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The Man from Snowy River by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson; Annette MacArthur-Onslow (Illustrator)
$16.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson were writing for the Sydney Bulletin' in 1892 when they decided to have a duel of poetry. The idea was to increase the number of poems they could sell to the paper. It began in fun but later became bitter. Paterson wrote many poems and stories about his travels in the Out ...Show more
The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Children's Classics Ser.
When Simon Brent's parents are killed in a car accident he is taken to live with his mother's second cousins, Edie and Charlie, on on Wongadilla, their 500 acre sheep run in the Hunter Valley. Simon with his city attitudes feels like an outsider, unable even to bring himself to call his cousins by name. ...Show more
The Phoenix and the Carpet (Psammead #2) by E Nesbit
$6.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: very good
The Phoenix and the Carpet is E. Nesbit's second fantasy novel and is the sequel to Five Children and It. From Robert, Anthea, Jane and Cyril's new nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched in the fire to reveal a benevolent, resourceful and ingenious Phoenix who explains that the car ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, m ...Show more
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Rudolf Wyss
$7.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: very good
This story tells of the happy discovery of the wonders of natural history by a family shipwrecked on a desert island, who remain united through all the adversities they encounter. Inspired by Robinson Crusoe, this joyful narrative by a Swiss pastor remains a classic tale to be enjoyed by all.
The Velveteen Rabbit & Other Animal Adventures (Wordsworth's Children's Classics) by Margery Williams
$7.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics
This endearing edition proudly includes the original telling of the beloved tale, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. Together, we travel alongside the Velveteen Rabbit on his magical journey towards becoming real and discover how he and other toys are brought to life once they are truly loved by ...Show more
Treasure Island (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
$7.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics
Masterfully crafted, "Treasure Island" is a stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic seas -- an unforgettable tale of treachery that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers, from honest young Jim Hawkins to sinister, two-timing Israel Hands, to evil incarnate, blind Pew. But above all, "Treasure I ...Show more
Waltzing Matilda by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson; Desmond Digby (Illustrator)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
This ballad of the sheep-stealing swagman is known the world over. Here, with 'Banjo' Paterson's original lyrics and Freya Blackwood's stunning ochre-toned paintings, we are treated not just to the swagman's story, but to the story of the shearers' strikes of the time, of the squatter's family, and of t ...Show more
What Katy Did #1 (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Susan Coolidge
$7.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Children's Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
'I mean to do something grand. I don't know what, yet; but when I'm grown up I shall find out'Katy Carr is the longest girl that was ever seen. She is all legs and elbows, and angles and joints. She tears her dress every day, hates sewing and doesn't care a button about being called 'good'. Her head is ...Show more
What Katy Did at School & What Katy Did Next (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Susan Coolidge
$7.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Children's Classics | Reading Level: very good
What Katy Did at School and What Katy Did Next continue the story of the high-spirited and rebellious American girl, Katy Carr, and her family, who first appeared in What Katy Did. What Katy Did at School is a compelling tale of the intrigues of life at the New England girls' boarding school which Katy ...Show more
White Fang by Jack London
$11.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
White FangJack LondonA wild dog's journey toward becoming civilized during the 19th Century Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang is a companion novel to The Call of the Wild."White Fang" is part dog, part wolf and all brute, living in the frozennorth; he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship, ...Show more
Wonderful Wizard of Oz & Glinda of Oz by L. FRANK BAUM
$7.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: From 5 To 15
In the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a huge cyclone transports the orphan Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of Oz, and she fears that she will never see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry ever again. But she meets the Munchkins, and they tell her to follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald C ...Show more