Author: Ruth ParkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
The Muddle-headed Wombat on Holiday
Author: Ruth ParkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
The Adventures of the Muddle-headed Wombat
Author: Ruth ParkPublisher: HarperCollins Children
ISBN: 9780207167416
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Wombat and his inseparable friends - the motherly and practical Mouse, and Tabby Cat whose pride, along with his tabby coat, is always being ruffled - began their careers in a daily children's serial on ABC radio. Since then their delightful adventures in the popular series of Muddleheaded Wombat books have entertained thousands of children in many parts of the world. To both parents and children, Wombat is an irresistible character and he and his mates will endure to bring pleasure to many generations more. Ages 8+
Playing Beatie Bow
Author: Ruth ParkPublisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 0670076864
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why, and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.' Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.
A Fence Around The Cuckoo
Author: Ruth ParkPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0857969978
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Written as vividly as any of her novels, Ruth Park's autobiography is a moving, passionate, often funny account of the people and places which influenced her early years. Her isolated childhood in the rainforests of New Zealand fed her fertile imagination; her convent education encouraged her love of words and writing, and the bitter years of the Depression exposed her to poverty and injustice.
Wombats
Author: Barbara TriggsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Presents, in text and photographs, the habits, life cycle, and natural environment of the Australian wombat, one of the world's largest burrowing animals.
Story Time Stars
Author: Stephanie Owen ReederPublisher:
ISBN: 9780642279408
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Age range 6+ What makes a children's book character memorable?Is it their personality, the story they tell or the way they're depicted by theillustrator? Is it that they make us laugh or cry? Or is it that we canidentify with them? Often, even as adults, we can remember what our favouritechildren's book characters said or conjure an image of them in our mind's eye. From Snugglepot and Cuddlepie to the green sheep and Pig the Pug,Australian children's book characters have always delighted the young andyoung-at-heart. Get together with old friends and meet new ones in thislighthearted retrospective of much-loved characters from over a century of Australianillustrated books for children. Many will be delighted to reencounter Albert, the cranky cut-and-come-againmagic pudding, who has fought the puddin' thieves in multiple editions, as wellas across the stage in musical theatre, puppet shows, animated films and opera.Others will be thrilled to see lovable grass tree Grug, who was once describedby The New York Times as the 'Elmo ofDown Under', and who has bustled through over 30 picture books since he firstappeared in Grug in 1979. With such classic characters included alongside newer stars, parents andgrandparents can not only share their favourites, but can also get to know the newercharacters who enchant their children and grandchildren. Today's little oneslove to go searching for Mem Fox and Judy Horacek's green sheep, who won theCBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Award in 2005. They grump along with NickBland's bear, who has been cranky, itchy, hungry and noisy, to name but a fewof his dispositions. And they giggle at greedy Pig, the pug, who is awfullymean to his flatmate Trevor, but who always gets his comeuppance in the end. All these characters and more showcase the breadth of Australianchildren's books over the last century and give readers of all ages the chanceto get to know their favourite characters a little better.
A House for Wombats
Author: Jane BurrellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780091570019
Category : Wombats
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Kate builds a house in a tree for the wombats she saw living in holes in the ground.
A Real Boy
Author: Christina AdamsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425202432
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Jonah Adams was diagnosed as autistic at two years and eight months. Just a few years later, a doctor refused to believe such a diagnosis could ever have been given to this healthy, happy boy. This is the true story of how Jonah’s mother, Christina, seized his limited window of opportunity for recovery. Detailing how she utilized a combination of a special diet and one-on-one tutoring with speech therapists and behavioral psychologists, Christina shares the entire journey she undertook to give her child a second chance at a full life.
My Sister Sif
Author: Ruth ParkPublisher:
ISBN: 9780702237010
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Erika Magnus is a 14-year-old stirrer with complete confidence that she alone knows best. So, when her homesick sister Sif longs to return home to the island of Rongo, Erika successfully plots to get her there, and runs away to join her shortly after. Arriving on the island she finds the locals frightened by the changes happening to their world, and the cracks beginning to form in their once-perfect environment. However, it isn't only Erika's home that needs her attention, Sif has caught the eye of Henry Jacka, a young American shell-collector, and Erika decides that won't do at all. But Henry has already guessed the secret of Sif's and Erika's family. He can hardly believe his eyes. He can hardly believe his own scientific conclusion.
Author: Ruth Park