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A Year on our Farm by Penny Matthews
15.99 AUD
Category: PICTURE BOOKS | Series: YEAR ON OUR FARM
Every month of the year there are jobs to do on a small Australian farm. Fruit ripens, lambs are born, hay is harvested. 'A Year on our Farm' shows the passing of the seasons through the eyes of the children for whom the farm and all its animals is home. This delightful picture book won the Children's B ...Show more
Crusher Kevin (Aussie Nibbles) by Penny Matthews
12.95 AUD
Category: 6-9 KIDS | Series: Aussie Nibbles
"Charlie really wants a dog, and his Mum and Dad say he can have one when they move ito their new house. But Crusher is not the kind of dog Charlie wants, or is he?"--Prelim. Suggested level: primary.
One Night by Penny Matthews
24.99 AUD
Category: PICTURE BOOKS
On the first Christmas Eve, so the story goes, the animals were given a very special gift to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Since then, at midnight on Christmas Eve the animals remember. A beautiful retelling of an old Christmas folktale.
Our Australian Girl: The Nellie Stories (1849) (4 book bind-up) (HB) by Penny Matthews
24.99 AUD
Category: 6-9 KIDS | Series: Our Australian Girl Ser.
It's 1849 and Nellie O'Neill has arrived in South Australia on a ship bringing orphan girls from Irish workhouses. She has left the famine in Ireland far behind, and is full of hopes and dreams for the future. She wants to learn to read, to be part of a family once more, and never to be hungry again. Ca ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: The Ruby Stories by Penny Matthews
26.99 AUD
Category: 6-9 KIDS | Series: Our Australian Girl Ser.
It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she prepares for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier, but the world outside is experiencing harder times. Ruby knows that lots of people are losing their jobs, but her o ...Show more
Ruby and the Country Cousins (Our Australian Girl - Ruby #2) by Penny Matthews
14.95 AUD
Category: 6-9 KIDS | Series: Our Australian Girl Ruby #2
It's 1931 . . . and Ruby and her family have lost everything in the Great Depression. Leaving behind her dad, her school friends and everything she knows, Ruby must move to Kettle Farm to stay with her cousins. Life in the country is new and strange, and Ruby has never felt like such an outsider. Thankf ...Show more
School Days for Ruby (Our Australian Girl - Ruby #3) by Penny Matthews; Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
14.95 AUD
Category: 6-9 KIDS | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1930 Ser.
It's 1931 . . .and Ruby is settling into life at her school in the country. But when a desperately poor family moves to the area, no one wants to be friends with them. Ruby will have to choose sides, and she has already made one enemy at school - Doris Spinks. Will Ruby do what she believes is right? An ...Show more
Show Day by Penny Matthews; Andrew McLean (Illustrator)
26.99 AUD
Category: PICTURE BOOKS
Its Show Day! Everyone has taken weeks to get ready. Now the whole family, including Goldie the cow, Albert the grumpy rooster and Bart the guinea pig, is off to the country showgrounds for a day of fun and excitement!
Something About Water by Penny Matthews Illustrated by Tom Jellet
27.99 AUD
Category: KIDS EDUCATION
Water isn't exactly a new topic, and everyone should know about the water cycle. But this book tells how water got here and how it's in everything, including trees and plants and animals and even us. Water is precious, and the book shows that the small things we can do to save it can make a big differen ...Show more
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