…distant hooves beat time with the name. Nick Nick Nicholas Nick, they cantered. A melody began that danced along on the magical words…'<br /> <br />It's 1960 in an Australian country town – a time well before smartphones and social media. Fourteen-year-old Sandra, a shy but ambitious piano student, is on a journey of discovery. She's secretly in love with Nick Morgan, but he's already left school and hardly knows ...
Jessica Mackay has one dream – to be a pilot. Jessica lives on her family farm at Narromine, New South Wales, in the 1920s – the best place for a would-be pilot. Her father developed a passion for flying in Egypt during World War I, and Narromine lies close to the heart of Australia's budding aviation industry.<br /> <br />Even though women were among the first people to take on the challenge of the skies, Jessica's ambitio ...
The author of 'Better Out Than In' and 'Better Out Than In Number Twos' is back with a collection of random musings and drawings that will make kids laugh out loud. It includes Adam's wacky view of topics including 'Top 5 Dance Moves', 'Top 5 Super Powers' and 'Things That Look Cute But Will Scratch Your Eyes Out If You Try To Hug Them'. There's even a recipe for Roast Monkey Butt with ...
This beautifully illustrated story teaches children about the importance of understanding and accepting change and difference in all people. A perfect forest grew tall and proud on the land. One day a bird from a faraway place flew over the forest and dropped a different seed. The other trees in the forest didn't like this 'difference' and did everything in their power to block the little tree's growth. But slowly they learn ...
Why THIS alphabet book?<br /> <br />Because reading is only 'as simple as ABC' when the alphabet is taught and learnt correctly. Would it surprise you to know that many ABC books get it wrong?<br /> <br />Troubled by the increasing number of children struggling with reading, writing and spelling, Sue Carolane (B.App.Sc. Speech Pathology), a professional with over thirty years of practice in early childhood liter ...
Four friends, four very different stories.<br /> <br />The Rooftop is set a against a quintessential Sydney background. At Darlinghurst East Public School, Emma, Maha, Simon and Talia, learn about themselves and each other through the unusual combination of Scripture class and netball.<br /> <br />As Mr. Zulman reveals the story of the Exodus to the students, they reveal their own stories to each other: Simon's paren ...
These are the stories you won't believe and the stories your parents don't want you to believe.<br /> <br />Klaus Von Fohn loved horseradish way too much; Signor Stupido pulled rude faces; Lorcan O'Reilly never washed behind his ears, and because someone ran with scissors, the children of the whole village of Tenderville lost their thumbs.<br /> <br />This collection of cautionary tales shows how ignoring g ...
Connected is a children's picture book for our ultra-connected world. Nathaniel Eckstrom takes us on a whimsical and sensory journey through this quaint little apartment block, exploring its inhabitants, floor by floor and introducing us to its quirky occupants; each very different, but all surprisingly connected. What is it that links each neighbour to the next?<br /> <br />Sydney-based illustrator Nathaniel Eckstrom, well-know ...
The day before her birthday, Annabel said: "I must have the biggest and best cake for my party!" Her mother, who always wanted the best for her precious Annabel, organised a special taste-test at Chef Pierre's Chocolate Emporium. Chef Pierre raised an eyebrow and twirled his magnificent moustache. He took up his whisk and said: "Watch this!" He… Beat-Whipped-Swirled-Twirled and "Voila! A chewy-go ...
