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Haywire (Australia's Second World War) by Claire Saxby
17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Australia's Second World War Ser.
In 1939, 14-year-old Tom lives in Hay where his family runs the local bakery. Max Gruber is nearly fourteen-years-old. He is sent to his Uncle Ferdy in London, but is then interred and shipped to Australia aboard the Dunera. He arrives in Hay and meets Tom. The two boys become friends and find their liv ...Show more
Iceberg by Claire Saxby
24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
WINNER of 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the YearAn iceberg is born into spring and travels through the seasons before dying in a new spring. A stunning, lyrical story for our times, from renowned picture book creators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft. In the final freeze of an Antarctic winter, green tails w ...Show more
Koala by Claire Saxby
16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Nature Storybooks
It is time for Little Koala to leave the protection of his mother. But many challenges and dangers lie ahead for him as he searches for his own home eucalypt and learns to be independent. During his search he encounters other territorial koalas, wanders through a bushfire-ravaged landscape and endures a ...Show more
Kookaburra by Claire Saxby
26.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks
DOWNLOAD CLASSROOM IDEAS An exciting new addition to the narrative nonfiction series Nature Storybooks, about kookaburras. In the crinkled shadows night-dwellers yawn, day-creatures stretch and Kookaburra laughs. Kook-kook-kook. Kak-kak-kak. The team behind Dingo is back again with a new addition to th ...Show more
Kookaburra (Nature Storybooks) by Claire Saxby
16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
An exciting addition to the narrative nonfiction "Nature Storybooks" series, about kookaburras.In the crinkled shadows night-dwellers yawn, day-creatures stretch and Kookaburra laughs. Kook-kook-kook. Kak-kak-kak.The team behind Dingo is back again with a new addition to the "Nature Storybooks" series. ...Show more
Meet... Weary Dunlop by Claire Saxby
24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Meet... | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including World War II hero Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. Sir Edward Weary' Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. This is the story of how Weary's bravery and compassion helped to save the ...Show more
Meet... Weary Dunlop by Claire Saxby
16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including World War II hero Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop.Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. This is the story of how Weary's bravery and compassion helped to save the ...Show more
Meet... the ANZACs by Claire Saxby
16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Meet...
A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including our brave Anzac soldiers. Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It is the name given to the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed at Gallipoli in World War I. The name is n ...Show more
My Name is Lizzie Flynn: A Story of the Rajah Quilt by Claire Saxby
24.95 AUD
Category: Childrens
Lizzie Flynn has nothing but her name when she boards the Rajah, which is bound for the penal colony of Australia. On board the Rajah the convict women were given a 'useful bag' containing among other things fabric and needle and thread. The women were taught to sew and together they made the Rajah quil ...Show more
My Name is Lizzie Flynn - A Story of the Rajah Quilt by Claire Saxby Claire; Elizabeth Newcomb Elizabeth
16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
Based on the story of a quilt that was made by convict women on board the Rajah, bound for Australia. Now in paperback! Lizzie Flynn has nothing but her name when she boards the Rajah, which is bound for the penal colony of Australia. On board the Rajah the convict women were given a "useful bag" contai ...Show more
Seadog by Claire Saxby, Tom Jellett
14.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
A lively and entertaining picture book about a scruffy but lovable pet dog with an aversion to grooming Our dog is not a clean dog, a shiny or a fluffy dog.Our dog is a seadog . . . Seadog loves to chase birds and find and roll around in fish but doesn't like to take baths. But even this dog kn ...Show more
Tasmanian Devil by Claire Saxby
26.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
An engaging addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Tasmanian Devil showcases different elements of the habitat, behaviours, and day to day life of one of Australia’s most famous marsupials. In Tasmanian Devil award-winning author Claire Saxby and talented artist Max Hamilton tell the story of two imp ...Show more