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Cyclone by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story
Christmas Eve 1974 is marked indelibly into the Australian psyche, as the night tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin. Now, over 40 years later, Jackie Frenchs lyrical rhyming text tells the story of a citys indomitable spirit, and Bruce Whatleys sumptuous illustrations bring to life the ...Show more
Diary of a Rescued Wombat: The by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary, this is the story of Mothball, one of the world's most famous wombats - and where it all began. She is small. She is scared. She is lost.She is a baby wombat who needs a home. She is Mothball, a wombat destined to become famous. This is the (almost) true story of ...Show more
Diary of a Wombat 20th Anniversary Edition by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story
A special new edition of the much-loved modern classic -- celebrating 20 years of Australia's best-loved wombat, Mothball MondayMorning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate.Scratched. Night: Ate.A typical day. Don't be fooled. this wombat leads a very busy and demanding life. She wrestles unknown crea ...Show more
Drought (HB) - Natural Disasters by Jackie French
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
I remember when rain stopped, When day by day the water dropped, All across a sun-bleached land, Drought spread its withered, deadly hand. From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire and Cyclone comes Droughta moving story about the devastating effects drought has on many Australians and their farms. ...Show more
Elephant Alert (Animal Rescue #1) by Jackie French
$11.99 AUD
Category: Early Years Fiction | Series: Animal Rescue
Leo thinks he's an ordinary kid, but he isn't - he can talk to animals and his best friend's a guinea pig! Mozz knows she's anything but ordinary. She's cool and clever, lives in a mansion with her mad scientist grandmother, and she soars through the sky in a rocket - the SkyTiger - saving wild animals ...Show more
Fair Dinkum Histories 6 - Weevils W by FRENCH Jackie
$5.00 AUD
$17.99 (72% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Fair Dinkum Histories S.
1920-1945, an iconic period in Australian history: Qantas founded, the Sydney Harbour Bridge built, Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup and dies in the US, Don Bradman wows the world at the wicket and becomes the main target in the Bodyline series. The Depression hits. Australia enters WW II. Aborigines lob ...Show more
Fascinating History of Your Lunch by Jackie French
$16.95 AUD
Category: Middle Years Fiction
Who invented cheese? Where did lettuce and tomato plants originally come from? And did you know that the Spanish conquistadors conquered the South American Aztec empire and brought home the bitter beans that that would eventually become chocolate? This text is an historical look at food.
Fire Wombat (HB) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story
As the bushfire swallowed up the world they knew, a wombat shared her burrow with other animals. As the flames of the bushfire approach, one small wombat is bravely followed by other animals to the safety of her underground burrow. From best-selling author and Australian Children's Laureate, Jackie Fre ...Show more
Hitler's Daughter: 25th Anniversary Edition by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
A special anniversary edition of a modern classic. The bombs were falling, the smoke was rising from the concentration camps, but Hitler's daughter knew nothing of this. All she knew was the world of lessons with Fraulein Gelber, the hedgehogs she rescued from the cold and the exciting visits from her b ...Show more
Josephine Wants To Dance 10th Anniversary Edition by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Story
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of this wonderful story about dreams, believing in yourself ...and a dancing kangaroo. Josephine is a kangaroo - who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don't dance, they hop - but Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the ...Show more
Just a Girl by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Years Fiction
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a truly extraordinary woman. And after 2000 years, the story of her brave and remarkable life continues to inspire and enthrall us, as that young woman from Nazareth was never 'just a girl'. In 72 AD, as the Roman army pillages Judea and destroys their village, fourteen-ye ...Show more
Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior by Jackie French
$18.99 AUD
Category: Middle Years Fiction | Series: School for Heroes | Reading Level: 8-10
Boojum Bark is a werewolf - and a hero. He doesn't really want to be a hero, but it's in the family. Now he has to go to Hero School to learn the Right Way to achieve hero status. Werewolves are at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to heroes - especially when they lift their legs on the door ...Show more