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They Came On Viking Ships by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Readers
This is the story of a Scottish wolfhound called Snarf and his owner, Hekja, whose simple but happy lives change unrecognisably when their village is raided by Vikings. As a puppy, Snarf is fortuitously rescued by a young girl called Hekja when he is badly injured. Both are then captured by raiding Viki ...Show more
Third Witch by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
$19.99 (15% off)
Category: Teenage
A searing story of passion, betrayal, battles and love, this is Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' stripped of superstition, and its power and beauty refined into fewer words where good balances the evil and there is a happy ending - for some. Following on from OPHELIA, QUEEN OF DENMARK and I AM JULIET, this is th ...Show more
This Is Home: Essential Australian Poems For Children (HB) by Jackie French (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
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
To Love a Sunburnt Country (#4 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Teenage | Series: The Matilda Saga
In war-torn Malaya, Nancy dreams of Australia - and a young man called Michael. The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy left school at fourteen to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow. Now sixteen, Nancys family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her si ...Show more
To Love a Sunburnt Country (#4 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy is 16 and left school to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow was famed for. Now Nancy's family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her sister-in-law Moira and baby Gavin. Moira is British and married to Nancy's br ...Show more
To the Moon and Back by Jackie French; Bryan Sullivan
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
'... FASCINATING INSIGHTS INTO THE PART THAT THE AUSTRALIANS PLAYED IN GETTING THE ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON AND BACK.'-- Bestselling author, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Who were the Honeysuckle Creek mob? And how did they assist the first moon landing? When man took the first step on the moon it was a bunch of A ...Show more
Tom Appleby, Convict Boy by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
Tom Appleby, eight year old chimney sweep is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. This book tells of a colony that, despite its natural abundance, cannot offer what the colonists want. While the people's health is better than ever, their morale is low as they wait for news f ...Show more
Too Many Pears! by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Books
Pamela the cow loves pears, and will do just about anything to get them. But will anyone else ever get to eat a pear again? Certainly not until Pamela has had her fill . . . and chooses something else to eat!
Top Koala by Jackie French; Matt Shanks (Illustrator)
$21.99 AUD
$24.99 (12% off)
Category: Children's Hardback
This Koala just has to be on top!I am top of every tree!Top is always best to be.And this koala is determined to be at the very top of EVERYTHING. From a mast in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race to the Parliament House flagpole in Canberra, this koala travels around Australia and tops it all!The sequel t ...Show more
Tornado (HB) by Jackie French
$26.99 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought, Pandemic, Earthquake and Plague. I was born of twisting air, touching ground and spinning there. Do not laugh, just feed me thunder, I will soar and roar and plunder ...
Valley of Gold: One Valley's Stories of Gold Through the Ages by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Teenage
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
Vanishing at the Very Small Castle (The Butter O'Bryan Mysteries #2) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Readers | Series: The\Butter o'Bryan Mysteries Ser.
It's 1932, the height of the Depression, and Butter O'Bryan and his friends have another mystery to solve. The Very Small Castle is home to Butter O'Bryan, his father, three aunts, friends Gil, Olive and Tish, and their dog, Woofer.But now there's also a monster at the castle!When glamorous film actress ...Show more