Download or read book The Pobblebonk Earth Detective Club written by Sue Baker and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational childrens bookonAustralian animals. Afresh approachcombining factand the hilarious adventures of The Pobblebonk Earth Detective Club. Designed to show learning is fun. Aimed at 10-14 year olds it encourages children to investigate questions, carry out imaginative earth detective activities, that can also be used by teachers, and develop a life-long interest in learning. Quizzes with country flag mapsare designed to develop knowledge of the world and its place geography. The book tells the story of the three somewhat off-beat Mathieson children, who forced to move to their grannys farm, fight off their loneliness and boredom by becoming amateur detectives, launching into a series of bizarre adventures in the process. Their cases take them deep into the world of animal tracks and scats, and native Australian animals including marsupials, frogs, crocodiles, rats and mice, a range of lesser-known animals and the unique character of Australia itself. The book provides references to high quality useful websites for children to carry out further research. Literacy is stressed through a variety of methods with all technical terms highlighted and clearly explained.

Download or read book The Pobblebonk Earth Detective Club written by S. U. E. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pobblebonk Earth Detective Club is an educational children's book that blends the genres of information, adventure and detective stories packed with facts and capped with imaginative quizzes, design tasks, problem-solving activities and references to high-quality, useful resources.The book concerns the hilarious adventures of the Mathieson children - Pete, Fee and Ozzie and their dog The Phantom, who come to live on their granny's farm at Frogsville in northern NSW. Thrust into an alien way of country life, the children found themselves bored, lonely and miserable.The solution came in a most unusual form - the children fell in love with the world of nature while frog-spotting one night in Granny's magical rainforest. As a result, they set up The Pobblebonk Earth Detective Club. It not only gave them a purpose and something to do, but became the major focus of their lives.One night soon after, a satchel landed on the wide wooden veranda. It contained a message from the Sherlock Holmes International Detective School. The children were not allowed to set up their precious club without proper training from the school, it said. And their behaviour must be excellent at all times. They must set a glowing example for other want-to-be detectives. Well that was one hard ask!Meanwhile the detectives' work led to a number of strange cases, the most bizarre of which involved a rogue crocodile in northern Australia.Taught by Granny, a world expert in animal tracking, they became whizzes themselves.Two cases, Poo Dunnit? and Poo Dun the Break-In?, had the people of Frogsville gasping in horror. It did lead however, to an award for Young Scientists of the Year.The cases took the detectives deep into the world of frogs and amphibians, rodents, reptiles and a range of Australia's unique marsupials including several little-known but fascinating animals. Sure the detectives solved some tough cases everyone agreed, but the one thing they were really expert at, was getting into strife. Trouble was attracted to them like flies to a cow pat!

Download or read book The Pobblebonk Earth Detective Club Yellowstone s Secret written by Sue Baker and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an award-winning educational author, Yellowstone's Secret is thebook that every child who loves nature and adventure or is visiting world-famous Yellowstone National Park must read. The book combines loads of information about the park and its wildlife, all beautifully illustrated, with the hilarious adventures ofThe Pobblebonk Earth Detective Club. Parents please note: the book's imaginative quizzes and detective activities will also keep kids well-entertained!The detectives Fee, Ozzie and Pete have a never-ending ability to attract trouble. What will it be this time? Who will have a brush with an instant tonne of death? How do things go dreadfully wrong on the morning that a grizzly bear is spotted near the campground? What disaster happens when the kids go to visit Old Faithful geyser? Add to this the warning from the Sherlock Holmes Detective School through which the detectives are undertaking training.'Detectives, your Yellowstone case files are excellent, but you have missed the most vital piece of information. Yellowstone holds a deadly secret. You must find it out- urgently. Your lives could be in danger.'What could it possibly be? When the detectives do uncover this real-life 'secret', Yellowstone sees the greatest chaos it has ever known. How is it that after being thrown out of the park and the USA, the detectives find themselves on a flight to Iceland where a truly awesome event occurs?

Download or read book The Complete Guide to the Great Ocean Road written by Richard Everist and published by BestShot. This book was released on 2009 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Ocean Road region - the southwest coastline of Victoria - is simply extraordinary. This book unlocks the sights, activities and background context for visitors and locals - using maps, pictures and words. It is for everyone who is interested in exploring and learning about the region from Geelong to Portland. Sustainability depends first on knowledge, second on discerning customers and communities, and third on responsible businesses. This book features a number of businesses that are responding to the challenge, and: * details on hundreds of accessible sights * maps and information on over fify sustainable activities including beach and surf guides, walking track notes, national parks and reserves and over fifty cities, towns and villages with more than sixty heritage sites. * fascinating background context including environmental issues, Aboriginal and European heritage, geology, ecosystems, flora and fauna.

Download or read book Rivertime written by Trace Balla and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tender and beautifully illustrated tale of a boy and his bird-watching uncle, on a paddling trip on Australia's Glenelg River. A story about slowing down, growing up, and connecting with the land and its creatures...'All children need an Uncle Egg to open up the magical world of nature. We all need to get outside, away from television, computers and mobile phones, and what better way than a canoeing-camping trip? This is a delightful story about the joy of the outdoors.' DAVID SUZUKI..''Rivertime' is a quirky, charming immersion into the life of a waterway and into the life-lessons a river can teach.' MAYA WARD (author of 'The Comfort of Water')

Download or read book Heinemann Biology written by Kate Mudie and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wilam written by Andrew Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning picture book beautifully given form by Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy, respected Elder Aunty Joy Murphy and Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly tell the story of one day in the life of the vital, flourishing Birrarung (Yarra 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.

Download or read book Tracks Scats and Other Traces written by Barbara Triggs and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mammals inhabit every corner of our vast continent, yet the great majority of species are seldom seen. The only clue to their presence might be a footprint left on a muddy track, a scat deposited on a rocky ledge, or bones scattered on a forest floor.In Tracks, Scats and Other Traces, Barbara Triggs provides all information needed to identify mammals anywhere in Australia, using only the tracks or other signs they leave behind. Features a new cover design, and covers all Australian states and territories.

Download or read book When Water Lost Her Way written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost in her ever-changing forms, 'Water' questions who she is after an encounter with a creature in an underground cave. Water seeks all parts of her cycle for answers, which makes her feel overwhelmed and confused. However, an 'old tree' helps her to understand her place in the world and her many interconnections with all living and non-living things. From the unique perspective of Water, the story explores the water cycle drawing out the many interconnections Water has with all living and non-living things.

Download or read book Welcome Farewell written by Jill Barnard and published by Australian Scholary Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superbly illustrated book is not simply concerned with the development of Station Pier, Melbourne and its predecessor on the site, Railway Pier. Published to commemorate 150 years since the opening of Railway Pier, Welcome and Farewell, weaves in the human stories connected with Station Pier. It is a place where countless migrants arrived in Australia, and from which servicemen and women departed for distant wars. It has played its part in many significant milestones in Victoria's history. Welcome and Farewell reveals the emotional ties that many Australians feel for this significant site.

Download or read book Frogs of the Solomon Islands written by Patrick Pikacha and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book has been prepared primarily to enable identification of the 21 known species of frogs occurring in the Solomon Islands and to summarise some aspects of their ecology. This handy guide features a large number of colour photographs to aid in identification and summarized diagnostic features in the case of similar species. Most of the information in the book is based on the authors' own work and observations. The entry for each species includes scientific, common and local name, and notes on description, comparison with similar species, distribution, habitat and conservation status." --Publisher.

Download or read book A Field Guide to the Tracks and Traces of Australian Animals written by Robert Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS UNIQUE BOOK is the product of many years of research in many parts of Australia. For the first time, it presents an invaluable cross-section of the tracks and traces of a wide range of Australian mammals and reptiles.Everyone interested in Australian wildlife will welcome this essential and practical work, which enables quick identification of animal presence in many types of environment. The practical and easily-followed data guides the reader on animal identification by study of tracks, droppings, skeletal remains, diggings, and storage techniques.The text is amplified by a superb collection of 400 detailed photographs, showing a large range of tracks, skulls, and droppings of Australian native animals , plus a number of diagrams.A fascinating section of the book describes and illustrates the ways in which Aboriginal Australians simulate animal track with finger markings in sand or soil.(Facsimile of 1981 edition)

Download or read book Father Sky and Mother Earth written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and published by . This book was released on 2007-09-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father Sky and Mother Earth filled the world with plants and animals, and everyone lived in peace and happiness ... until Human Animals came along with their noise, rubbish, smoke and oil. This cautionary story, accompanied by colourful illustrations on every facing page, has a happy ending. Discover how the worried Human Animals stop the destruction. This new edition of Father Sky and Mother Earth, published 15 years after Oodgeroo's death, contains a vital message as relevant today as it was when the story was first published in 1981.

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Download or read book Truth Telling written by Henry Reynolds and published by NewSouth Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles. What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole continent was not seen as acceptable at the time and the colonial office in Britain understood that 'peaceful settlement' was a fiction? If the 1901 parliament did not have control of the whole continent, particularly the North, by what right could the new nation claim it? The historical record shows that the argument of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is stronger than many people imagine and the centuries-long legal position about British claims to the land far less imposing than it appears. In Truth-Telling, influential historian Henry Reynolds pulls the rug from legal and historical assumptions, with his usual sharp eye and rigour, in a book that's about the present as much as the past. His work shows exactly why our national war memorial must acknowledge the frontier wars, why we must change the date of our national day, and why treaties are important. Most of all, it makes urgently clear that the Uluru Statement is no rhetorical flourish but carries the weight of history and law and gives us a map for the future.

Download or read book William the Wild written by Leanne White and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William the Wild is a little boy with a huge imagination. Wherever he goes, whatever he does becomes an adventure with Australian wildlife. Look for all the Australian creatures in this beautifully illustrated picture book.

Download or read book Mammals of Victoria written by Peter Menkhorst and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian environment, climate, habitats and natural regions - Species accounts ; Leopard seal - Crabeater seal - Southern elephant seal - Killer whale - Dolphins - Humpback whale - Southern right whale__