A beautiful collection of stories and poems about our southern skies. From the legends of Matariki and Rona and the Moon through to how tuatara made the stars, Melanie Drewery weaves a special magic through all her stories that will ensure we never look up at the night sky in the same way again. Accompanied by Jenny Cooper's stunning illustrations this will be a book to treasure and read over and over again.
A delightfully illustrated picture book about support for families with babies, and the coming of a new baby. The charming and simple text has been written by Yvonne Morrison, author of THE KIWI NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS and KIWI JINGLE BELLS. Illustrations by Jenny Cooper, who has illustrated DOWN IN THE FOREST and many educational books. This book was produced following a request from Plunket, who felt they should celebrate their centenary with something for children as well as more serious works for adults.
Thirteen Australian women have composed an atypical collection of travel writings which cover a period of more than 50 years. Some visited Mexico several times for work and/or pleasure; some visited by chance and chose to remain; some returned to stay after a long absence, pulled back by something Mexican which they certainly feel strongly. Not all their experiences are pleasant, but the outcome is almost inevitably life affirming. Discover a different Mexico through the words - reminiscences, letters and poems - and images of these Australian women. Prose and poetry.
When Peter the pirate goes into the pet shop to buy a parrot the owner manages to sell him a whole list of alternative items with hilarious results. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Peter was a pirate. One day he went into a pet shop. I'd like a parrot, he said. I'm sorry, said the pet shop owner. I've run out of parrots. Would you like a pig instead? The pet shop owner manages to sell our pirate a whole list of 'alternative items' that he doesn't really want, with hilarious results. This is the funniest read-aloud we've seen in a very long time! Read this Monty Python-esque story aloud to your colleagues (oh, all right-and the kids) and enjoy their reactions.
Cassandra Crean and her mum are going to a Mum-Daughter camp. Cassie loves forest walks, flying foxes, swimming, canoeing and obstacle courses. Her mum doesn't. She just sneezes."--Back cover.
The children are making a road for their cars and trucks. It crosses the grass, the flower bed, the path, goes over the fence and into the yard next door.
Following the format of The Twelve Days of Christmas, this book begins when the school holidays begin, and each day Mum gets more and more frustrated with a child who keeps watching TV, while the house gets more and more messy. In the end, Mum decides to ship the child off to Grandma's! The words can be sung to the tune of the famous Christmas son
The younger sister is too scared to come down the slide. After some help from her big sister, little sister gets down. Suggested level: junior, primary.
When Peter the pirate goes into the pet shop to buy a parrot the owner manages to sell him a whole list of alternative items with hilarious results. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Danni will always be a city girl. But when she gets tired of the city she used to love once, her friend Ami invites her to stay with her. What Ami didn't disclose to Danni was that the house she was coming to stay at, was her brother, Jeremiah's. She had no idea when they met that their love would blossom after all those years apart. Frightened by her feelings for Jeremiah, she is torn between telling him the truth or running away from him again. What will happen when Jeremiah learns the truth from the one woman he has ever fallen head over heels for? Will he forgive her or will his attraction to her become tainted? Will their love be strong enough to conquer all? This short story book contains language, situations or images for mature audiences.
Children's story about a walk taken by some ducks to explore their neighbourhood. Written by well-known children's author, Joy Cowley, who employs the literary devices of alliteration and onomatopoeia to good effect with sentences like ducks walk, waddle, waddle and ducklings in the middle, middle, safe in the middle. Text enhanced with full-colour illustrations.
When the sky is bedtime blue, I will sing a song for you." Shake the book to create a colorful cascade of glitter and foil shapes inside the moon, which is secured to the inside of the book so you can make the moon shake, shimmer, and sparkle on each page. The gentle, rhyming story will calm and reassure little ones before they go to sleep.
Bo the sheep is finding his field of grass too quiet, too safe. So Bo takes Jo, they say sayonara, and go off to the beach and the seas, and then on to the city in a bus. The delights of the Yummycafe prove overwhelming, but they move on to the airport, and parachuting, and float down into a lovely field... It'll be a jungle next time! Illustrated with full-page colour drawings.
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