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A Waltz for Matilda (#1 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Teen | Series: The Matilda Saga | Reading Level: 11-14
The story behind Banjo Paterson's iconic Australian song.Ages 10-14 'Once a jolly swagman camped by a BillabongUnder the shade of a Coolibah treeAnd he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy boiledYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me...'In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to fi ...Show more
Clancy of the Overflow (#9 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$22.99 AUD
Category: Teen | Series: The\Matilda Saga Ser.
From Australia's best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping storyJed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of her grandparents. The tale that unfolds is one of Australia's greatest ...Show more
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$16.99 AUD
Category: Paperback Picture Books
A delightful and entertaining peek into the life of one very busy wombat Ages: 3-7 MondayMorning: Slept.Afternoon: Slept.Evening: Ate.Scratched.Night: Ate.A typical day. Don't be fooled. this wombat leads a very busy and demanding life. She wrestles unknown creatures, runs her own digging business, and ...Show more
Earthquake - Natural Disasters by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
Down below the giant rumbled, All around us buildings crumbled, Newcastle began to shake ... ‘Quake!’ yelled someone. ‘Out! Earthquake!’ From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought and Pandemic.
I am Juliet by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Teen
The world's most famous love story told by one of Australia's most respected authors. This is the well-known story of Juliet Capulet and her love for Romeo. It also the story about the increasing helplessness Juliet feels as she realises that unlike young men her age, her life will effectively be determ ...Show more
Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can understand the ...Show more
Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution (The Girls Who Changed the World, #3) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed history throughout the world. She's faced danger and adventure when Herstory sent her to the past to witness girls' bravery in the incredible feats left out ...Show more
Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom (The Girls Who Changed the World, #2) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. So when Ming is thrust back in time, to Belgium during WW1, only to be rescued from a burning cellar by Marie, an experien ...Show more
Queen Victoria's Underpants (H/B) by Jackie French
$10.00 AUD
$24.99 (59% off)
Category: Hardback Picture Books | Reading Level: 5-9
Meet Lizzy, whose family are in the clothing industry. Very few people probably know that Queen Victoria made the wearing of underpants popular. At the beginning of her reign very few women wore them. But Queen Victoria made tartans, perambulators and chloroform fashionable. By the time she died just ab ...Show more
The Girl from Snowy River (#2 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Teen | Series: The Matilda Saga
In the tradition of THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER comes a gripping and courageous sequel to A WALTZ FOR MATILDA Ages:10-14 The year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particul ...Show more
The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is mor ...Show more
The Last Dingo Summer (#8 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$22.99 AUD
Category: Teen | Series: The\Matilda Saga Ser.
'A MUST FOR YOUR SUMMER READING LIST' - Better Reading A body has been found in the burned-out wreckage of the church at Gibber's Creek - with older skeletons lying beneath it. The corpse is identified as that of Ignatius Mervyn, the man who attempted to kill Jed Kelly and her unborn child. Newcomer Fis ...Show more