Big Fella Rain
Author: Beryl Webber
Publisher:
Published: 2017-10
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781925360639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWay up north, lightning flashes, thunder rolls, and frogs sing a chorus. Big fella rain coming.
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Big Fella Rain
Author: Beryl Webber
Publisher: Magabala Books
Published: 2017-10-01
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1925360644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAge range 3 - 8 Big Fella Rain is a celebration of northern Australia as animals, birds, trees and a parched earth await the first rain. It is almost as if country stands still as the sparse yet evocative text pays homage to the transition from dry season to wet season in a country that is like no other place in the world. Fern Martins illustrations seamlessly portray the dramatic skies, the thirsty animals and tiny creatures whose very existence rely on the monsoonal changes. Her exquisite rendering of the big landscape against the subtle shifts in the environment have a timeless quality that will capture the hearts of all readers. Included on the Children's Book Council of Australia 2018 Notables list. 'Big Fella Rain is a glorious salute to the cycles of life and the seasons that shape those cycles. One to look at, feel and absorb many times over.' — Boomerang Books
Big Rain Coming
Author: Katrina Germein
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780143500452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Tension in the community builds as the rain clouds thicken and grow dark. Everybody waits. When will the rain come?
Dream of Night
Author: Heather Henson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-05-04
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1442406119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUntamable. Damaged. Angry. Once full of promise and life, now lost in the shadows of resentment and detachment, this is Dream of Night's story—and it is also Shiloh’s. One is a thoroughbred racehorse, the other an eleven-year-old foster child. Starved to the bone, Dream of Night is still a very powerful animal, kicking, bucking, screaming to show his strength. Shiloh has been starved in other ways—starved of affection, starved of stability and she lashes out too…with sarcasm. This injured and abused racehorse has a lot in common with punky Shiloh and by chance they both find themselves under the care of Jessalyn DiLima—a last stop for each before the state takes more drastic measures—sending the girl to a “residential facility” and the horse to a vet...for euthanizing. Jess is giving them a second chance, a last chance—but she fosters animals and children like this for a reason—she’s a little broken, too. And she knows what it’s like to have lost nearly everything she loves. As the horse warms up to the girl and the girl lets her guard down for the horse, the three of them become an unlikely family. They recognize their similarities in order to heal their pasts, but not before one last tragedy threatens to take it all away.
Bubbay's Desert Adventure
Author: Josie Wowolla Boyle
Publisher: Magabala Books
Published: 2020-03-01
Total Pages: 43
ISBN-13: 1925936813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAge range 5+ Bubbay is lonely, with only the starts as friends. He lives in the outback tending his goats and sleeps under the stars. One night, Bubbay wishes for something he has never had — the stars hear him and, with the help of the magical Gubarlee and such as kangaroo, emu, crow and bower bird, Bubbay begins a quest to make his wish come true. A story full of magic, combined with richly textured illustrations.
My Side of the Mountain
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001-05-21
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 0593115007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
The Big Twitch
Author: Sean Dooley
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2005-10-01
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1741159164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne man's quest to realise a boyhood dream and break a national record. Sean Dooley seems like a well adjusted, functioning member of society but beneath the respectable veneer he harbours a dark secret. He is a hard-core birdwatcher (aka twitcher'). Sean takes a year off to try to break the Australian twitching record - he has to see more than 700 birds in twelve months. Travelling the length and breadth of Australia, he stops at nothing in search of this birdwatching Holy Grail, blowing his inheritance, his career prospects and any chance he has of finding a girlfriend. Part confessional, part travelogue, this is a true story about obsession. It's about seeking the meaning of life, trying to work out what normal' is, and searching for the elusive Grey Falcon (the bird, not the car). Sean's story of how he followed his childhood dream of becoming a national champion is both inspiring and ridiculous. Could this be the most pathetic great achievement in Australian history?
The Butterfly Garden
Author: Michael Torres
Publisher:
Published: 2019-07-23
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781925936995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Butterfly Garden is an entertaining introduction to the life cycle of a butterfly - played out by a fat caterpillar, a hungry kookaburra and a supporting cast of beautiful butterflies. Spare and simple, The Butterfly Garden also weaves in the idea of how the kookaburra may have got his laugh. Fern Martins illustrations are a mix of strong colour and transluscent beauty. Her stained-glass interpretations of the cocoon at its various stages show its ephemeral quality in a joyful and fluid way. This feel-good board book for Early Childhood will bring a smile to all readers.
Tap Tap Boom Boom
Author: Elizabeth Bluemle
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2014-03-25
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 0763656968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a thunderstorm sweeps into the city, the people of the neighborhood rush into the subway to wait out the wind and weather.
The Spotty Dotty Lady
Author: Josie Boyle
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9781922142108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere once lived a sad lady whose only friends were the flowers in her garden. By chance she discovers a mysterious plant growing by her house and decides to water it. So begins the magical and unexpected adventure of a plant that changes the very essence of people's lives. Starting with a spotty dotty flower, to a spotty dotty kettle, to spotty dotty walls and the journey down the footpath, the sad lady begins to paint her way to happiness and is soon joined by many new friends. A children's tale full of charm and gentleness paired with stunning watercolour illustrations, The Spotty Dotty Lady offers a glimpse of how the natural and emotional worlds can connect in making the ordinary extraordinary.
