. Join them on their adventure and meet some friendly Australian animals along the way.This joyful rhyming picture book showcases Australia's colourful flora and fauna, and includes a bonus puzzle page and Christmas craft activity.

A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, mountains and gorges as it pushed upward. the name also reflects the snake-like meandering of water across a landscape and the color spectrum sometimes caused by sunlight hitting the water. Painti...

This story draws attention to the importance of biodiversity on the reef and illustrates the special roles and relationships animals have under the sea. Told through the eyes of Roger the wrasse, a small and brightly coloured reef fish who is in charge of a cleaning station on the reef. Roger’s bright colours are almost like a neon sign advertising his ‘cleaning services’ to other sea creatures on the reef. This is the actual action used by cleaner fish to remove dead skin, parasites and bacter...

Look-and-find books just for little ones! Grab your magnifying glass and find hidden objects in the vibrant and playful scenes as you discover big cities of the world. Can you spot the Eiffel Tower in Paris? The Statue of Liberty in New York? Or the Opera House in Sydney? An illustrated list at the bottom of the page indicates the objects to find and fun bonus activities at the end of the book give little ones extra practice using the skills they’ve learned. Look-and-find books help little de...

7.45am Saturday 1st of December: My mother tells me that at three minutes to four o'clock this afternoon; I will have lived in this world for EXACTLY eleven years. "Oh, my goodness, you were such a cute baby," she sighs, then reaches out a hand and ruffles my hair, "I wonder what went wrong." Illustrated by the author's daughter Rebecca Cundy - a highly successful graphic artist - with very cute line illustrations. 'My son (aged 12) absolutely loved the book - he NEVER reads - but he basically...

New Zealand is a country that has always attracted immigrants and every family that comes to our shores brings their own stories with them. This book shares the stories of some families who have immigrated here, plus retells a traditional story loved by that family. Beautifully illustrated this will be a bedtime favourite with many children.

Mathlda keeps having 'forgetments' and she's driving her mother crazy. She has a forgetment when she grabs the bit of wallpaper hanging off the wall and ends up tearing a huge chunk off, she has a forgetment when she puts the plug in to bath her Dollie and then walks away because she hears her T-rex threatening to eat another of her toys, and she has a forgetment when she pulls the living room curtains off the rail so her shoes will be covered during a game of hide-and-seek. What's Mum to do? Sh...

Panki is a young panda who lives in a crowded city. One day he finds a map to a wonderful new land called Kiwiland and decides to travel there and make a new home. But where are all the kiwi and how will he live in such a strange land? A delightful picture book about accepting differences.

Have YOU ever had a bad week? The hilarious new series taking the world by storm. He’s fallen down a giant hole, he’s plummeted down to the very depths, he’s TRAPPED underground in the darkest, dingiest, most abysmal abyss. Justin Chase is having the WORST WEEK EVER! There’s no bright side this time as Justin must blindly face what lies below, be it friend, foe or fatberg... Against all odds, he survived the trials and torments of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday AND Thursday, but now it's ... F...

"An enthralling, spooky, diverse collection." -- KIRKUS "An intriguing portal to folklore." -- SHELF AWARENESS "Readers will want to revisit this collection." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL “Do you hear them? Never go outside when you hear THAT sound.” Ghostly warriors, angry gods, and monstrous tyrants? That's just the start of this collection of folklore from the Pacific, retold in comics! The fourth volume of the “Cautionary Fables & Fairytales” graphic novel series is a thrilling, funny, and...