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Proud by Various, Various Authors
Category: Young Adult
A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. A boy’s coming out is overshadowed by gay penguins, a m ...Show more
Really Scary Stories for Brave Children by Various Authors; Charlotte George (Read by); Edwin Hodgeman (Read by); Victor Kelleher; Andrew Lansdown; Sophie Masson; Ruth Park; Don Barker (Read by); Full Cast Recording Staff (Read by); Christopher Pitman (Read by); Marcella Russo (Read by); Anna Steen (Read by); Heather Steen (Read by); Alison Stewart; Gary Crew
Category: Audio
Lock the windows! Turn off the lights! Be prepared to shiver and shake when you listen to Really Scary Stories for Brave Children. Contains six scary, frightening and blood curdling stories by a selection of great Australian authors.
Right Way Down and Other Poems by Various Authors
Category: Education
Featuring entertaining poems with themes of animals and nature, this is a great introduction to the wonder of poetry for middle readers, and is complete with stunning illustrations on every page. Stand on your head with Sally Murphy, explode some dynamite with Cristy Burne or shoot some hoops with Cher ...Show more
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes by Various Authors
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
This volume collects more than forty detective tales published in the same years that Sherlock Holmes earned his formidable reputation as the Great Detective. It includes stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others that broke ground for the detective story, as well as ...Show more
Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by Various Authors
Category: Self-Help
40 Years. 40 Stories. Experience Star Wars- A New Hopefrom a whole new point of view. On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more ...Show more
Surf's Up by Various Authors; (RE Full Cast Recording Staff (Read by)
Category: Audio
Rat in a Hat is up to his old tricks again with those lovable Bananas in Pyjamas and their friends the Teddies.Join them for more fun and games in Surf's Up.1. Surf's Up2. Play Time3. Super Bananas4. Shiny Things5. Big Parade6. Rat Wash7. Special Delivery8. Help, Help!9. Pink Spots10. Whale SnailRecomme ...Show more
Tall Tales and True by Various Narrators (Read by); Various Authors
Category: Audio
Tall Tales & True is a collection of the very best of live Australian storytelling featuring courageous storytellers who front up to the microphone to bare their soul and share their life-changing moments. In this collection are stories told by well-known and not so well-known Australians, and they ...Show more
Ten Poems about Cats by VARIOUS AUTHORS
Category: Gift
These lovely poetry pamphlets make perfect presents - unusual, beautiful, worthwhile and definitely not for throwing away. They come with an envelope and bookmark left blank for your message. Interesting and enjoyable to read they make an excellent introduction to the work of contemporary and historic p ...Show more
Ten Poems about Families by VARIOUS AUTHORS
Category: Gift
Where would we be without families, to lift us up and love us, to make us who we are? This anthology celebrates all of the humour and warmth, the strength and joy, that families bring us. We meet a doting grandfather who makes a car out of sand for his granddaughter on the beach, spend time at a ghostly ...Show more
Ten Poems about Fathers by VARIOUS AUTHORS
Category: Gift
This mini anthology is a wonderful introduction to the countless poems written about fathers and fatherhood. Father William is present, of course, a feisty figure who reminds us that age is entitled to have the last word. There's affection and humour, alongside tender remembrance. In one poem a father c ...Show more
Ten Poems about Hats by VARIOUS AUTHORS
Category: Classics
Coco Chanel declared a hat to be essential when lunching with people one didn't know very well. These days such pretensions may seem old hat but we still set store by this quintessentially personal item of clothing. In these pages we encounter hats of all shapes and sizes. There's a grandfather's belove ...Show more
Ten Poems about Knitting by VARIOUS AUTHORS
Category: Gift
Whether you're proficient with purl, canny with cable or don't know your size 9s from your shoe size, here are ten irresistible poems about the joys of knitting. Stitches morph into poems in which needles flash like rapiers, wool is wound into balls and the door of the local wool shop opens onto hushed ...Show more