Strangers on Country by David Hartley, Kirsty Murray
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Age range 8+ Giom, Anco and Duramboi are the names of just three young shipwreck survivors and convict escapees who were given refuge by Indigenous communities during the nineteenth century. No one knows exactly how many received sustenance from the local people, but there are some documented accounts ...Show more
Camp Canberra: By the Smart and Excellent Students of Mount Mayhem Primary School by Krys Saclier
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The students of Mount Mayhem Primary are on their school trip to Canberra. Their teacher, Ms Sparks says they will visit places of National Significance and learn about Australian History and Government. Who knew Canberra could be so interesting!
Clancy of the Overflow (HB) by Banjo Paterson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Literature
As the stock are slowly stringing,Clancy rides behind them singing, For the drover’s life has pleasuresThat the townsfolk never know. First published in 1889, Banjo Paterson’s iconic poem has been loved by generations. Capturing the grit of the city, and the longed-for freedom of the wide, open plains w ...Show more
Last Man Out: A personal account of the Gallipoli Evacuation by Louise Park
$8.00 AUD
$24.99 (67% off)
Category: History
The evacuation from Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand troops was a logistically incredible undertaking. The exhausted young men were to slip away by ship in the dead of night. But… Someone needed to remain behind to cover for their fellow soldiers. This was a mission that almost certainly meant de ...Show more
This Book Thinks Ya Deadly!: A Celebration of Blak Excellence by Corey Tutt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Community and Culture
This Book Thinks Ya Deadly! is an inspirational, illustrated compendium that celebrates the diversity and success of First Nations People. Written by Corey Tutt, author of The First Scientists, this book features the profiles of 80 Blakfellas who are doing deadly things across sport, art, activism and s ...Show more
Wombat (Nature Storybooks) by Christopher Cheng
$26.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Nature Storybooks
Burrowing and basking, digging and defending; Wombat is a new Nature Storybook exploring the world of one of Australia's most beloved creatures. Far underground, where dirt and tree roots mesh, are tunnels that lead to a burrow, and in this burrow Wombat's day begins. A story about the life of a wombat, ...Show more
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla by Azadeh Westergaard
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science and Technology
A lyrical biography of the eccentric engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla In the middle of a storm, as lightning flashed, a special boy was born. Nikola Tesla was destined to electrify and change the world forever. Before Tesla designed modern electricity, he was a young boy in Serbia from humble beginnin ...Show more
Country Town (HB) by Isolde Martyn, Robyn Ridgeway
$29.95 AUD
Category: Community and Culture
Age range 9 to 12 Happy times, sad times, boom times and gloom times! From the First Peoples camp at the river crossing in the 1820s through to Carols by Candlelight at the showground in today’s world, this is a decade by decade wonderfully illustrated story of a small country community.
Step into My Power - A Guide to Feeling Good and Living Your Best Life by Jamia Wilson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Step into My Power is a thought-provoking and inspirational book that guides children through over 20 lessons that will help them feel more powerful.
Story Doctors by Boori Monty Pryor
$15.00 AUD
$24.99 (39% off)
Category: Community and Culture
BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13 This is a book for everybody. Welcome! Take a seat! And listen carefully, because this story has a heartbeat. Can you feel it, there in your chest? Legendary storyteller Boori Monty Pryor invites us to travel with him from the first footsteps th ...Show more
Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country by Violet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal, Leah Leaman, Cecelia Edwards, Cassandra Algy, Felicity Meakins, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti
$29.99 AUD
Category: Community and Culture
Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country is a fascinating, illustrated science book that takes kids inside the life of termites through storytelling from the Gurindji People. Did you know there are four types of termite poo? Or that a warm paste made from termite mound is used to strengthen a ...Show more
Wollemi: Saving a Dinosaur Tree by Samantha Tidy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Age range 6 to 9Deep in the forest, an ancient wonder is about to be found. Descended from a family of trees going back 200 million years, the Wollemi pine has survived ice, fire and the passing of many generations.Will a bushfire be the final threat to this living fossil? And how will we protect it, no ...Show more