$19.99 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books / ISBN:9781921167461)
Dragon Moon
In the finale of the Dragonkeeper trilogy, Ping leaves Beibai Palace to return Danzi’s son to a place where dragons are safe from humans. But their journey isn’t easy and they cross paths with old and new enemies. This novel is an enlightening and sensitive end to the trilogy and is as beautifully written as the first two novels.
Miriam DiNapoli (aged 12) is a customer at Readings Hawthorn.
CBCA 2008 Winners
The Ghost's Child
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
A strange boy suddenly appears in a lonely old woman’s lounge room. As she serves him tea, Hartnett observes that the milk turns the tea ‘a pressed-rose brown’ and immediately we are in a world where language makes exhil... More »
Dragon Moon
$19.99 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
In the finale of the Dragonkeeper trilogy, Ping leaves Beibai Palace to return Danzi’s son to a place where dragons are safe from humans. But their journey isn’t easy and they cross paths with old and new enemies. This n... More »
Pearl Barley And Charlie Parsley
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way . . .
Pearl likes solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world.
Charlie likes taking baths and watching his gar... More »
Requiem For A Beast
$39.99 (Hardcover book / Lothian )
Requiem for a Beast is a multi modal work, consisting of the formats of graphic novel, picture book, novella, and musical work.
There are two main narratives within the book; one, is the story of a young stockman as he p... More »
Parsley Rabbit's Book About Books
$19.95 (Hardcover book / Abc Books )
Celebrate the joy of reading and begin a lifelong love of books with the delightful Parsley Rabbit and his pesky little brother, Basil. Lively and entertaining, it features a remarkably clever and handsome rabbit and is ... More »
CBCA Shortlist 2008 - Younger Readers
Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!)
$14.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
Told in the form of a verse novel, Sherryl Clark brings to life all the beauty, vulnerability and pain of twelve-year-old emotions. Dawn doesn't know where she belongs. It's not with the style queens at school. And it's ... More »
Shaggy Gully Times
$25.00 (Hardcover book / Harper Collins )
Who knew that the famous wombat diarist, Josephine the ballet-dancing kangaroo and hairdresser Pete the Sheep all lived in the same country town? Here’s the town’s newspaper, demonstrating that if Australia’s short on wa... More »
Amelia Dee And The Peacock Lamp
$15.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Amelia Dee sometimes imagined she was the only person in the whole world who knew the secrets of the Peacock Lamp.' Amelia Dee lives in a house on Marburg Street, with a rare Peacock Lamp outside her bedroom door. Her fa... More »
Winning The World Cup: Aussie Nibbles
$10.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
Marco and his friends live in Australia, but they come from countries all over the world. And when they play soccer, they play for the World Cup! More »
The Key To Rondo
$30.00 (Hardcover book / Omnibus Books )
There are three rules to the old painted, music box: Wind the box three times only. Never shut the box when the music is playing. Never move the box before the music stops. Leo wouldn't dream of breaking these rules, but... More »
Dragon Moon
$19.99 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
In the finale of the Dragonkeeper trilogy, Ping leaves Beibai Palace to return Danzi’s son to a place where dragons are safe from humans. But their journey isn’t easy and they cross paths with old and new enemies. This n... More »
Carole Wilkinson
Dragonkeeper
$19.99 (Paperback book / Black Dog Publishing )
In ancient China during the Han Dynasty, a slave girl saves the life of an aging dragon and escapes her brutal master. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, the girl and the dragon make an epic journey across China carryi... More »
Garden Of The Purple Dragon
$20.00 (Paperback book / Black Dog & Levanthal )
Ancient China. Han Dynasty. Ping has found peace in the shadow of the Tai Shan mountains where she struggles to rear Kai, the small purple dragon left in her care. But her past is chasing her. It is becoming diffi cult f... More »
Dragon Moon
$19.99 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
In the finale of the Dragonkeeper trilogy, Ping leaves Beibai Palace to return Danzi’s son to a place where dragons are safe from humans. But their journey isn’t easy and they cross paths with old and new enemies. This n... More »
Fire In The Belly Inside Story Modern Olympics
$16.95 (Paperback book / Black Dog Publishing )
Award-winning author Carole Wilkinson explores the exciting and sometimes funny highs and lows of the modern Olympics. From athletes who succeed against all odds, to drug cheats who will do anything to win. From a runner... More »
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter
$17.00 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
Ned Kelly was a dangerous man — a thief, a bank robber and a murderer. Yet when he was sentenced to hang, thousands of people rallied to save his life.
In the Jerilderie Letter we hear from Ned in his own words. Wicked... More »
Hatshepsut: The Lost Pharaoh of Egypt
$15.00 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
Hatshepsut was just a girl – but when it came to the job of Pharaoh, she was the best man for the job.
The Pharaohs who followed her tried to erase her name from history. But the mystery of the spoilt princess who beca... More »