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Large 9781925768671

Baby Business (HB) by Jasmine Seymour

$24.99 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: New Illustrator

Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing -- it will protect the baby and remind them that they belong. This beautiful ritual is recounted in a way young children will completely relate to. Jasmine Seymour is a Darug woman and a des cendant of Maria Lock, daughter of Yarramundi, the Boorooberongal Elder who had met Governor Phillip on the banks of the Hawkesbury in 1791. It is Jasmine's wish that through her books, everyone will know that the Darug mob are still here, still strong. Jasmine is a primary school teacher in the Hawkesbury area of NSW. ...Show more

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Large 9781760651251

Nop (HB) by Caroline Magerl

$26.99 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: Picture Book

A heartwarming picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Caroline Magerl about two unlikely loners who forge a forever friendship. Nop is a scruffy kind of bear. He sits on a dusty armchair in Oddmint's Dumporeum surrounded by the beaders, knitters, patchers and stitchers who are much too busy to talk to him. So he watches the litter tumble until, armed with a new bow tie, he has an idea that will change his life forever. This story began with a memory of Caroline's school holidays in Sydney. Her father was welding a steel yacht in a boat yard and she wandered off . . . only to discover the local dump, a home for the things people throw out! Many years later, her daughter Jen made a teddy bear out of scraps for her father. It's a very sorry-looking, but endearing creature. Named Roadkill, ten years later it still sits on top of his desk. ...Show more

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Large 9781536204827

The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature (HB) by Pierre-Jacques Ober; Jules Ober (Illustrator); Felicity Coonan (Illustrator)

$34.99 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: Picture Book

A young WWI soldier's unauthorized visit home has dire consequences in a haunting story reimagined in miniature tableaux.   About one hundred years ago, the whole world went to war. The war was supposed to last months. It lasted years.   It is Christmastime, 1914, and World War I rages. A young French s oldier named Pierre had quietly left his regiment to visit his family for two days, and when he returned, he was imprisoned. Now he faces execution for desertion, and as he waits in isolation, he meditates on big questions: the nature of patriotism, the horrors of war, the joys of friendship, the love of family, and how even in times of danger, there is a whole world inside every one of us. And how sometimes that world is the only refuge. Its publication coinciding with the centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, this moving and sparely narrated story, based on true events, is reenacted in fascinating miniature scenes that convey the emotional complexity of the tale. Notes from the creators explore the innovative process and their personal connection to the story. ...Show more

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Large 9781925936865

Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines (Darug & English) by Jasmine Seymour; Leanne Mulgo Watson (Illustrator)

$24.99 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: New Illustrator

Age range 5 to 12 'Warami mittigar. Hello friend. We welcome you to Darug Country.' Cooee Mittigar, meaning Come Here Friend, is an invitation to yana (walk), on Darug Country.  In this stunning picture book, Darug creators Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson tell a story on Darug Songlines, introdu cing children and adults-alike to Darug Nura (Country) and language. Greeted by Mulgo, the black swan, readers are welcomed to Nura. Journeying through the seasons, Mulgo describes the land, skyscape, birds, animals and totems. It is a gentle guide to how Darug people read the seasons, knowing when it is time to hunt and time to rest. It is also an appeal to remember, off ering new ways of seeing and reading the lands of the surrounding Sydney region.    With Darug language interspersed with English and an extensive glossary throughout, Cooee Mittigar presents an important tool for learning, told as a tender story with exquisite illustrations. It is Jasmine and Leanne's wish that with this book, everyone will know that the Darug mob are still here and still strong.  Cooee mittigar. Tread softly on our lands.Know that this dreaming was here. Is still here.Will be forever. ...Show more

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Large 9781760631451

Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle

$29.99 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: Eve Pownall Award

Luminous images, accompanied by newspaper extracts dating back to the early 1800s and words by Ngiyampaa Elder, Peter Williams, explore the ongoing mystery of yahoo encounters. 'He was surprised to observe a hairy human form, about seven feet in height, walking in the bush.' Queanbeyan Age, 24 August 18 86 Throughout the first century or so of Australian settlement by Europeans, the pages of colonial newspapers were haunted by reports of a bewildering phenomenon: the mysterious yahoo or hairy man ... But what was it?  Yahoo Creek breathes life into this little-known piece of Australian history - which, by many accounts, is a history still in the making. 'These stories are not my stories or your stories, they're our stories.' Peter Williams, Ngiyampaa Elder ...Show more

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Large 9781743311103

Goodbye House, Hello House by Margaret Wild

$24.99 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: Early Childhood

A joyful story about moving house and embracing change from a much-loved, award-winning team. This is the last time I'll fish in this river.  This is the last time I'll run through these trees.  This is the last time I'll dream by this fire ...  Goodbye, old house. Goodbye. A heartwarming story of letti ng go and starting anew, of moving from the country to the city, with a unique illustration style that allows room and space for the reader's imagination. ...Show more

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Large 9781925804294

I NEED a Parrot (PB) by Chris McKimmie

$16.95 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: Picture Book

But what does a parrot need?A book about wanting and needing what a child wants and what a wild bird needs.

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Large 9781925381764

Wilam: A Birrarung Story by Aunty Joy Murphy Aunty Joy; Andrew Kelly Andrew; Lisa Kennedy Lisa

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: Eve Pownall Award

Wilam: A Birrarung Story is one day on a vital, flourishing river. As ngua rises, Bunjil soars over mountain ash, flying higher and higher as the wind warms. Below, Birrarung begins its long winding path down to palem warreen. Wilam – home. Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly joins award-winning picture book duo Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne's beautiful Yarra River, from its source to its mouth; from its pre-history to the present day. ...Show more

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Large 9780648529101

Louie and Snippy Save the Sea (HB) by Collette Dinnigan

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: New Illustrator

Louie and Snippy: Save the Sea is a story of a little boy whose love of the ocean takes him, and the reader, on an incredible underwater journey. Louie and his trusty companion, Snippy the dog, dive into the ocean and are surrounded by brilliant coral reefs. But they soon discover that human rubbish - b ottles, plastic straws and plastic bags - have trapped fish and other creatures. What will Louie be inspired to do?   ...Show more

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Large 9781760892562

Fly by Jess McGeachin; Jess McGeachin (Illustrator)

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: New Illustrator

Lucy had always been good at fixing things, and Dad needed a bit of help. It was just the two of them after all. So when Lucy finds a bird with a broken wing, she's sure she can fix him too. But not everything that's broken can be fixed.

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Large 9781925381207

Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay

$17.99 AUD

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Category: middle reader | Reading Level: Younger Readers

This coming-of-age story by multiple-award-winner Meg McKinlay is about loss and grief, dealing with change and fighting to hold on to what you can, while letting go of what you can't. It's 1979 and the sky is falling. Skylab, that is. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world's first space s tations is tumbling to Earth. And rushing back with it are old memories. Things twelve-year-old Frankie thought she'd forgotten. Things her mum won't talk about, and which her little brother Newt never knew. Only ... did he? Does he? Because as Skylab circles closer, Newt starts acting strangely. And while the world watches the sky, Frankie keeps her own eyes on Newt. Because if anyone's going to keep him safe, it's her. It always has been. But maybe this is something bigger than splinters and spiders and sleepwalking. Maybe a space station isn't the only thing heading straight for calamity. ...Show more

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Large 9781760290948

My Friend Fred by Frances Watts

$19.99 AUD

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Category: picture books | Reading Level: Early Childhood

A delightful picture book about a friendship between an exuberant but loveable dachshund and his more retiring, tidy housemate.

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