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Blueback: Australian Children's Classics by Tim Winton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Primary | Series: Australian Children's Classics
Bluebackis an achingly beautiful story about family, belonging, and living a life in tune with the environment, from Tim Winton, one of Australia's best-loved authors.'Winton ... convince(s) us of the preciousness of our oceans not through lectures but through his characters' steady wonder.' New York Ti ...Show more
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals, he spends a day lounging with the lions, and even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. Sheena Knowles's upbeat, rhymin ...Show more
Islands of Angry Ghosts: The Story of Batavia, Australia's Bloodiest Mutiny by Hugh Edwards
$14.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Australian Classics Ser.
New edition. In 1629 the Dutch East India merchantman, the Batavia was wrecked off the coast of West Australia while on a voyage to Indonesia. What followed this disaster is a harrowing tale of desertion, betrayal and murder. This updated edition includes new photographs. A replica of the Batavia is in ...Show more
My Brother Jack by George Johnston
$14.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Australian Classics
'The thing I am trying to get at is what made Jack different from me. Different all through our lives, I mean, and in a special sense, not just older or nobler or braver or less clever.' David and Jack Meredith grow up in a patriotic suburban Melbourne household during the First World War, and go on to ...Show more
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Australian Children's Classics) by Joan Lindsay; Allison Colpoys (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Aged | Series: Australian Children's Classics | Reading Level: 10+
SOON TO BE A MAJOR TELEVISION SERIES STARRING NATALIE DORMER (GAME OF THRONES). 'Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to Hanging Rock - a shimmering summer morning warm and still, with cicadas shrilling...' St Valentine's Day, in the midst of the hot summer of 1900, a party of sc ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
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, m ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent 50th Anniversary Edition (HB) by Dick Roughsey
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Celebrating fifty years - a timeless classic from the Dreamtime. 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 colour spec ...Show more
The Tram to Bondi Beach 40th Anniversary Edition by Libby Hathorn
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A story of a young boy's adventures working as a paperboy on the busy trams, travelling to Bondi Beach. Keiran wants nothing more than to be a paperboy on the busy trams, to Bondi Beach. What he discovers along the way, through daring and friendship, is a deep love of the trams themselves. Rattle and hu ...Show more
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