Download or read book Ruby Wishfingers Toad ally Magic written by Deborah Kelly and published by Wombat Books. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruby is back - and so are her wishes! With a head full of plans for the holidays Ruby’s fingertips already tingling with magic. That is, until Mum announces that Ruby’s horrible little toad of a cousin is coming to stay. But some problems can’t just be wished away. Ruby’s wish for her cousin to turn into a real toad breaks magic’s most important rule.
Download or read book Ruby Wishfingers written by Deborah Kelly and published by Wombat Books. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something extraordinary is going on ... even more extraordinary than usual in the Wishfingers household! Things keep disappearing and then reappearing in the strangest of places! Dad can’t find his lawnmower, until it mysteriously appears in an upstairs hallway. Norman’s fish tank vanishes from Ruby’s bedroom, only to turn up in the kitchen all by itself! And how on earth does Dad’s jar of treats keep finding its way into little brother Jellybean’s cot? With Dad as nutty as a fruitcake and finger-nibbling Jellybean throwing terrible tantrums, all poor Mum can think about is a holiday. It’s up to Ruby to find out what’s going on. Get ready for the greatest game of hide-and-seek in this next adventure of Ruby Wishfingers.
Download or read book Dinosaur Disco written by Deborah Kelly and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyone is dancing at the disco. But then the music stops. The ground shakes. Is the intruder looking for a dance--or his dinner?"--Back cover.
Download or read book Slowly Slowly written by T.M. Clark and published by . This book was released on 2017-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slowly, slowly, you catch a monkey ... Bongani wants to go to school but he is too young. To prove to his family that he is big and strong just like his cousins, he tries to catch a monkey. Slowly, slowly, he must go. Luckily his family is there is to school him in the lessons of patience and compassion.
Download or read book Wish Me Gone written by D. J. Blackmore and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up close, the heritage listed house is nothing but a beautiful disaster, but while there are acres of orange trees to lose herself amongst, Isabella realises there's no escaping the new school. But when intolerance towards Damaska and her family-whom Isabella's family has hired to help-opens the homestead gates, the threat to both families becomes real. Four lives in Australia become intertwined by one orchard, as they all try to find a place they call home.
Download or read book The Bouncing Ball written by Deborah Kelly and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Try to keep up with the bouncing ball as it travels down the street, between two cars, into a gutter, down a storm drain ... This picture book will delight young readers as they follow the adventures of the bouncing ball through colourful fields and cities, past animals, cars, boys and girls.
Download or read book Nelly Jelly and the Magnificent Tree written by Lisa Limbrick and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's only one thing that Nelly dislikes more than jelly, and that's heights. In fact, she's terrified of high places! But when she has to climb the magnificent tree to rescue her younger sister's doll, Nelly has to not only face her greatest fear but a series of unexpected ... soggy ... squishy ... and sticky things. Join Nelly Jelly and her friends for what will be a hilarious, fun and GROSS adventure up into the magnificent tree.
Download or read book The Chalk Rainbow written by Deborah Kelly and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evacuation Road written by H M Waugh and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eva is far from home when everything goes wrong. And then it gets even worse. Her evacuation bus leaves her behind, stranded with classmates she barely knows. The chase is on. But South America is big, and the old rules are changing quickly. This is the road trip Eva never knew she needed. This is the race for the last flight home.
Download or read book The Thing about Oliver written by Deborah Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes I feel just like the glass in my fish tank-- people look right through me. Twelve-year-old Tilly dreams of becoming a marine scientist, but she doesn't even own a swimsuit. She lives in a drought- stricken town with her mum and younger brother Oliver, who is autistic. Oliver's meltdowns are making life unbearable. He needs so many different kinds of therapy that there's never any time--or money--left over for swimming lessons. Tilly knows Oliver's needs have to come first, but it's hard feeling invisible all the time. When Mum announces they are moving to the Queensland coast, Tilly is excited at the thought of finally learning to swim-- even snorkel! But she is also worried. The thing about Oliver is, he can't cope with even the tiniest of changes to his routine. It isn't long before the cracks begin to show. Could so many changes all at once threaten to shatter the whole family?
Download or read book Dugong Magic written by Deborah Kelly and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated, lyrical and informative story about dugongs, one of our most unique endangered animals. Ideal for anyone with an interest in marine life and the environment, and an excellent teaching resource. There are not many dugongs left in the world now. But what if humans freed the sea from nets? What if we cleared it of rubbish so that seagrass could flourish again and dugongs could feed? A beautiful and thought-provoking picture book about dugongs - the mysterious creatures who were once mistaken for mermaids. Deborah's Kelly's beautiful, lyrical writing brings these animals to life, and highlights the dangers they face, inspiring young readers to care for and protect our natural world. Lisa Stewart's gorgeous illustrations capture the beauty of these gentle and endangered creatures.
Download or read book When I See Grandma written by Debra Tidball and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl visits her Grandma and 'brightens her dreams' whilst her little brother charms the nursing home residents with his playful antics.This is a joyful and poignant celebration of life and love with vibrant illustrations of present day and yesteryear. A delightful insight into the transforming power of children and love to enjoy with your kids, grandkids or great-grandkids. Share the romance of the past with the kids this Valentine's day!
Download or read book Remind Me Why I m Here written by Kat Colmer and published by Rhiza Press. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. When 18 year-old Maya leaves Chicago for a six week Australian home stay, she assumes she's heading to beautiful Barangaroo with its famous Sydney Harbour views-NOT Barangaroo Creek, a stinking hot, fly-ridden, wi-fi dead zone hours from a decent body of water. Add her host brother, Gus, who wishes she landed in someone else's sheep paddock, and Maya is convinced she's in for six weeks of Hicksville hell. Gus has an important trip planned this summer- a trip that does NOT include helping an animal-phobic girl from the States tick off items on her seriously clichéd Aussie must-do list. So he comes up with a list of his own-one guaranteed to send Maya back across the Pacific, leaving him free to enjoy the last of his freedom before he heads off to agricultural college like every generation of his family has.But when Maya doesn't scare that easily, sparks begin to fly. Soon Gus and Maya discover there are hidden depths to clichéd bucket-lists and secret summer trips, and that sometimes it takes someone half a world away to remind you of all the reasons you're here.
Download or read book The Shark Caller written by Dianne Wolfer and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only a twin from a shark calling family can appease the ancestors and bring a community back together in this powerful and haunting story. Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forward to seeing her family again, but there’s another tragic reason for the trip. Izzy’s twin brother, Ray, died in a freak diving accident, and Izzy and her mum are taking his ashes home for traditional death ceremonies. After they arrive, Izzy realises things have changed since their last visit. Logging threatens the community’s way of life and sharks no longer answer the song of the shark callers. Izzy’s cousin Noah explains that the clan needs someone to undertake a traditional diving ritual. The person must be a twin from the shark calling lineage. The dive will be perilous. And Izzy is the last twin. Will she have the courage to attempt the dive? And what deep, dark secrets will the ocean reveal if she does?
Download or read book The Secrets We Keep written by Nova Weetman and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully written and insightful new novel sensitively uncovering the effects of trauma on the mind of an eleven-year-old girl. I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else... Clem Timmins has lost it all—her house, possessions and clothes. Now living in a tiny flat with her dad, she has to go to a new school far from what she knows. On her first day, Clem meets Ellie. To fit in, Clem reveals a secret and immediately regrets sharing too much with her new friend. How can Clem face everything in her life when all she wants to do is run away?
Download or read book Lily in the Mirror written by Paula Hayes and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily loves all things dark and mysterious, so when she discovers a magic mirror in a locked room it's like a dream come true. Or is it ... Lily now has a new friend who desperately needs her help. But she's also got an older brother who really needs to get a life. Lily will require all eleven fingers, plus a hefty slice of Grandad's chocolate ganache cake, to fix a long-forgotten tragedy that's very close to home.
Download or read book Blueberry Pancakes Forever written by Angelica Banks and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Australia by Allen and Unwin, 2016"--Title page verso.
