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Christmas Always Comes: CBCA Notable Book 2022 by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
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
24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | 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
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French; Bruce Whatley
14.99 AUD
Category: Picture 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 (Board) by Jackie French
14.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
Christmas comes but once a year, and it's just as well for Santa's reindeer, who have to fight with Mothball for the carrots left out for them by the local children. And when Mothball takes an unexpected sleigh ride, it's not just Santa who faces the prospect of getting stuck in the chimney. Christmas f ...Show more
Clancy of the Overflow (#9 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
19.99 AUD
Category: Series | Series: The\Matilda Saga Ser.
From Australia's best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping storyJed 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 ...Show more
Clancy of the Overflow (#9 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
29.99 AUD
Category: 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: Series
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
Cyclone - Natural Disasters by Jackie French
14.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
Christmas Eve 1974 is marked indelibly into the Australian psyche, as the night tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin. Now, over 40 years later, Jackie Frenchs lyrical rhyming text tells the story of a citys indomitable spirit, and Bruce Whatleys sumptuous illustrations bring to life the ...Show more
Dancing With Ben Hall by FRENCH JACKIE
14.95 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: .
A wonderful collection of stories by one of our most successful authors. All of Jackie French's books are in demand and this will be no exception. These stories give children an insight into Australian history and contemporary life in a very personalised way as they are drawn from Jackie's own family hi ...Show more
Diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman by Jackie French
16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
THE DIARY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, GENTLEMAN is part comedy, part love story, the threads of Shakespeare's life drawn from his plays. Could the world's greatest writer truly put down his pen forever to become a gentleman? He was a boy who escaped small town life to be the most acclaimed playwright of th ...Show more
Diary of a Rescued Wombat: The by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary, this is the story of Mothball, one of the world's most famous wombats - and where it all began. She is small. She is scared. She is lost.She is a baby wombat who needs a home. She is Mothball, a wombat destined to become famous. This is the (almost) true story of ...Show more
Diary of a Wombat (BB) by Bruce Whatley, Jackie French
16.99 AUD
Category: Board Books
A delightful and entertaining peek into the life of one very busy wombat Ages: 3-7 MondayMorning: Slept.Afternoon: Slept.Evening: Ate.Scratched.Night: Ate.A typical day. Don't be fooled. this wombat leads a very busy and demanding life. She wrestles unknown creatures, runs her own digging business, and ...Show more