Wombat loves digging deep holes and thinking deep thoughts, but nobody thinks much of that until danger threatens the bush and the small wombat comes up with a great big idea...
Wombats don't have Christmas' the young wombats' father tells them firmly. The young wombats set out to correct this situation; but how can they achieve this without their father finding out what they're up to? A charming story from the author and illustrator of A HOUSE FOR WOMBATS, WOMBAT'S PARTY and WOMBATS CAN'T FLY, now in a pocket edition.
The wombats are back, and this is their biggest adventure of all! The wombats want to do something that they've never done before. They know they can chew and dig and sleep better than anyone. But they can't fly - can they?
Fourteen dollops of whimsy from Michael Wombat, shortlisted author for the HNS Short Story Award 2014. From cowboys to dragons, from hilarity to horror, this cornucopia of diverse adventure will absorb, amuse, thrill and terrify you. You know, I hate writing back cover blurbs. All that snappy 'Blurbspeak'. This one's rubbish, isn't it? "Dollops of whimsy" sounds like the sort of Edwardian novel where nothing happens, and keeps on happening. 'The Dollops of Whimsy End', a new novel from Mr. Michael Wombat (not really).Suffice to say, you will enjoy the varied stories in this book.
You know how it is. We've all experienced it while driving. You suddenly realise that you have no idea where you are, or what your destination is. After a few seconds light dawns and you remember where you are going. But what if light didn't dawn? What if you continued to know nothing before that moment? You have no idea where you are, who you are, or why a bunch of nutters is trying to kill you. The only thing you know is that you have to run for your life.... Sexy, funny, violent and thrilling, Fog is not so much a Whodunnit as a Whatthehellsgoingon. "Very clever. Funny and genuinely shocking at times." "A joy to read. A rattling good yarn." "A pretty damned amazing ride." Hardback SPECIAL EDITION with new artistic cover, graphics and pictures, more words from the author, and the use of a word not present in the paperback.
Influenced more by Seven Samurai, Zulu and Joss Whedon than by Watership Down, Warren Peace is about a young, nervous rabbit with an easy life.... until the foxes come. With his friends and family's lives in danger, Cuetip must undertake a perilous journey out into the big world to find help. On the way, he also finds terror, sadness, friendship, cats, hilarity and perhaps most important of all, courage. A novel about talking animals, but definitely not for smaller children, "Warren Peace" will grab both your heart and your funny bone and shake them silly.
Forty-one disparate tales and three short poems of a world askew, with guest appearances by Alex Brightsmith, KJ Collard and Ellie Cooper. "This is certainly a book." - Katherine Stephen, freelance proof-reader. "Have you seen the breadknife anywhere?" - Mary Wombat, current spouse. "An amuse bouche of beetroot and wild roots." - Daisy Smith, chef. "How much was I getting paid for this, again?" - Colleen Watts, starving artist. "A ream of paper, glued along one edge. Five stars" - Rich Chester, Head Clown, Bobo's Fun Factory. "If you want something, this is it." - Nick Johns, author. (Honestly, you ask people for a little help providing cover quotes and this is what happens. Idiots).
Paris, 1675. Étienne Blessis has come a long way in the ten years since Madame Monvoisin vanished, then suddenly she enters his life once more.She still sells 'adventures' - other realities to which the mind may travel; realities where highwaymen go naked, garden gnomes are alive, and a lamb dinner can be horrifying. Soon Étienne is beguiled once more, and drawn into her plans to kill a king. You have in your hands, dear reader, a framed collection: a book of stories nestled within a new narrative, stories within a story that will lead you from one to the next. They are all measures in a dance, entwined. This volume is like a Royal Ball, packed from end-to-end with allemandes, gavottes and thrilling excursions. Enjoy the dance, my monsters.
WINNER OF BEST MYSTERY, 2016 #SIBA BOOK AWARDSYou know how it is. We've all experienced it while driving. You suddenly realise that you have no idea where you are, or what your destination is. After a few seconds light dawns and you remember where you are going.But what if light didn't dawn? What if you continued to know nothing before that moment? You have no idea where you are, who you are, or why a bunch of nutters is trying to kill you. The only thing you know is that you have to run for your life."Sexy, funny, violent and thrilling, Fog is not so much a Whodunnit as a Whatthehellsgoingon.""Very clever. Funny and genuinely shocking at times.""A joy to read. A rattling good yarn.""A pretty damned amazing ride.
Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like a kangaroo and a jaw that opened impossibly wide to reveal terrifying choppers. Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it? Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast. From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill. They bond with trappers, bushwackers, and wildlife experts who refuse to abandon the tiger hunt, despite the paucity of evidence. Sifting through local myths, bar-room banter, and historical accounts, these environmental detectives sweep readers into a world where platypus’ swim, kangaroos roam, and a large predator with a pouch was–or perhaps still is–queen of the jungle. Filled with Alexis Rockman’s stunning drawings of flora and fauna–-made from soil, wombat scat, and the artist’s own blood–Carnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world.
Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like a kangaroo and a jaw that opened impossibly wide to reveal terrifying choppers. Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it? Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast. From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill. They bond with trappers, bushwackers, and wildlife experts who refuse to abandon the tiger hunt, despite the paucity of evidence. Sifting through local myths, bar-room banter, and historical accounts, these environmental detectives sweep readers into a world where platypus’ swim, kangaroos roam, and a large predator with a pouch was–or perhaps still is–queen of the jungle. Filled with Alexis Rockman’s stunning drawings of flora and fauna–-made from soil, wombat scat, and the artist’s own blood–Carnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world.
Two brothers discover a live joey in its dead mothers pouch on their way home from school. The discovery impacts on the lives of a farming family barely surviving the worst drought in living memory. The joey is no ordinary kangaroo. It is intelligent, mischievous, can understand human speech and communicate with other bush animals. It tests the familys resolve. Will it be shot or sent to a zoo? Its powers are tested to the limits as the two boys are embroiled in a dangerous adventure that goes horribly wrong with no guarantee that any of the three will survive!
In this captivating collection of short stories, Michael D. Stansbie takes readers on a thrilling journey across various genres and settings. From the dusty outback of Australia to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, these tales are woven together by the common threads of adventure, intrigue, and the indomitable human spirit. Meet a diverse cast of characters as they navigate the challenges of their worlds: a lady school teacher who defies expectations in rural Queensland, a pirate queen seeking to reclaim her lost treasure, a bandit couple turning the tables on a greedy bank, a daring ship captain rescuing a damsel in distress, a young space traveller on a quest to save her parents’ legacy, and a mysterious woman exacting her own brand of justice on the highways of Australia. Through each story, Stansbie explores the depths of human nature, the bonds of friendship and love, and the eternal struggle between good and evil.
With over 6,000 entries, A Dictionary of Zoology is a detailed and authoritative guide to all areas of the field. It offers full taxonomic coverage of arthropods, other invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. It also includes terms from the areas of ecology, animal behaviour, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology. All entries have been fully revised and updated, making this the most up-to-date reference guide of its kind. There are around 400 entries new to this edition covering areas that include taxonomic groups, prefixes, and widely used descriptive terms. These include articles on micronucleus, stoma, platy-, proto-, and terrestrial. The dictionary is enriched through its useful web links, accessible via the companion website, as well as diagrams and detailed appendices. This fifth edition also includes a new Common Names appendix and three new illustrations.
In Queensland, in northeast Australia, lies one of the most significant fossil deposits in the world—Riversleigh. Here, the remains of many thousands of weird and wonderful prehistoric animals have been superbly preserved in the limestone outcrops. There are marsupial lions, carnivorous kangaroos, 23-foot long pythons, primitive platypuses, and early ancestors of the now extinct Tasmanian tiger. So important is this site to our understanding of what has happened to Australia and its living cargo over the last 25 million years that Riversleigh has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, and Henk Godthelp, the principal scientists on a remarkable excavation since 1976, explain the vast environmental and geographic changes that have occurred in this area since Australia broke away from the supercontinent of Gondwana, and how the animals on board this continental raft evolved through the ages. Photographs and evocative artwork bring to life the teeming tropical world that once existed in the now arid wastes of Riversleigh, and the authors discuss some of the unusual techniques used on a dig. They describe how to recognize fossils, how to date them, and how to reconstruct extinct animals from them. Originally published as Riversleigh: The Story of Animals in Ancient Rainforests of Inland Australia, this award-winning book is being issued for the first time in the United States.
Be sure your students test their best on standardized tests in reading and math by familiarizing them with the skills, formats, and language they need to succeed. These practice tests are designed to look and read like state and national tests, such as the TerraNova, ITBS, CTBS, MAT, and more. The 8 ready-to-reproduce practice tests are a great way to boost student confidence--and make test prep easy for you. For use with Grade 6.
Learn the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names with this informative reference guide. Just who was the Przewalski after whom Przewalski's horse was named? Or Husson, the eponym for the rat Hydromys hussoni? Or the Geoffroy whose name is forever linked to Geoffroy's cat? This unique reference provides a brief look at the real lives behind the scientific and vernacular mammal names one encounters in field guides, textbooks, journal articles, and other scholarly works. Arranged to mirror standard dictionaries, the more than 1,300 entries included here explain the origins of over 2,000 mammal species names. Each bio-sketch lists the scientific and common-language names of all species named after the person, outlines the individual’s major contributions to mammalogy and other branches of zoology, and includes brief information about his or her mammalian namesake’s distribution. The two appendixes list scientific and common names for ease of reference, and, where appropriate, individual entries include mammals commonly—but mistakenly—believed to be named after people. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals is a highly readable and informative guide to the people whose names are immortalized in mammal nomenclature. “A small treasure trove of information about the people whose names are immortalized in mammalian nomenclature. Given that we mammalogists are prone to ancestor worship, I expect it to be a best-seller.” —Don E. Wilson, Journal of Mammalian Evolution “This is a great reference for the mammalogy professional or student, or the curious naturalist.” —Wildlife Activist “This is a splendid book which fills a real gap in zoological literature.” —Nicholas Gould, International Zoo News
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