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Jackie French
This is the story of women who fought during WWI, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers.
In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a post-office assistant in England…
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Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli.
Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and…
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An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world.
Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout…
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It is 1915. War is being fought on an horrific scale in the trenches in France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen-year-old Midge MacPherson, who…
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Three children in country Australia meet at the bus stop every morning and tell each other stories. This one is about Hitler’s Daughter and the life that she leads in…
Set against a backdrop of bushfire, flood, war and jubilation, this is the story of one girl’s journey towards independence. It is also the story of others who had no…
Prince Narmer, first in line of succession, meets an oracle who changes his life. Ousted from the line by a disfiguring struggle with a crocodile, Narmer travels, learning much about…
Bruce Whatley, Jackie French
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary, this is the story of Mothball, one of the world's most famous wombats - and where it all began
It’s Christmas - from a wombat’s point of view. It’s Christmas! And it’s Christmas for Mothball the Wombat, too.She eats, she sleeps, she scratches,but on Christmas Eve … Created by…
FOR TOO LONG KOALAS HAVE BEEN CALLED BEARS
For too long koalas have been called bears.But this koala is out to prove to the world that he is BARE!
And…
Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of this wonderful story about dreams, believing in yourself... and a dancing kangaroo. Josephine is a kangaroo - who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey…
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The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage.
Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history.
History's sister, the…
All of Australia’s dingoes may be descended from one south - east Asian ‘rubbish dog’ who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. This is a story about the first dingo.It…
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A special anniversary edition of a modern classic. Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year for Young Readers
The bombs were falling, the smoke was rising from the concentration…
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Drawing on her own family history, this is a story from Jackie French about education in Colonial Australia - and how women once had to fight for their right to…
Inspired by true events, this is the story of how society’s ‘lovely ladies’ won a war. Each year at secluded Shillings Hall, in the snow-crisped English countryside, the ..
The rain stopped, but the wall of water surged into the river.Hour by hour the river rose. In some places water onlynibbled at the banks, but in others it burst…
From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought, Pandemic, Earthquake and Plague. I was born of twisting air, touching ground and spinning there. Do not laugh, just feed me…
Down below the giant rumbled, All around us buildings crumbled, Newcastle began to shake ... 'Quake!' yelled someone. 'Out! Earthquake!' From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought and…
From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought, Pandemic, Earthquake and Tornado ... Grass-and wheat-lands spread to the horizon, and so did we, with too few ibis to control…
A special anniversary edition of the popular modern classic. Celebrating twenty years of Australia's favourite sheep, Pete.
Shaun the shearer doesn't have a sheepdog.
He has Pete.
And Pete is…
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Bruce Whatley,Jackie French
This is an entertaining peek into the life of one very busy wombat, aimed at children between the ages of three and seven. Find out how one wombat - between…
In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. Her father has…
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Jackie French,Bruce Whatley
Take a closer look at Australia’s best-known marsupials. Why does Australia have animals that are so different from others anywhere else in the world? Why do ‘roos and wallabies have…
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From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought, Pandemic and Earthquake ... Grass and wheat-lands spread to the horizon, and so did we, with too few ibis to control…
Young readers are introduced to the cuddly yet slow-moving Australian wombat in this tongue-in-cheek account of one unusually articulate wombat and his busy week. Full color.
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This is the story of women who fought during WWI, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a post-office assistant in England…
The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. History's sister, the…
From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on the high seas - and a love so intense it can overcome two different cultures…
Self-sufficient gardens are beautiful - a ramble of productivity, and a profusion of smells and colour. Jackie will help you to create a ‘Garden of Eden’ in your own backyard…
This is the story of a small unassuming donkey. It’s also the story of Gallipoli, of Jack Simpson, and New Zealander stretcher-bearer Richard Henderson, who literally took up the reins…
From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on the high seas - and a love so intense it can overcome two different cultures.
From bestselling author Jackie French comes a book about the secrets we carry, those that we unearth - and those that are too dangerous to tell.
The once impoverished medical…
Tom Appleby, eight year old chimney sweep is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. This book tells of a colony that, despite its natural abundance, cannot…
From one of Australia’s best-loved storytellers comes an exciting mystery adventure story about the Cobb & Co.
The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage.
The year is 1859 and the goldfields are filled with diggers -- and danger!
Orphaned twelve-year-old Tigg is the Bandicoot Bushranger, the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1859.
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It was the craziest, wildest and most daring expedition the world had ever seen. Eleven ships with nearly 15,000 people travelled 25,000 kilometers to the other side of the world…
Jackie French, Danny Snell (illus.)
A companion title to the best-selling The Fire Wombat, this is the story of Myrtle, a small turtle who, by heading uphill, tells the other animals that a flood…
Butter O'Bryan has been told there are ghosts on Howlers Beach, but are there? Howlers Beach, 1932 Butter O'Bryan lives in a Very Small Castle with his father and three…
Mike’s neighbour is Lance Loosley, a boy everyone calls Loser . Loser tells Mike that Tenterfield – the old property nearby – is being used as a laboratory. One day…
Age range 7+ In This Is Home , much-lovedauthor Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood. Whatdo you feel like doing today? Sit beside a…
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary, this is the story of Mothball, one of the world's most famous wombats - and where it all began.
She is small. She is scared. She…
Rotters and Squatters continues the warts-and-all story of Australia from 1820 to 1850. This period saw new colonies founded and squatters spreading into new areas and taking the best land…
For 60,000 years the rest of the world had pretty much left Australia and its Aboriginal nations alone. Then it became a home for Britain’s criminals and poor. Now a…
Australia had changed before, but slowly. Now everything is fast! Attitudes are evolving, technology is changing every aspect of life, and people are starting to recognise the damage done to…
Inspired by the bushfires that have affected many Australians, Fire is a moving and sensitive story of a natural disaster as seen through the eyes of a cockatoo. The fire…