When You're Older
When You're Older

Author: Sofie Laguna

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 39

ISBN-13: 1761063928

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Beautiful, warm and evocative, this stunning picture book reveals an older brother's hopes for the amazing experiences he will share with his new baby brother - when he's older. A triumph of illustration and storytelling. Baby brother, I can't wait until you're older. Just imagine the adventures that lie ahead... An exquisitely illustrated and deeply joyful celebration of the bond between brothers. Join them as they explore the far reaches of this wild and amazing world, side by side every step of the way. From two highly acclaimed and award-winning creators. 'This is a very special picture book for all ages. We are with the brothers all the way - on the last pages, holding our breath. A masterpiece.' ANN JAMES 'This beautiful book gives us the life we'd all love our children to have, out in the natural world, revelling in its beauty and truly being part of it. The exquisite illustrations are bursting with energy and colour, the language is rich yet simple and the brothers look after each other as brothers should. It really hits the spot, right in your heart.' ALISON LESTER 'A heart-warming story about the powerful bond between brothers.' MARGARET WILD 'Thrilling journeys abound in this lovely ode to childhood fantasies and sibling bonds.' Kirkus Reviews

Judy Watson
Judy Watson

Author: Judy Watson

Publisher: The Miegunyah Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 0522856586

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Judy Watson is one of Australia's leading contemporary artists. Her art explores territory that includes the dispossessed Indigenous Australians with whom she shares a family history and heritage. Judy Watson's art is intense and sublime in its physicality. blood language is a beautifully illustrated pictorial exploration of some of Judy Watson's seminal canvases, works on paper, sculptural projects and artist's books. Judy Watson imparts the artist's ideas and writer Louise Martin-Chew gives another insight into the artist's practice. Water, skin, poison, dust and blood, ochre, bones and driftnet are defining themes in an empathetic art that seeks to find a broader geography of belonging. Watson creates highly sophisticated works of beauty that are subtly political and intensely personal.

Goodnight, Mice!
Goodnight, Mice!

Author: Frances Watts

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780733331763

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It's time to say goodnight - but the four cheeky mice skittering scampering and scurrying to bed dont seem very sleepy!

Thunderstorm Dancing
Thunderstorm Dancing

Author: Katrina Germein

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2015-04-01

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1743314590

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When a sunny day at the beach turns stormy, a little girl runs for cover. Her daddy and brothers are wild in the wind and lightning, and her poppy is as loud as thunder. They fill the house with stamping and crashing while Granny plays piano to their riotous thunderstorm dancing... until the storm passes and they all fall down. Then, in the stillness, the girl is ready to play. What will she be, now that the rain has stopped and there's a glimmer of sunlight?

What I Saw and How I Lied
What I Saw and How I Lied

Author: Judy Blundell

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2011-07-07

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1407130609

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It seemed like a dream. The world had exploded... Summer's ending, Evie's step-father is finally home from the Second World War, and Evie is sick of her glamorous mother treating her like a little girl. Then a mysterious stranger appears: a handsome ex-GI who served in combat with Evie's step-father. Slowly, Evie realizes that she is falling in love with him. But he has dark secrets, and a strange control over her parents. When he is found dead, Evie's world is shattered. Torn between her family and the man she loved, Evie must betray someone. But who? "Gripping ... beautifully paced and told" The Times "You'll be holding your breath as you turn every page" News of the World

Searching for Cicadas
Searching for Cicadas

Author: Lesley Gibbes

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08-04

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781760653965

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This lovely story about a child and their grandfather searching for cicadas is part of the award-winning narrative nonfiction Nature Storybooks series. In the summertime, Grandpa and I go cicada-watching. We put our camping gear into my wagon and walk down to the local reserve. Last year we saw five Green Grocers, three Yellow Mondays and one Floury Baker. Can we find the rare Black Prince this year? This picture book brings together award winners Lesley Gibbes and Judy Watson to showcase the wonder and beauty of cicadas as well as highlight the common summer pastime of cicada-watching.

The Threat Within
The Threat Within

Author: Jude Watson

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780439139373

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Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon face off against each other in the most intense, most thrilling JEDI APPRENTICE yet. In a land where the old rule, the young rebel. Obi-Wan Kenobi, now 16, is ready to take a big step to becoming a Jedi Knight. Will his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, let him move forward...or hold him back?

The Only Witness
The Only Witness

Author: Jude Watson

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780439139366

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After Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are assigned to protect the only witness who can testify against the crime family that controls the planet Frego, they become ensnared in a deadly web of power and corruption.

Loot
Loot

Author: Jude Watson

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0545633958

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"LOOT hits the jackpot." -- Rick Riordan, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author On a foggy night in Amsterdam, a man falls from a rooftop to the wet pavement below. It's Archibald McQuinn, the notorious cat burglar, and he's dying. As sirens wail in the distance, Archie manages to get out two last words to his young son, March: "Find jewels."But March learns that his father is not talking about hidden loot. He's talking about Jules, the twin sister March never knew he had. No sooner than the two find each other, they're picked up by the police and sent to the world's worst orphanage. It's not hard time, but it feels like it.March and Jules have no intention of staying put. They know their father's business inside and out, and they're tired of being pushed around. Just one good heist, and they'll live the life of riches and freedom that most kids only dream about. . . . .Hold on to your pearls, because this summer, the world's youngest criminal masterminds are coming for you.