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A Waltz for Matilda (#1 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$22.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The Matilda Saga
The story behind Banjo Paterson's iconic Australian song.Ages 10-14 'Once a jolly swagman camped by a BillabongUnder the shade of a Coolibah treeAnd he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy boiledYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me...'In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to fi ...Show more
Baby Wombat's Week by Jackie French
$19.99 NZD
Category: Board & Cloth Books
He sleeps. He eats. He gets bored. He creates havoc wherever he goes! He's Mothball's baby - and he's even cuter, naughtier and more determined than his mum.
Baby Wombat's Week (PB) by Jackie French
$18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
The much-loved sequel to the bestselling DIARY OF A WOMBAT He sleeps. He eats. He gets bored.He creates havoc wherever he goes He's Mothball's baby - and he's even cuter, naughtier and more determined than his mum.Created by writer Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley, the award-winning duo of th ...Show more
Barney and the Secret of the Whales (Secret History #2) by Jackie French
$18.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The\Secret History Ser.
What is the sailor's secret about the treasure of Australia's colony? The second book in a series that explores little-known history about Australia's fascinating past. Barney Bean is keen to make his fortune and he hears a secret; a sailor's secret about the treasure of the colony. But how can chasin ...Show more
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French; Bruce Whatley
$18.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
"Slept. Scratched. Slept." Indeed, it seems like Christmas will be just another day for the wombat . . . until she smells carrots In this charming picture book, the star of Diary of a Wombat goes head to head with Santa's reindeer in competition for carrots--and wins. Then, as an accidental stowaway on ...Show more
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$29.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
"Slept. Scratched. Slept." Indeed, it seems like Christmas will be just another day for the wombat . . . until she smells carrots In this charming picture book, the star of Diary of a Wombat goes head to head with Santa's reindeer in competition for carrots--and wins. Then, as an accidental stowaway on ...Show more
Clancy of the Overflow (#9 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$29.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The\Matilda Saga Ser.
Jed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of her grandparents. The tale that unfolds is one of Australia's greatest romances - that of Clancy of the Overflow, who gave up everything for Rose, the woman he adored, and yet still gained all he'd lost and more. But Nancy's stor ...Show more
Cyclone by Jackie French
$17.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Christmas Eve 1974 is marked indelibly into the Australian psyche, as the night tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin. Now, over 40 years later, Jackie Frenchs lyrical rhyming text tells the story of a citys indomitable spirit, and Bruce Whatleys sumptuous illustrations bring to life the ...Show more
Diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman by Jackie French
$19.98 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
THE DIARY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, GENTLEMAN is part comedy, part love story, the threads of Shakespeare's life drawn from his plays. Could the world's greatest writer truly put down his pen forever to become a gentleman? He was a boy who escaped small town life to be the most acclaimed playwright of th ...Show more
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$19.99 NZD
Category: Paperback Picture Books
A delightful and entertaining peek into the life of one very busy wombat Ages: 3-7 MondayMorning: Slept.Afternoon: Slept.Evening: Ate.Scratched.Night: Ate.A typical day. Don't be fooled. this wombat leads a very busy and demanding life. She wrestles unknown creatures, runs her own digging business, and ...Show more
Diary of a Wombat (BB) by Bruce Whatley, Jackie French
$17.50 NZD
Category: Board & Cloth Books
A delightful and entertaining peek into the life of one very busy wombat Ages: 3-7 MondayMorning: Slept.Afternoon: Slept.Evening: Ate.Scratched.Night: Ate.A typical day. Don't be fooled. this wombat leads a very busy and demanding life. She wrestles unknown creatures, runs her own digging business, and ...Show more
Dinosaurs Love Cheese by Jackie French
$29.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Giraffes can't resist the trees, I like milk and sandwiches ... But who stole the cheese? Ages: 3+