From the bestselling and award-winning creator of A is for Australia and A is for Australian Animals comes a new narrative nonfiction picture book, which explores Australia after dark.Night-time in Australia, animals are waking, people are exploring, discoveries are being made – under the Southern Cross.What makes ribbons of colour swirl in the sky? What are the spooky balls of light that bounce across the outback? What animal lay...

A factastic tour of Australian animals, by award-winning author-illustrator Frané Lessac.Australia is full of the most amazing animals on the planet! What animal has six thumbs? What animal produces square poo? What animal is made up of 95 per cent water and is highly venomous? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this factastic tour of Australian animals.Companion to A is for Australia, which was a Notable Book for...

Chant and clap, play and sing along to this fun-filled collection of nursery rhymes with an Australian twist by bestselling author and illustrator, Frané Lessac.Row, row, row, your boat, Gently down the creek. If you hear a Tassie devil, Don’t forget to shriek!Tweaked and twisted nursery rhymes include:Twinkle, Twinkle, Southern Stars; Rock-a-Bye, Joey;D-I-N-G-O!; This Little Froggy; Lizzie Had a Little Bat;Here We Go Round the Banksia Bush; ...

A narrative non-fiction picture book about the life of Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang, Australia’s most infamous bushrangers. New paperback edition!As a young boy, Ned Kelly saved a classmate from drowning in a flooded creek. He was rewarded with a green silk sash for his heroism. Yet, within a few years, he became an outlaw who was eventually hanged for murder. Ned Kelly and the Green Sash is a window into the character of a poor boy, once honoured for his ...

Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Native life, each with a powerful refrain: We are still here!An ideal nonfiction picture book for 7-10-year-old future activists and changemakers! An inspiring read by best-selling and award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell.Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This co...

**The Cherokee community is grateful for the blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American life as told by best-selling Cherokee author Traci Sorell.This award-winning seasonal picture book is for 3-7-year-olds interested in contemporary Indigenous stories that are both accessible and universal for all kid readers.**The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in t...

This first book in the Our Country series takes readers on a journey across Australia to marvel at our unique geology and geography.Our home is an ancient land.In every corner of Australia, wonders are waiting for curious explorers.With each vibrant fact-filled page of this unique book, readers will visit different natural wonders across all states and territories. See the prehistoric beasts that roamed the land in Winton, venture through th...

**¡Ahora en español! La comunidad cheroqui está agradecida por los logros y desafíos que experimentan en cada estación. En este libro se cuenta la vida moderna de los nativos americanos, narrada por una ciudadana de la Nación Cheroqui.Now in Spanish! The Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American life as told by an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.**Los ciudadanos de la Nación Cheroqui emplean l...

The second title in the OUR COUNTRY series, celebrating and contextualising the richness of Australia's history, and where it happened.In every corner of Australia, history happened. The pages of this book are a journey through tens of thousands of years. Our history is recorded in ancient rock art, in the flag flown at the Eureka Stockade, by Burke and Wills' tree. All around our coastline history unfolded in shipwrecks and ship arrivals. Sometimes tragic, often r...