Once, in the Dreamtime, the biggest frog in Australia woke up thirsty. So thirsty that he drinks up all the water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, billabongs, puddles, and even from the clouds. When he is done, the earth is parched, and the other animals are thirsty. Wise old Wombat suggests that the animals try to make the biggest frog laugh, so the water will spill out of his mouth. But the frog barely hears Kookaburra's best jokes, and yawns at Kangaroo's acrobatics. Koala waddles ridiculous...
Lucky Thamu: Waarda Series
by Cheryl Kickett-Tucker and Jaylon Tucker
Our Australian Girl: Daisy on the Road (Book 4)
by Michelle Hamer
Grandma's Glasses Series Visits Australia (Grandma's Glasses, #2)
by Judi Henninger
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...
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.
"The wheels on the bus go round and round..." Everyone knows the song. But now the bus is going around beautiful New Zealand and its passengers you just might know: kiwi, penguin, tuatara, fantail and many more. Come along for the ride!For pre-schoolers.
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...
The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Tales (Cautionary Fables and Fairytales)
"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 and Fairytales” graphic novel series is a thrilling, funny, a...
Alba the fish has spent her entire life collecting precious objects that drift down to the ocean floor. From delicate shells to brightly colored coral, each year on her birthday she gathers one more precious item. But over the years, Alba notices her collection is losing its sparkle and that the world is changing. There is trash everywhere! When, on her birthday hunt, something unthinkable happens, it seems like the plastic may have changed her ocean home forever. Is it too late? Alba and the O...
A) Una Verdadera Princesa de Hawái (True Princess of Hawai'i
by Beth Greenway