When Granny dies, everyone in the family heaves a sigh of relief. She was a difficult old woman and not easy to live with. So when the unmistakably transparent form of Granny appears at the tea table, both adults and children are alarmed. Why is Granny’s spirit so restless? It appears the young apprentice angel assigned to guide her spirit to heaven hasn’t been doing her job. Whether Granny goes upstairs or down below now hangs in the balance – and Granny’s bad temper doesn’t help. The ensuing tussle between the devilish form of Mr. Brimstone and his bumbling angelic counterpart for the old lady’s soul leaves Granny in limbo and the family in crisis. When Granny’s ghost disappears, it’s left to young Anna, with a few angelic companions, to seek her at the very doors of Hellmouth. GHOST GRANNY by bestselling author Melanie Guile is a funny, fast-moving, and entertaining read with thoroughly engrossing characters.
Explore ways of life in Japan. Examine how people identify themselves through language, social customs, and spiritual beliefs, as well as traditions of literature, art, crafts, dance, music, and other forms of performance.
Offers a brief overview of the culture of Singapore, discussing how the country's citizens identify themselves through language, social customs, and spiritual beliefs.
Discover what life is like in Fiji as you read about its history, language, customs and traditions. Find out about Fiji's best known landmarks and its unique plants and animals. Learn about life in the towns and the country, and environmental problems such as pollution and rising sea levels. Ages 8+.
This delightful, highly informative series aims to increase students' knowledge and appreciation of the diversity of cultural life around the world. The books examine how culture influences national identity and the different ways in which people express culture through language, social customs and habits, as well as traditions of art, craft, dance, music and spiritual beliefs. This series is an excellent resource for both LOTE and SOSE/HSIE studies.
This series explores the events surrounding the gold rushes in Australia during the 1800s and the early 1900s. The political and social contexts that triggered gold fever and the key events and people of the era are examined. How life in Australia was changed by the gold rushes is also examined. Ages 8-12.
Explores how people in Malaysia identify themselves through language, social customs, spiritual beliefs, literature, art, crafts, dance, music, and other forms of performance.
Discover what life is like in Tonga as you read about its history, language, customs and traditions. Find out about Tonga's best known landmarks and its unique plants and animals. Learn about life in the towns and the country, and environmental problems, such as overfishing. Ages 8+.
When Josie bought an old green bottle at the op shop she was not aware that a lady Genie lived inside; green, short-tempered and quite vain. And, it turned out, more than a match for the nasty school principal who demanded a giant working bee - and got one, with the genie as rider! Ages 9 - 12 years.
This series explores some of Australia's worst natural disasters that have threatened Australian communities. Learn about early warning systems in place, and how communities prepare and cope with the clean-up and the aftermath. Ages 10+ years.
Activites and blackline masters for texts in the World issues come to Australia series : Drought and El Niño by Melanie Guile; Euthanasia by Stella Tarakson ; Terrorism by Stella Tarakson.
Looks at the diverse culture of New Zealand's multicultural society. Examines the visual and performing arts focussing on how aspects of traditional and modern Maori culture have become mainstream in New Zealand society. Also considers fashion, food, film and television and the role of women in New Zealand. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
In 1840 a young explorer named Edward John Eyre was chosen to lead an expedition to find an overland stock route from Adelaide to Albany. Eyre did not find a stock route, be he did become the first European to cross the harsh desert of the Nullarbor Plain.
Drought and El Niño provides a global overview of these two phenomena, their interrelationship and their environmental, social and economic impacts. Starting with historical and current definitions of drought and the beginnings of meteorology, the book provides detailed explanations and illustrations of the causes and effects of drought and El Niño. Australian and international examples are featured.
Part of a unique, bestselling series that tells the stories of some defining moments in Australia's history. Combining conventional presentation and graphic-style re-enactments, and incorporating a variety of text types including profiles, letters, newspaper extracts and quotes.. Ages 10+.
Part of a unique, bestselling series that tells the stories of some defining moments in Australia's history. Combining conventional presentation and graphic-style re-enactments, and incorporating a variety of text types including profiles, letters, newspaper extracts and quotes.. Ages 10+.
Part of a unique, bestselling series that tells the stories of some defining moments in Australia's history. Combining conventional presentation and graphic-style re-enactments, and incorporating a variety of text types including profiles, letters, newspaper extracts and quotes.. Ages 10+.
Captain Cook's Voyage in the Endeavour is a pivotal story in Australia's history. The book brings this intriguing story alive with a highly visual presentation. Graphic-style re-enactments are used alongside conventional presentation to convey additional details, and to show different viewpoints simultaneously. It is part of an award-winning series for middle-upper primary that tells the stories of some momentous times in our history. The approach promotes critical thinking and analysis with an emphasis on causes and effects, key personalities, and the long-term outcomes for Australian society.
Shortlisted: 2010 APA Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing - Primary Library BookIn 1966, Gurindji elder Vincent Lingiari led his people in a walkout off Wave Hill cattle station. The station was built on traditional Gurindji land, but the Gurindji people were treated like slaves and paid little. Nine years after the walkout, the Gurindji people won back their land and control of their lives. The Wave Hill walkout marks the beginning of the Indigenous land rights movement. Vincent
Shortlisted: 2010 APA Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing - Primary Library BookIn Australia in the 1800s, the idea of women having the same rights as men was shocking Most people believed that women belonged under mens control. Then, in the 1880s, a young woman named Vida Goldstein led the fight for womens right to vote in elections. Vidas work improved the lives of Australia women and began the fight for equal rights. This struggle continues today.Vida Goldsteins Fight for
Shortlisted: 2010 APA Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing - Primary Library BookIn the early 1900s, Antarctica was one of the worlds last unexplored wilderness areas. In 1911, Douglas Mawson and his team set off to explore Antarctica and gather scientific information. Their journey was dangerous, and Mawson faced terrible choices along the way. However, the expedition raised the profile of Australian science around the world, and Mawsons research has helped protect the Antarctic
This series explores the events surrounding the gold rushes in Australia, during the 1800s and early 1900s, the political and social contexts that triggered gold fever, and examines key events of the era. Ages 10+.
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