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The Night They Stormed Eureka by Jackie French
17.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction
A story about dreams, gold, rebellion ... and an unlikely friendship across time It's 1854, and the Ballarat goldfields are a place of dreams and rebellion as Sam, a homeless teenager, is called back to the past to join the Puddlehams, who run 'the best little cook shop on the diggings'. the Puddlehams ...Show more
The Schoolmaster's Daughter by Jackie French
17.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Drawing on her own family history, this is a story from Jackie French about education in Colonial Australia - and how women once had to fight for their right to it. January 1901Sharks circle a stranded ship as a young girl and her family stagger from the waves ...Rescued by a Pacific Islander boy named ...Show more
This Is Home: Essential Australian Poems For Children (HB) by Jackie French (Editor)
34.99 AUD
Category: Literature
In This Is Home, much-loved author Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood. What do you feel like doing today? Sit beside a bush campfire with Oodgeroo Noonuccal, watch people going by with Henry Lawson, float away with Alison Lester, learn to read with Andy Griffiths or be brav ...Show more
Valley of Gold: One Valley's Stories of Gold Through the Ages by Jackie French
7.99 AUD
14.99 (46% off)
Category: Junior Fiction
One valley's stories of gold through the ages Interspersed with historical and geological information are stories that bring to life the valley and its occupants. First, around 35,000 BC, we meet Mirrigan, a young Aboriginal man hunting the last of the mainland thylacine to present its skin to his femal ...Show more
War for Gentlemen by Jackie French
22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Sipping lime juice beside the tennis court one afternoon, Charlie finds himself passionately supporting the Rebel cause and pledging to go to fight and do his bit in this gentleman's war' on the other side of the world. The consequences for Charlie - and his family - are enormous and far-reaching. The r ...Show more
Wombat Wins by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
14.99 AUD
Category: Children's
The school sports day is on and Mothball wombat is competing! She eats. She sleeps. She scratches. But can this wombat win? From the award-winning, bestelling creators of DIARY OF A WOMBAT. This is a book about a wombat ... winning. Yes, Mothball has become an athlete, albeit a little accidentally. In ...Show more
Wonderfully Wacky Families by Jackie French
19.99 AUD
Category: Children's
So you think your family is wacky? Wait till you read these stories .. How can Buster solve the disappearance of his werewolf parents when Uncle Wal keeps bugging him to act like a human all the time? What would TJâ²s friends say if they knew his gran was a gorillaI Is Drackieâ²s Auntie Chook re ...Show more