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Big Red Kangaroo by Claire Saxby
$18.98 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks
Follow a dominant male kangaroo as he leads his mob in search of food--and holds his own against other males who vie for his role. In the center of Australia, the sun is setting over the baked earth, and Red Kangaroo stirs from his rest. It's breakfast time, and Red must lead his mob of kangaroos of ...Show more
Bird to Bird by Claire Saxby Claire; Wayne Harris Wayne
$27.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Award-winning picture book creators Claire Saxby and Wayne Harris team up to bring us a gentle story of nature, history, recycling and art. A bird drops a seed to the floor of the forest. The seed grows into a sapling, then a tree. The tree is felled and taken to a busy city. Bird to Bird is the story o ...Show more
Dingo (HB) by Claire Saxby
$27.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
Poetic language and glorious illustrations follow a dingo from the comfort of her pack into the darkening landscape in search of food for her family. Can you see her? There -- deep in the stretching shadows -- a dingo. Her pointed ears twitch. Her tawny eyes flash in the low-slung sun. Dingo le ...Show more
Emu by Claire Saxby
$19.99 NZD
Category: Paperback Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks
Did you know it's the emu father who protects the chicks? Follow a doting dad as he keeps his brood safe--from when they're granite-green eggs until they're all grown up. In the open eucalyptus forest of Australia, an emu as tall as a human settles down on his nest to warm and protect the eggs left by ...Show more
Great White Shark by Claire Saxby
$18.99 NZD
Category: Oceans and Sea Creatures | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
Follow a female shark as she heads to warm waters for the sake of her young in a lyrical, fact-filled look at one of the ocean's top predators.The great white shark swims on. Her tail sways from side to side; her fins keep her balanced. She travels the fast lane where she can, cruising invisible seaways ...Show more
Great White Shark by Claire Saxby
$29.99 NZD
Category: Oceans and Sea Creatures | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
PLEASE NOTE NEXT STOCK AVAILABLE AFTER 15TH SEPTEMBER A stunning addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Great White Shark tells the real story about one of the planet's most fascinating and misunderstood creatures. The great white shark swims on. Her tail sways side-to-side; her fins keep her balanc ...Show more
Haywire (Australia's Second World War) by Claire Saxby
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Australia's Second World War Ser.
In 1939, 14-year-old Tom lives in Hay where his family runs the local bakery. Max Gruber is nearly fourteen-years-old. He is sent to his Uncle Ferdy in London, but is then interred and shipped to Australia aboard the Dunera. He arrives in Hay and meets Tom. The two boys become friends and find their liv ...Show more
Iceberg by Claire Saxby
$27.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
WINNER of 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the YearAn iceberg is born into spring and travels through the seasons before dying in a new spring. A stunning, lyrical story for our times, from renowned picture book creators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft. In the final freeze of an Antarctic winter, green tails w ...Show more
Meet... the ANZACs by Claire Saxby
$21.00 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History | Series: Meet...
A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including our brave Anzac soldiers. Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It is the name given to the Australian and New Zealand troops who landed at Gallipoli in World War I. The name is n ...Show more
My Name is Lizzie Flynn: A Story of the Rajah Quilt by Claire Saxby
$19.99 NZD
$27.99 (28% off)
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Lizzie Flynn has nothing but her name when she boards the Rajah, which is bound for the penal colony of Australia. On board the Rajah the convict women were given a 'useful bag' containing among other things fabric and needle and thread. The women were taught to sew and together they made the Rajah quil ...Show more
My Name is Lizzie Flynn - A Story of the Rajah Quilt by Claire Saxby Claire; Elizabeth Newcomb Elizabeth
$18.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
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Seadog by Claire Saxby, Tom Jellett
$18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
A lively and entertaining picture book about a scruffy but lovable pet dog with an aversion to grooming Our dog is not a clean dog, a shiny or a fluffy dog.Our dog is a seadog . . . Seadog loves to chase birds and find and roll around in fish but doesn't like to take baths. But even this dog kn ...Show more