Marion and the Forty Thieves by Sarah Luke
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
A smirking boy shuffled past the door, and Marion, hands shaking, quickly turned the key in the lock. It was Cotterson, the boy from Sewers Canal who wanted to burn the Sobraon. Her heart jolted.The barge had delivered the Forty Thieves onto the ship!Marion’s life is anything but ordinary. The daughter ...Show more
Phonobet by Kathy Weeden
24.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
Age range 4 to 6 Come and meet the Phonobet, old Alpha Betty’s twin,The set of all the sounds you use when waggling your chin.Phonobet is a modern-day, Australian answer to Dr Seuss’s ABC. This very clever rhyming text takes an onomatopoeic romp through the 44 phonemes of Australian (and British) Englis ...Show more
Sorry Day by Coral Vass
17.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
There was a hum of excitement. Flags flickered in the breeze as Maggie's heart danced with delight. 'This is a very special day!' her mother said. Maggie holds tight to her mother as they await the long anticipated apology to show a willingness to reconcile the past for future generations. In the excite ...Show more
Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather by Stephanie Owen Reeder, Tania McCartney
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
Age range 5+Did you know that, in 2009, a massive dust storm in Australia blew red dust and sand all the way to New Zealand, where it turned the glaciers pink? That, in 1899, Cyclone Mahina plucked dolphins out of the ocean in Far North Queensland and deposited them on cliff tops? That it snowed at Ulur ...Show more
Will the Wonderkid: Treasure Hunter of the Australian Outback: Flexi Edition by Stephanie Owen Reeder
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
Age range 6+It’s December 1914, and young Will Hutchison heads off into the South Australian desert in search of gold with his father, two other explorers and six camels. Their expedition doesn’t go according to plan, and finding water becomes their prime concern. In a desperate bid to survive, the men ...Show more
Have You Seen My Egg? by Penny Olsen
24.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
Age range 2 to 5 Eddy Emu has lost one of his eggs. He travels far and wide, looking for it. Has Lizzie Lizard seen it? Has Susie Spider found it? Is it among Connie Crocodile’s eggs? Can Pip and Poppy Penguin help him? Join Eddy on his search and meet his friends. See all their different eggs and the ...Show more
Stoked!: Winners and Grinners from Our Sporting Life by H. G. Nelson
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
There’s nothing Australians love better than a sporting hero, except perhaps giving that hero a gentle ribbing for having the temerity to outstrip the rest of us. From the Jumping Doc and his ‘Peltzer flinch’ to late nineteenth century fashion on the field (knitted jumper, anyone?), the great H.G. ‘batt ...Show more
Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on a Thursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year. Today was Sunday. Four more days without sugar. Four more days until the Christmas train. Please, please be on time. Please don't be late. Join Kathleen in the outback as she eagerly await ...Show more
Captain Thunderbolt's Recital by Jane Jolly
12.36 AUD
24.99 (50% off)
Category: NLA Children's Books
Age range 4+Captain Thunderbolt was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’. He didn’t like violence, was always polite, and even paid back most of the money he stole. In Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital, author Jane Jolly retells the true tale of one of the bushranger’s most famous robberies with comic effect ...Show more
Star of Anise by Jane Jolly
17.99 AUD
Category: NLA Children's Books
Age range 5+ The hawker's wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track … *WINNER Northern Lights Book Awards Multicultural Category 2022**CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Picture book of the year*Age range 5+The hawker's wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track …Annie and Arthur have been eager ...Show more
ELLIS ROWAN'S FAIRY WORLD by HALL SUSAN
2.00 AUD
Category: NLA General
Read the poem about the flower and then lift the flap to reveal a fairy hidden among Ellis Rowan's flower paintings. This flap book will appeal to all lovers of fairies; mothers and grandmothers will love to read this book aloud and help children guess which fairy is hiding under the flap. Will it be a ...Show more
Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author (Charlotte Waring Atkinson) by Kate Forsyth; Belinda Murrell
19.99 AUD
Category: NLA General
In Searching for Charlotte, Forsyth and Murrell tell Charlotte's story along with that of their own journey to discover her. In an intriguing account, the sisters join the reader in reacting to Charlotte's actions: wondering what could have motivated certain choices; admiring the strength of spirit that ...Show more