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A Nation of Swaggies and Diggers: 1880-1920 (Fair Dinkum Histories #5) by Jackie French
4.99 AUD
16.99 (70% off)
Category: Children's SPECIALS | Series: Fair Dinkum Histories S.
The Australian colonies had come a long way since they were a dump for grim crims and convicts. Life was comfortableat least for some. But soon drought would send swaggies waltzing their matildas along the roads, and bad times would make politicians dream of uniting the country into one nation. And then ...Show more
A Waltz for Matilda (#1 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
18.99 AUD
19.99 (5% off)
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: The Matilda Saga | Reading Level: 11-14
The story behind Banjo Paterson's iconic Australian song.Ages 10-14 'Once a jolly swagman camped by a BillabongUnder the shade of a Coolibah treeAnd he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy boiledYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me...'In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to fi ...Show more
Barney and the Secret of the Whales (Secret History #2) by Jackie French
12.35 AUD
12.99 (4% off)
Category: Younger Readers | Series: The\Secret History Ser.
What is the sailor's secret about the treasure of Australia's colony? The second book in a series that explores little-known history about Australia's fascinating past. Barney Bean is keen to make his fortune and he hears a secret; a sailor's secret about the treasure of the colony. But how can chasin ...Show more
Becoming Mrs Mulberry by Jackie French
21.99 AUD
22.99 (4% off)
Category: Fiction
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 student Agnes Glock is now the fabulously wealthy Mrs Mulberry. Her estate in the mountains is magnificent, a haven for those too ...Show more
Diary of a Rescued Wombat: The by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
19.99 AUD
24.99 (20% off)
Category: Picture Books
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 is lost.She is a baby wombat who needs a home. She is Mothball, a wombat destined to become famous. This is the (almost) true story of ...Show more
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
15.99 AUD
16.99 (5% off)
Category: Picture Books
A delightful and entertaining peek into the life of one very busy wombat Ages: 3-7 MondayMorning: Slept.Afternoon: Slept.Evening: Ate.Scratched.Night: Ate.A typical day. Don't be fooled. this wombat leads a very busy and demanding life. She wrestles unknown creatures, runs her own digging business, and ...Show more
Fire by Jackie French
15.99 AUD
16.99 (5% off)
Category: Picture Books | Series: Fire
One small spark brought fire awake, Winding like a small black snake, Fire flickered, fire crept, Flames snickered, bushfire leapt... 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 ...Show more
Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting by Jackie French
20.95 AUD
21.95 (4% off)
Category: Gardening
Companion planting works - but only when you know why.This book is the result of 40 years of studying gardens, orchards and the bush; of Jackie French experimenting and testing what lore works and what doesn't.The result is a plan for gardens -* that are unconventional and wild, untidy even, but always ...Show more
Josephine Wants To Dance 10th Anniversary Edition by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
15.99 AUD
16.99 (5% off)
Category: Picture Books
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, tells her that kangaroos don't dance, they hop - but Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (#1 The Girls Who Changed the World) (CBCA Notable 2023) by Jackie French
15.99 AUD
16.99 (5% off)
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time she imagines herself ...Show more
Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French
16.99 AUD
17.99 (5% off)
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: . | Reading Level: 14+
The year is 1788, and in the newly created colony at Sydney Cove is struggling for survival. Seen through the eyes of the colony's only surgeon and Nanberry, the Aboriginal boy adopted by Surgeon White who finds himself uncomfortably between two worlds, it is a new perspective on Australia's earliest da ...Show more
Secret Sparrow by Jackie French
16.99 AUD
17.99 (5% off)
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction
This is the story of women who fought during WW1, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a Post Office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse – to take a secret pos ...Show more