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AUSTRALIANA FICTION - ANIMALS
Picture Books
Steve Parrish Board Books
$2 each, HB EC (Take the set for $10.00)
Ideal for toddlers and beginner readers, these durable, colourful board books make learning easier by introducing children to the world in which they live. Small children will learn how to recognise Australian animals in their environment. These simple books, aimed at toddlers, combine vibrant photographs of Australian wildlife with simple, interactive text which covers basic concepts of literacy, numeracy and natural history. Books in this series invite children to become familiar with books and learn to love them.
Australian Animals Safe At Home http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=16222
Australian Animals In Action http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=16225
Australian Animals In My Back Yard http://www.steveparish.com.au/catalogue/index.php?p=childrenspub_babiestoddlers
Australian Animals ABC http://www.steveparish.com.au/catalogue/index.php?p=childrenspub_babiestoddlers
Australian Animals 123 http://www.steveparish.com.au/catalogue/index.php?p=childrenspub_babiestoddlers
Australian Animals Shapes And Colours http://www.steveparish.com.au/catalogue/index.php?p=childrenspub_babiestoddlers
Steve Parrish Kids “Time” http://www.steveparish.com.au/catalogue/index.php?p=childrenspub_babiestoddlers
Wombat http://www.steveparish.com.au/catalogue/index.php?p=childrenspub_babiestoddlers
Steve Parrish Kids Series
$2 each, PB EC (Take the set for $20.00)
Favourite Aussie animals embark on many different page-turning adventures. The stories are written by Rebecca Johnson, a practising teacher, mother and wildlife carer. Based on the 52 virtues, including caring, honesty, forgiveness and unity, these story books also feature type set in Beginners Alphabet and are specifically targeted to beginning and emergent readers. Wonderful Steve Parish photographs exemplify and give added dimension to the text. 3-6 YO http://www.steveparish.com.au/catalogue/index.php?p=childrenspub_storybooks
Green Frog’s First Swim
Sugar Glider’s First Flight
Rowdy Devil’s Hide & Seek
Crimson Rosella’s Birdseed
Baby Koala’s Bedtime
Mother Duck’s Family
Dolphin’s Funny Surprise
Grandpa Wombat’s Snore
Clownfish’s Adventure
Penguin’s Parade
Joey Grey’s Playmates
Kookaburra’s Loud Laugh
Steve Parrish Story Book Series
$2 PB VGC+ (Take the set for $10)
To the parent/carer from Steve Parish: "To publish children's books about Australian nature has been a dream of mine for many years. I love Australia and I love books. Sharing that love with children is one of my passions. I believe that a newborn's first gifts should include books as well as toys. Every child should reach school age knowing all about the joys and adventures to be found in books. The best way to give a child that joy is to explore books with them. There are no special skills needed - just sit together, read aloud and talk about the pictures. We have planned these Story Books so kids and carers can enjoy them together. It is our hope that the stories will inspire in children an interest in Australian wildlife. If you're within reach of a zoo or fauna park, perhaps a visit would be fun. So why not sit down and share the joy of reading with the children you care for? It could be the greatest gift you can give them." - Steve Parish.
Dolphin’s Triumph http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=23546
Turtle Tricks http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=24213
Wombat’s Friend http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=22936
Tree-Frog Tangles http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=21754
Elliot The Piglet http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=22938
Koala’s Big Day http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=23545
Clever Clownfish http://www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=17255
The Wombat
Who Talked To The Stars: The Journal Of A Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
(Jill Morris) $6 HB EC (Ex lib) A very special book about
a rare and endangered species found in one small area in Australia. The species
called the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is teetering on the brink of extinction,
having decreased to about 60 individuals living in burrows in the hot, dry
north-west of Queensland. Jill Morris’ imaginative text and Sharon Dye’s
watercolour illustrations range from (true) narrative stories to poems and
scientific reports. The layout is reminiscent of an ancient document, designed
and written by one of the wombats, who has walked into the study traps 58 times!
This satisfying book with the texture of an archival treasure records the
special moment when a young male ‘flew’ away to start a captive breeding
program. 5-12 YO
https://www.greaterglider.com.au/books/wombat.html
Wombat (Jean Chapman) $3 PB EC Have you ever seen a wombat? The wombat in this story is very good at digging holes and burrowing under fences. When he makes a big hole in the farmer’s fence, the farmer has to find some way of stopping him! Chapter book with lots of pictures of the Aussie bush and farm life – great for the younger reader. 5-9 YO
Sebastian Lives In A Hat (Thelma Catterwell) $3 PB EC The true story of Sebastian, the baby wombat who was orphaned and lived the first few months of his life in a woollen hat. Charming pictures! 3-7 YO http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BOOK-SEBASTIAN-LIVES-IN-A-HAT-NEW-K-ARGENT-CHATTERWELL_W0QQitemZ300246980553QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:AU:101
Digger’s Mate (Helen Lunn, illustrated Clifton Pugh) $4 PB EC Digger was top dog at Joyce’s mud brick house in the bush – until Myrtle came along. Having a baby wombat in the house is worse than having a new sister or brother. Joyce fussed over the wombat all the time; she had no time for Digger. Digger tried to like the wombat. Then he tried to get rid of her. But he didn’t realize what a good mate she could turn out to be. Based on a true story of an orphaned wombat being raised in the same household as a dog. Lovely picture book. 5-10 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Diggers-Mate-Helen-Lunn-Clifton-Pugh-Orphaned-Wombat_W0QQitemZ200072319815QQihZ010QQcategoryZ1102QQcmdZViewItem
The Death Of A Wombat (Ivan Smith, with paintings, etchings and line drawings by Clifton Pugh) $6 PB EC A story told in poetry as a humble wombat meets a tragic end during a bushfire. The book has been called many things: a profound allegorical statement of the human condition, a vivid and deeply moving word picture which sets a standard for imaginative story writing. So superlatively is the story told, we feel a terrible, urgent sense of tragedy in the death of this animal. Superb illustrations. 12+ http://cgi.ebay.com.au/The-Death-of-a-Wombat-Ivan-Smith-CLIFTON-PUGH_W0QQitemZ180272589900QQihZ008QQcategoryZ7702QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Starlight The Brumby (Ann Ferns) $3 HB GC Join Tim and his dad trying to round up the wild brumbies on their Snowy Mountains farm. They capture a beautiful brumby that they name Starlight and dad goes about breaking it in. Lovely illustrations. 4-9 YO
Lizard Log (Christobel Mattingley, illustrated by Walter Stackpool) $3 PB VGC Lizards everywhere! Big lizards, small lizards, medium sized lizards. Tony and his family are camping in the bush near the sea when their tent is invaded by lizards. Tony wants to keep them as pets, but his mother insists that he return them to the forest. One day when he is taking them some food he finds himself and the lizards in danger……..until a large, fierce goanna arrives to save the day. Wonderful story and illustrations! 5-10 YO http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Lizard-Log-by-CHRISTOBEL-MATTINGLEY_W0QQitemZ360073500615QQihZ023QQcategoryZ1102QQcmdZViewItem
Harry And The Boss Kangaroo (Sarah Garland) $3 PB VGC (Bumping to one front cover edge) A gorgeous book with captivating paintings of the Aussie bush, cottages and the kangaroo species. Eight year old Harry understands the language of all the animals and birds in the Australian bush and shares many adventures with them. This exciting world is brought vividly to life in Sarah Garland’s words and pictures. 4-8 YO
Father Koala’s Fables (Kel Richards) $3 PB GC 'So, young koalas, gather about, Eat an apple or pear or peach, And listen to all of the tales I tell, And learn the lessons they teach.' Contains short stories including: The Emu and the Wombat; The Kangaroo and the Possum; The Cane Toad and the Bullock; In the Chook Yard plus more. Wonderful paintings! 4-9 YO http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/kel-richards/father-koalas-fables.htm
Sheep Dogs (Jack Bedson) $3 PB VGC Farm pets Mac and Kelly are the sort of help the farmer can do without. If only he had some sheep dogs instead! The troublesome pets would like to be sheep dogs too – if only they knew what ‘sheep dogs’ were. Mac thinks sheep dogs must be dogs which look just like sheep. So they work out a plan….. A wonderful tale of Australian farm life with great pictures and a very funny story. Your kids will love this! 5-10
Fraser Dingo (Jill Morris) $4 PB VGC (Ex lib) Appealing watercolour illustrations form a brilliant background for a tough text written in a range of genres: narrative story, play, report. 6-12 year-olds http://www.greaterglider.com.au/books/dingo.html
Otto The True-Blue Aussie Dog (Klay & Mark Lamprell) $3 PB GC When Mum had to go away for a month she brought home a dog to keep the children company. His name was Otto, and he was big and friendly and a ‘bitza’, a mixture of many different kinds of canine. In the end everyone agrees that he is a real Australian dog, for like the people in the neighbourhood, he boasts ancestors from amy countries like China, Germany, France and Afghanistan. 4-9 YO
The Great Tasmanian Tiger Hunt (Michael Salmon) $2 PB VGC The funny story of Colonel Forsfield-Smythe, the big game hunter, going to Tasmania to catch the mysterious Tasmanian Tiger. Follow his exploits in trying to catch one and laugh at the animals as they watch from a safe distance, too clever to be caught! Picture book 5-10 http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9781865048338
Novels
The Broken Saddle (James Aldridge) $3 PB FC (Minor cover wear and tanning) Living in a small Australian Township at the time of the Great Depression, Eric and his mother have nothing. Until one Saturday, in one of his fleeting visits home, Eric’s drover father leaves him a pony of his own. At first, Eric is afraid of the wild, unbroken pony which he must tame and learn to ride. But as mutual fear gives way to mutual friendship, both horse and boy begin to enjoy their daily contest to outwit each other. A remarkable story about how a boy’s relationship with his horse affects his entire life. 10+ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/james-aldridge/broken-saddle.htm
The Monday Sheepdog (Ivy Baker) $3 PB VGC Ben can’t wait for Monday. That’s when he starts high school. But when Monday comes, it isn’t all what Ben expects. Instead of heading off to school, Ben finds himself having to run the farm single-handedly. He’ll have to cope as best he can on his own. Luckily, Monday isn’t all bad news. For Monday brings Charcoal, the sheepdog who will become Ben’s best mate. 9+
Broome Dog (Mary Small) $5 HB EC, $4 PB EC Sam didn’t want to leave his home in Broome, the old pearl-diving port on the north coast of Western Australia, but when his father is offered a new job in the far away town of Katherine, Sam has no choice. Sam doesn’t like Katherine, and neither does his best friend ‘Knuckles’ – a ‘Broome dog’ mixture of cattle dog and bull terrier commonly found in the north-west of Australia. Knuckles escapes and heads off back along the road to Broome….and into a long and dangerous journey. 8-12 http://www.marysmall.com.au/books/broomedog.htm
The Dog King (Paul Collins) $3 PB EC Keiren is a loner who longs for a dog - one that can win the annual dog show hurdle race and show Keiren's arch-enemy a thing or two. When Jack Ellis turns up at Keiren's mother's boarding house, he befriends the boy and tells him some ripping yarns about dogs that recall the classic Australian stories Henry Lawson used to tell. Although Jack mysteriously disappears, it looks as though Keiren's dream will come true. http://www.paulcollins.com.au/covers_inside.html
Tiger In The Bush (Nan Chauncy) $4 PB EC (Ex lib), $3 PB GC Eleven year old Badge delights in the wildlife that surrounds his valley home deep in the heart of Tasmania. But he accidentally reveals the whereabouts of the nearly extinct Tasmanian Tiger to his cousin, Russ, who wants to carry away the rare animal to captivity. 10+