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Christmas at Grandma's Beach House by Claire Saxby
$16.95 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books
It's Christmas in Australia, and what better way to celebrate than to gather at Grandma's beach house! It's the Twelve Days of Christmas, Aussie style.'On the fourth day of Christmas, we went down to the sea,Four beaming aunts, Three best friendsTwo Uncle Bob'sAnd my Grandma, my family and me...' The pe ...Show more
Dingo (HB) by Claire Saxby
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
Poetic language and glorious illustrations follow a dingo from the comfort of her pack into the darkening landscape in search of food for her family. Can you see her? There -- deep in the stretching shadows -- a dingo. Her pointed ears twitch. Her tawny eyes flash in the low-slung sun. Dingo le ...Show more
Emu by Claire Saxby
$17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks
Did you know it's the emu father who protects the chicks? Follow a doting dad as he keeps his brood safe--from when they're granite-green eggs until they're all grown up. In the open eucalyptus forest of Australia, an emu as tall as a human settles down on his nest to warm and protect the eggs left by ...Show more
Great White Shark by Claire Saxby
$16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
Follow a female shark as she heads to warm waters for the sake of her young in a lyrical, fact-filled look at one of the ocean's top predators.The great white shark swims on. Her tail sways from side to side; her fins keep her balanced. She travels the fast lane where she can, cruising invisible seaways ...Show more
Great White Shark by Claire Saxby
$26.99 AUD
Category: Nature & Animals | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
PLEASE NOTE NEXT STOCK AVAILABLE AFTER 15TH SEPTEMBER A stunning addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Great White Shark tells the real story about one of the planet's most fascinating and misunderstood creatures. The great white shark swims on. Her tail sways side-to-side; her fins keep her balanc ...Show more
Haywire (Australia's Second World War) by Claire Saxby
$17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books | Series: Australia's Second World War Ser.
In 1939, 14-year-old Tom lives in Hay where his family runs the local bakery. Max Gruber is nearly fourteen-years-old. He is sent to his Uncle Ferdy in London, but is then interred and shipped to Australia aboard the Dunera. He arrives in Hay and meets Tom. The two boys become friends and find their liv ...Show more
Iceberg by Claire Saxby
$24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books
WINNER of 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the YearAn iceberg is born into spring and travels through the seasons before dying in a new spring. A stunning, lyrical story for our times, from renowned picture book creators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft. In the final freeze of an Antarctic winter, green tails w ...Show more
Koala by Claire Saxby
$16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks
It is time for Little Koala to leave the protection of his mother. But many challenges and dangers lie ahead for him as he searches for his own home eucalypt and learns to be independent. During his search he encounters other territorial koalas, wanders through a bushfire-ravaged landscape and endures a ...Show more
Kookaburra (Nature Storybooks) by Claire Saxby
$16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
An exciting addition to the narrative nonfiction "Nature Storybooks" series, about kookaburras.In the crinkled shadows night-dwellers yawn, day-creatures stretch and Kookaburra laughs. Kook-kook-kook. Kak-kak-kak.The team behind Dingo is back again with a new addition to the "Nature Storybooks" series. ...Show more
My Name is Lizzie Flynn: A Story of the Rajah Quilt by Claire Saxby
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Lizzie Flynn has nothing but her name when she boards the Rajah, which is bound for the penal colony of Australia. On board the Rajah the convict women were given a 'useful bag' containing among other things fabric and needle and thread. The women were taught to sew and together they made the Rajah quil ...Show more
Secrets of the Saltmarsh by Claire Saxby
$24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books
Age range 5 to 9You will find me where land meets sea…Saltmarshes are full of energy and life. They protect our coastlines, and provide food and shelter for migratory birds and microscopic plants and animals. Most of all, saltmarshes are places of discovery and wonder. With lyrical text and captivating ...Show more
Tasmanian Devil by Claire Saxby
$26.99 AUD
Category: Nature & Animals | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
An engaging addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Tasmanian Devil showcases different elements of the habitat, behaviours, and day to day life of one of Australia’s most famous marsupials. In Tasmanian Devil award-winning author Claire Saxby and talented artist Max Hamilton tell the story of two imp ...Show more