War has come to Asmir's home in Sarajevo. He is torn from his father, his home and everything he has known. He becomes a refugee. This is a story of courage you will never forget.
On Anzac Day in Australia, people of all ages and nationalities gather at war memorials for the dawn service and line city streets for the march. On this national day of mourning and commemoration, they honour the men and women who returned from war and the sons, fathers, grandfathers and good mates who did not.
All kinds of delightfully dusty rummage spilled out of the boxes on Mr Portwine's stall in the street market. The browsers and fossickers and rummagers were mad about it, but the other stallholders were not.
King of the Wilderness recounts the life of Deny King, who made his home in Tasmania’s rugged and spectacular south-west. Acclaimed writer Mattingley spent ten years researching and writing the story of this amazing man. With his blue eyes and husky drawl, Deny King was nationally and internationally celebrated for his exploits on land and sea, for his phenomenal strength and stamina, his ingenuity, humour and kindness, and his unparalleled knowledge of his wild environment. Born in Tasmania in 1909, King had a remarkable childhood on an isolated property in the Huon hinterland. Christobel Mattingley superbly tells the story of his bush upbringing, his long-distance courtship of his wife Margaret, and of his life as a tin-miner, sailor and naturalist on his isolated cove. Through Deny’s continued efforts in conservation, the area around Melaleuca was successfully declared a World Heritage site. He identified several new species of plant, and established a recovery program for the endangered orange-bellied parrot. In later life Deny became a much-admired wildlife painter. King of the Wilderness brings to life one of the great characters of the Australian bush, a man whom walkers would trek for days to visit, who was as famous for his ability to forecast the weather as he was for his knowledge of birds and animals.
Maralinga - the Anangu Story is our story. We have told it for our children, our grandchildren and their children. We have told it for you.' In words and pictures Yalata and Oak Valley community members, with author Christobel Mattingley, describe what happened in the Maralinga Tjarutja lands of South Australia before the bombs and after.
Daniel is bursting to tell his secret, but everyone is too busy to listen. When Mrs R arrives, she will surely want to know. After all, it was Mrs R who had given him the special exploring bag and shown him the special exploring bag and shown him the article that had started his search. Suggested level: primary.
Just before the glass angel is put on the Christmas tree, Mother describes her experiences as a little girl during World War II when she and her family were refugees and how the glass angel came to symbolize a new beginning in their lives.
When Shane's dad loses his job everything changes, slowly at first and then faster and faster. But although Shane and his family have to give up so much that is familiar, Shane finds that in their new life they still have what is most important.
David's boyhood dreams of flying led him to England for months of training to be a bomber pilot in World War II at age 19, but his final flight was a nightmare. Seconds after the bombs were released, David was wounded in five places and his fellow pilot Dog was hit. Flying metal slashed his right knee, thigh, and shoulder; the tendons and artery in his right hand were severed; and shrapnel ripped through his thick leather helmet, fracturing his skull as his aircraft went into a dive. This riveting true story takes young people through the events of a young WWII pilot's heroic journey.
Separated by the explosion of the atomic bomb, a husband, wife, and mother carry on with their lives in the ruins of Nagasaki and are eventually reunited one Christmas by a very special tree.
Lexl liked going for walks with his grandpa because then he could look for lions. There were lots of lions in the city where they lived and Lexl had names for them all. He wished they could all have a party together and one New Year's Eve his wish comes true.
SUMMARY: Adam resents being left out and told by his elder siblings that he is too young to join in their holiday fun on the farm until he meets two ducks who need help to protect their eggs from predators. His boredom vanishes as he builds the ducks a shelter, guards it, and triumphantly learns to swim in their pool.
The hero of this story is a boy called Claudius Hobbs though he prefers not to publicise his first name. He and his friend Brett help Miss Klein, a supervisor at their school, to move endless cartons of toilet paper into a store room off the headmaster's study. The toilet paper, Hobbs and the little-loved wife of a former headmaster all come together in the macabre climax of this very funny story. The illustrations by Australian artist Christina Brimage add a nice, light-hearted touch.
SUMMARY: A small South Australian town has an old jetty where the people talk and fish. Brad secretly hates the jetty and everything about the sea and is pleased when it becomes unsafe after a storm. Brad befriends a diver who comes to inspect it. The diver teaches Brad to dive, helps him overcome his fears and gain self-confidence through friendship.
Cathy, with her friend Mrs Tabbs, assumes responsibility for an ever increasing number of homeless cats. Cathy is full of bright ideas, and when she fails to find good homes for them in her own small community, she ventures further afield, across the Australian wheat plains.
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