Download or read book The Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay written by Narelle Oliver and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On most days Boonaroo Bay is a calm and quiet place. But this was not always so . . . One day the birds were quarrelling noisily. Which of them had the best beak? Find out how the wise old pelican restored the peace and quiet of Boonaroo Bay.
Download or read book Baby Bilby where Do You Sleep written by Narelle Oliver and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a peep through the peepholes and discover the secret hiding places of a baby bilby and other Australian desert creatures.
Download or read book Mermaids Most Amazing written by and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history and legends of mermaids throughout the ages.
Download or read book My Uncle s Donkey written by Tohby Riddle and published by Picture Puffin. This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My uncle's donkey is allowed in the house! And in the house, the donkey gets up to . . . 'This is definitely the kind of book you could read to your little ones, time and time again, without getting bored rigid.' The Age 'Reading this book comes with a warning; It will most likely engender a Christmas request from the reader for their very own dancing, juggling, flower-eating donkey.' Magpies magazine
Download or read book What a Goat written by Narelle Oliver and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom's new goat, Ernie, is really special. He's more like a dog than a goat! But when Ernie is let out of his pen, he just can't stay out of trouble.
Download or read book Dancing the Boom Cha Cha Boogie written by Narelle Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the three little murmels play in a leaky old arkel, a wild whirligig destroys their homeland and sets the arkel drifting towards an alien shore. While the shipwrecked murmels sleep, they are thrown into prison. They awake to hear the ruler of the land, the Boss Snig, telling them that as soon as their boat has been fixed, they must leave. There is little hope for homeless murmels until they are befriended by a young snig. Soon the four friends begin to share each other's lives and customs: their food, their games and their dancing.
Download or read book Don t Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen written by Narelle Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would happen if a spoonbill or a pelican or even an osprey came to your house? Fun and mayhem, that's what!
Download or read book Fox and Fine Feathers written by Narelle Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyrebird, Coucal, Pitta and Nightjar are birds of the forest floor. Although as different as it is possible to be, they always look out for danger and warn each other to hide. One day, Lyrebird, Coucal and Pitta forget to look out for Fox. Only Nightjar is watching. Can he warn the others in time?
Download or read book Twilight Hunt written by Narelle Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At twilight, the Screech Owl tracks its prey, but natural camouflage makes it invisible. This seek-and-find book invites children to discover amazing beings hidden among the trees. A key and information guide is included.
Download or read book The Very Blue Thingamajig written by Narelle Oliver and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newly hatched thingamajig is very blue and very plain. He is different from all the other thingamajigs, so he has no friends. Then, one day, he begins to change. This colourful, innovative counting book shows young children how numbers work, and celebrates the wonder of difference.
Download or read book Birds and Their Feathers written by Britta Teckentrup and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creator of The Egg returns to her avian explorations with this wondrous, charming, and informative examination of feathers. Hailed as "a magnificent volume that offers hours of lingering pleasure... fertile ground for conversation and imagination," (Midwest Book Review) Britta Teckentrup's The Egg introduced children to one of nature's most perfect creations. Now, employing the same earth-tone coloring and delicate illustrations that have made her an enormously popular children's author, Teckentrup turns her gaze to the endlessly fascinating feather. What are they made of? Why do birds have so many of them? How do they help birds fly? And what other purpose do they serve? By providing accessible answers to these and other questions, this delightful book introduces young readers to the wonders of "plumology," while also drawing them in with enchanting illustrations. An exquisitely rendered fusion of art and science, this marvelous book satisfies young readers' natural curiosity about the world around them.
Download or read book Home written by Marilynne Robinson and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glory Boughton has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. soon her brother, Jack—the prodigal son of the family, gone for twenty years—comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with torment and pain. A troubled boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold a job, Jack is one of the great characters in recent literature. He is perpetually at odds with his surroundings and with his traditionalist father, though he remains Reverend Boughton’s most beloved child. Brilliant, beguiling, lovable and wayward, Jack forges an intense new bond with Glory and engages painfully with John Ames, his godfather and namesake. Home is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. It is arguably Marilynne Robinson’s greatest work, an unforgettable embodiment of the deepest and most universal emotions.
Download or read book Sand Swimmers written by Narelle Oliver and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first glance, nothing moves in the desert. This is the 'Dead Heart' of central Australia. But the so-called Dead Heart has its secrets. Hidden in this harsh environment is an extraordinary and diverse wildlife. Often its only trace is a pattern in the sand. 'Sand Swimmers' follows in the footsteps of explorer, Charles Sturt, who saw 'this terrible, terrible desert' as a truly dead place, with 'not a living thing to be seen; not an ant, not a cricket, not a grasshopper.' Through beautiful, evocative linocut illustrations, this book revisits those hostile desertscapes to take a closer look. Here one discovers many fascinating creatures and their ingenious methods of survival in this unique habitat.
Download or read book Snap written by Marcia K. Vaughan and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joey the kangaroo plays games with Twisker the bush mouse, Slider the snake, Prickler the echidna, Flatso the platypus, and Sly-tooth the crocodile.
Download or read book Rowan and the Travelers written by Emily Rodda and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book The Boy Who Drew Birds written by Jacqueline Davies and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2004-09-27 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating picture book biography from beloved author of the Lemonade War series Jacqueline Davies and Caldecott honor–winning illustrator Melissa Sweet chronicles the life of scientist John James Audubon, who pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds thanks to his lifelong love for the species. If there was one thing James loved to do more than anything else, it was to be in the great outdoors watching his beloved feathered friends. In the fall of 1804, he was determined to find out if the birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home would really return the following spring. Through careful observation, James laid the foundation for all that we know about migration patterns today. Capturing the early passion of this bird-obsessed young man as well as the meticulous study and scientific methods behind his research, this lively, gorgeously illustrated biography will leave young readers listening intently for the call of birds large and small near their own home.
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?
