Explore the Australian Outback to find koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles, and more! Did you know kangaroos can jump 10 feet high? And they can travel up to speeds of 40 miles per hour! Learn more fun facts about some of Australia's favorite animals! In connection with the publication of Animals of Australia, Penguin Random House will donate a portion of the proceeds to support efforts to provide Australian bushfire relief.
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
Award-winning author Ann Ingalls’s A is For Australia invites little readers to embark on an alphabet adventure in the land down under—featuring illustrations by Kat Kalindi. A is for Aussie B is for boomerang C is for crocodiles . . . G’day, mates! With D for didgeridoo, R for reef, and V for vegemite, this colorful primer has everything you need to know about the land down under. Take an alphabetized bushwalk from the Outback to the Reef, and learn what makes Australia so amazing!
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...
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo (Scientists in the field)
by Sy Montgomery
It looks like a bear, but isn't one. It climbs trees as easily as a monkey- but isn't a monkey, either. It has a belly pocket like a kangaroo, but what's a kangaroo doing up a tree? Meet the amazing Matschie's tree kangaroo, who makes its home in the ancient trees of Papua New Guinea's cloud forest. And meet the amazing scientists who track these elusive animals.
Explora Australia y Oceania (Explora Los Continentes)
by Bobbie Kalman and Rebecca Sjonger
This book is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years. This text is in Spanish. "Explore Australia and Oceania" leads children on an exciting trip through Australia's beautiful and diverse landscapes. Considered both a country and a continent, amazing full-colour photographs feature the Great Barrier Reef, the rugged Outback, and Australia's interesting and unique animals.
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.
Introduces the land, history, people, economy, and government of the more than seven thousand islands comprising the Philippines.
Papua New Guinea (Cultures of the World (Third Edition) (R)) (Cultures of the World, Second, #16)
by Ingrid Gascoigne
Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, varied culture and peoples of the country made up of more than 600 islands and archipelagos.
Tasmanian Devils (Australian Animals (Abdo)) (Big Buddy Books Australian Animals)
by Julie Murray