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A Day to Remember by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books - Hardcover
Anzac Day is the day when we remember and honour Anzac traditions down the ages, from the first faltering march of wounded veterans in 1916 to the ever increasing numbers of their descendants who march today. Containing reference to the many places the Anzacs have fought, and the various ways in which t ...Show more
A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers (Ages 9-12) | Reading Level: 12+
The 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women. the 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women It is 1915. War is being fought on a horrific scale in the trenches of France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen-year-old New Zealander Midge ...Show more
A Waltz for Matilda (#1 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers (Ages 9-12) | 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
Baby Wombat's Week by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Board Books | Reading Level: 1-4
He sleeps. He eats. He gets bored. He creates havoc wherever he goes! He's Mothball's baby - and he's even cuter, naughtier and more determined than his mum.
Baby Wombat's Week (PB) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books - Paperback
The much-loved sequel to the bestselling DIARY OF A WOMBAT He sleeps. He eats. He gets bored.He creates havoc wherever he goes He's Mothball's baby - and he's even cuter, naughtier and more determined than his mum.Created by writer Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley, the award-winning duo of th ...Show more
Backyard Self-Sufficiency by Jackie French
$21.95 AUD
Category: Gardening
Outlines the basic areas of self-sufficiency. Growing your own fruit and vegetables, tea, herbs etc.
Barney and the Secret of the French Spies (Secret History #4) by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers (Ages 9-12) | Series: The\Secret History Ser.
The new title in the critically acclaimed series that explores Australia's early Colonial secret history In 1798 orphaned Barney Bean now has a flourishing farm in the New SouthWales colony and everything he ever dreamed of ... except his childhood friendElsie. Butwhen Elsie falls ill and Barney rushes ...Show more
Christmas Always Comes: CBCA Notable Book 2022 by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Christmas
From the author and illustrator of many beloved classic picture books comes a story about an Australian Christmas. Beautiful and heartwarming, this is a book that is destined to become a family favourite. 'Joy comes in the morning' It's Christmas Eve in 1932, and Joey, Ellie and their parents are drovin ...Show more
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French; Bruce Whatley
$14.99 AUD
Category: Christmas Books
"Slept. Scratched. Slept." Indeed, it seems like Christmas will be just another day for the wombat . . . until she smells carrots In this charming picture book, the star of Diary of a Wombat goes head to head with Santa's reindeer in competition for carrots--and wins. Then, as an accidental stowaway on ...Show more
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French
$24.99 AUD
Category: Christmas Books | Reading Level: very good
"Slept. Scratched. Slept." Indeed, it seems like Christmas will be just another day for the wombat . . . until she smells carrots In this charming picture book, the star of Diary of a Wombat goes head to head with Santa's reindeer in competition for carrots--and wins. Then, as an accidental stowaway on ...Show more
Clancy of the Overflow (#9 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The\Matilda Saga Ser.
Jed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of her grandparents. The tale that unfolds is one of Australia's greatest romances - that of Clancy of the Overflow, who gave up everything for Rose, the woman he adored, and yet still gained all he'd lost and more. But Nancy's stor ...Show more
Convicts (Fair Dinkum Histories All the Stinky Bits) by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Non-Fiction
Telling BITS of history as they really were! In 1788, beautiful Australia became a prison as England sent their convicts to the new colony on crowded, smelly ships. And when they arrived, they brought the stink with them. Life as a convict was toughflogging was frequent, food was scarce, and they knew a ...Show more