Author: Yvonne Morrison
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
ISBN: 9781921541476
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
If Aesop had been born Australian, this is the story he would have written instead of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. As it is, Yvonne Morrison has done the job for him—telling the raucous tale of Outback Possum, who loves to chew leaves and watch sunsets, and Town Possum, who loves adventure and fun. When Outback Possum visits his cousin in town, and experiences a bit of high adventure and a few close shaves, he decides that the quiet life is the life for him. This is a hilarious re-telling of the age old Aesop Fable, brightly illustrated by the brilliant Heath McKenzie in bold colours. The characters are incredibly emotive, and Heath manages to capture the most hilarious expressions! An easy rhyming text which will make bedtime reading a pleasure. The companion title to the popular The Cocky Who Cried Dingo.
Town Possum, Outback Possum
Author: Yvonne Morrison
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
ISBN: 9781921541476
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
If Aesop had been born Australian, this is the story he would have written instead of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. As it is, Yvonne Morrison has done the job for him—telling the raucous tale of Outback Possum, who loves to chew leaves and watch sunsets, and Town Possum, who loves adventure and fun. When Outback Possum visits his cousin in town, and experiences a bit of high adventure and a few close shaves, he decides that the quiet life is the life for him. This is a hilarious re-telling of the age old Aesop Fable, brightly illustrated by the brilliant Heath McKenzie in bold colours. The characters are incredibly emotive, and Heath manages to capture the most hilarious expressions! An easy rhyming text which will make bedtime reading a pleasure. The companion title to the popular The Cocky Who Cried Dingo.
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
ISBN: 9781921541476
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
If Aesop had been born Australian, this is the story he would have written instead of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. As it is, Yvonne Morrison has done the job for him—telling the raucous tale of Outback Possum, who loves to chew leaves and watch sunsets, and Town Possum, who loves adventure and fun. When Outback Possum visits his cousin in town, and experiences a bit of high adventure and a few close shaves, he decides that the quiet life is the life for him. This is a hilarious re-telling of the age old Aesop Fable, brightly illustrated by the brilliant Heath McKenzie in bold colours. The characters are incredibly emotive, and Heath manages to capture the most hilarious expressions! An easy rhyming text which will make bedtime reading a pleasure. The companion title to the popular The Cocky Who Cried Dingo.
Wombat Stew
Author: Marcia Kay Vaughan
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9781761290688
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat... and decided to make... Wombat stew, Wombat stew, Gooey, brewy, Yummy, chewy, Wombat stew! In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his stew, and the result is something the dingo will never forget!
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9781761290688
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat... and decided to make... Wombat stew, Wombat stew, Gooey, brewy, Yummy, chewy, Wombat stew! In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his stew, and the result is something the dingo will never forget!
The Cocky Who Cried Dingo
Author: Yvonne Morrison
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
ISBN: 9781921714948
Category : Cockatoos
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As it is, Yvonne Morrison has done the job for him telling the raucous tale of a cheeky cockatoo who decides that pulling a few pranks on his fellow birds will liven things up. Of course, the prank backfires when no one believes his cries for help, and a real dingo pins him down by his precious yellow crest. All ends well a and cocky learns his lesson. Or does he?
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
ISBN: 9781921714948
Category : Cockatoos
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As it is, Yvonne Morrison has done the job for him telling the raucous tale of a cheeky cockatoo who decides that pulling a few pranks on his fellow birds will liven things up. Of course, the prank backfires when no one believes his cries for help, and a real dingo pins him down by his precious yellow crest. All ends well a and cocky learns his lesson. Or does he?
THE MAGIC PUDDING
Author: NORMAN LINDSAY
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132968396X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
A magic pudding who changes from steak and kidney to jam roll and apple dumpling in seconds. A walking, talking dessert that never runs out of pleasing things to eat. A koala bear, named Bunyip Bluegum, A sailor named Bill Barnacle, and Sam Sawnoff the penguin have a wonderful hilarious magical adventure defending the Pudding against thieves who want it for themselves.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132968396X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
A magic pudding who changes from steak and kidney to jam roll and apple dumpling in seconds. A walking, talking dessert that never runs out of pleasing things to eat. A koala bear, named Bunyip Bluegum, A sailor named Bill Barnacle, and Sam Sawnoff the penguin have a wonderful hilarious magical adventure defending the Pudding against thieves who want it for themselves.
Outback
Author: Patricia Wolf
Publisher: Embla Books
ISBN: 1471411702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Number 1 Internationally Bestselling Ebook, perfect for fans of The Dry by Jane Harper. 'Tense, gripping and atmospheric' - CHRIS WHITAKER 'Gripped me from its shocking start' - SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT 'I highly recommend it' - LYNDA LA PLANTE CBE TWO MISSING BACKPACKERS. ONE VAST OUTBACK. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, taking care of his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers, Berndt and Rita, vanish from the area, he finds himself unofficially on the case. But why all the interest from the Federal Police when they have probably just ditched the heat and dust of the outback for the coast? Working in the organised crime unit has opened Walker's eyes to the growing drug trade in Australia's remote interior - and he becomes convinced there is more at play. As the number of days since the couple's disappearance climbs, Walker is joined by Rita's older sister. A detective herself with Berlin CID, she has flown to Australia - desperate to find her sister. Their search becomes ever more urgent as temperatures soar. Even if Walker does find the young couple, will it be too late? This deeply atmospheric thriller is the gripping opening of a new crime series for fans of Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker. Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award 2023. Readers are gripped by Outback: 'Nail-biting thriller!... From the beginning I was hooked!... A thrilling ride that had me holding my breath through its finale. Highly recommended' Reader review, 5 stars 'Finished this book within a day... I honestly loved it, really had you guessing who the murderer was 'til the last minute' Reader review, 5 stars 'Great, suspenseful mystery... The last 30% turned me into a nervous wreck!' Reader review, 5 stars
Publisher: Embla Books
ISBN: 1471411702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Number 1 Internationally Bestselling Ebook, perfect for fans of The Dry by Jane Harper. 'Tense, gripping and atmospheric' - CHRIS WHITAKER 'Gripped me from its shocking start' - SARAH YARWOOD-LOVETT 'I highly recommend it' - LYNDA LA PLANTE CBE TWO MISSING BACKPACKERS. ONE VAST OUTBACK. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie, taking care of his dying grandmother. When two young German backpackers, Berndt and Rita, vanish from the area, he finds himself unofficially on the case. But why all the interest from the Federal Police when they have probably just ditched the heat and dust of the outback for the coast? Working in the organised crime unit has opened Walker's eyes to the growing drug trade in Australia's remote interior - and he becomes convinced there is more at play. As the number of days since the couple's disappearance climbs, Walker is joined by Rita's older sister. A detective herself with Berlin CID, she has flown to Australia - desperate to find her sister. Their search becomes ever more urgent as temperatures soar. Even if Walker does find the young couple, will it be too late? This deeply atmospheric thriller is the gripping opening of a new crime series for fans of Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker. Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award 2023. Readers are gripped by Outback: 'Nail-biting thriller!... From the beginning I was hooked!... A thrilling ride that had me holding my breath through its finale. Highly recommended' Reader review, 5 stars 'Finished this book within a day... I honestly loved it, really had you guessing who the murderer was 'til the last minute' Reader review, 5 stars 'Great, suspenseful mystery... The last 30% turned me into a nervous wreck!' Reader review, 5 stars
Unsung Heroes
Author: Michael Winkler
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1743482248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
These one hundred and fifty true stories give voice to the many men and women who played an important part in establishing Australia's pioneering spirit but who mostly didn't make it into the history books. Drawn from the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame 'Unsung Heroes' database, they reveal the characters who were drovers, property owners, shearers, missionaries and amateur explorers. They bring outback history alive as do tales of the bush folk who built the fences, baked the bread, taught the children, provided entertainment, shod the horses, tended the sick and enforced the law. From veteran expeditioner Ned Ryan, to possum trapper Harry Stevens, Boer War veteran Jack Kyle-Little and eccentric pioneers Charles and Cora Chalmers, these are stories of resilience, courage and luck, about people with more grit than an outback sandstorm. 'This is the essence of what Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson wrote about . . .' John Williamson All royalites from the sales of this book go to the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre. Situated in Queensland's central western town of Longreach, it is Australia's premier outback heritage destination.
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1743482248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
These one hundred and fifty true stories give voice to the many men and women who played an important part in establishing Australia's pioneering spirit but who mostly didn't make it into the history books. Drawn from the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame 'Unsung Heroes' database, they reveal the characters who were drovers, property owners, shearers, missionaries and amateur explorers. They bring outback history alive as do tales of the bush folk who built the fences, baked the bread, taught the children, provided entertainment, shod the horses, tended the sick and enforced the law. From veteran expeditioner Ned Ryan, to possum trapper Harry Stevens, Boer War veteran Jack Kyle-Little and eccentric pioneers Charles and Cora Chalmers, these are stories of resilience, courage and luck, about people with more grit than an outback sandstorm. 'This is the essence of what Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson wrote about . . .' John Williamson All royalites from the sales of this book go to the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre. Situated in Queensland's central western town of Longreach, it is Australia's premier outback heritage destination.
Edwardian Fiction
Author: Sandra Kemp
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Contains some 1,000 entries on well-known and obscure authors, individual works, and genres, encompassing adult's and children's fiction and some work by authors from other English-speaking countries. About half of the 800 authors profiled are women. Includes a chronology and an index of pseudonyms. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Contains some 1,000 entries on well-known and obscure authors, individual works, and genres, encompassing adult's and children's fiction and some work by authors from other English-speaking countries. About half of the 800 authors profiled are women. Includes a chronology and an index of pseudonyms. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Amnesia
Author: Peter Carey
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385352786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The two-time Booker Prize winner now gives us an exceedingly timely, exhilarating novel—at once dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny—that journeys to the place where the cyber underworld collides with international power politics. When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into Australia’s prison computer system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. And because the Americans run the prisons (let’s be honest: as they do in so many parts of her country) the doors of some five thousand jails in the United States also open. Is this a mistake, or a declaration of cyber war? And does it have anything to do with the largely forgotten Battle of Brisbane between American and Australian forces in 1942? Or with the CIA-influenced coup in Australia in 1975? Felix Moore, known to himself as “our sole remaining left-wing journalist,” is determined to write Gaby’s biography in order to find the answers—to save her, his own career, and, perhaps, his country. But how to get Gaby—on the run, scared, confused, and angry—to cooperate? Bringing together the world of hackers and radicals with the “special relationship” between the United States and Australia, and Australia and the CIA, Amnesia is a novel that speaks powerfully about the often hidden past—but most urgently about the more and more hidden present.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385352786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The two-time Booker Prize winner now gives us an exceedingly timely, exhilarating novel—at once dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny—that journeys to the place where the cyber underworld collides with international power politics. When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into Australia’s prison computer system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. And because the Americans run the prisons (let’s be honest: as they do in so many parts of her country) the doors of some five thousand jails in the United States also open. Is this a mistake, or a declaration of cyber war? And does it have anything to do with the largely forgotten Battle of Brisbane between American and Australian forces in 1942? Or with the CIA-influenced coup in Australia in 1975? Felix Moore, known to himself as “our sole remaining left-wing journalist,” is determined to write Gaby’s biography in order to find the answers—to save her, his own career, and, perhaps, his country. But how to get Gaby—on the run, scared, confused, and angry—to cooperate? Bringing together the world of hackers and radicals with the “special relationship” between the United States and Australia, and Australia and the CIA, Amnesia is a novel that speaks powerfully about the often hidden past—but most urgently about the more and more hidden present.
Dougy
Author: James Moloney
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702224997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the state athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment", some of the angry white people say - "It's not fair!" The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town too- black and white relations reach explosion point. The time is ripe for the mysterious Moodagudda to seek a victim... In the end, it's up to Dougy to save his family - and to prove himself. Dougyis the first book in James Moloney's award winning trilogy which is completed by Graceyand Angela.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702224997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the state athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment", some of the angry white people say - "It's not fair!" The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town too- black and white relations reach explosion point. The time is ripe for the mysterious Moodagudda to seek a victim... In the end, it's up to Dougy to save his family - and to prove himself. Dougyis the first book in James Moloney's award winning trilogy which is completed by Graceyand Angela.
Possum and the Peeper
Author: Anne Hunter
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618070305
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Peep! Peep! Peep! Possum opened one small eye. What was that noise? Snug and warm in the midst of his winter's nap, Possum is roused by a small peep, peep, peep. In cranky morning fashion he is determined to find out who has so rudely awakened him. He and his friends, a bear, a muskrat, and a couple of catbirds, who also want the racket to stop, search high and low for the mystery peeper. Soon, though, with the sun shining down warm on their feathers and fur, they realize it wasn't so bad to be rousted out of bed after all.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618070305
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Peep! Peep! Peep! Possum opened one small eye. What was that noise? Snug and warm in the midst of his winter's nap, Possum is roused by a small peep, peep, peep. In cranky morning fashion he is determined to find out who has so rudely awakened him. He and his friends, a bear, a muskrat, and a couple of catbirds, who also want the racket to stop, search high and low for the mystery peeper. Soon, though, with the sun shining down warm on their feathers and fur, they realize it wasn't so bad to be rousted out of bed after all.