Sophie Scott Goes South
10 best books like Sophie Scott Goes South (Alison Lester): And Then It's Spring, Where the Forest Meets the Sea, Possum Magic, California Dreamin', Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica, Once, The Emperor's Egg, Koala Lou, A Platypus, Probably, Over in Australia: Amazing Animals Down Under
| Author | Julie Fogliano |
| ISBN | 1596436247 |
Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way.
Julie...
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
| Author | Jeannie Baker |
| ISBN | 0688063632 |
“My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years,” Jeannie Baker's young protagonist tells us, and we follow him on a visit to this tropical rain forest in North Queensland, Australia.
We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretends it is a time long ago,...
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152632247 |
A sparkling story steeped in Australian "magic" about Grandma Poss and little Hush, two possums from the country. Grandma works her magic so Hush is invisible, which allows the little possum to do lots of fun things (like slide down kangaroos' backs) and also stay hidden from snakes (which is why Grandma...
| Author | Pénélope Bagieu |
| ISBN | 2070657582 |
This is originally in French which is funny considering that Cass Elliot and the Mamas and the Papas were American. I am a huge fan of Cass and the Mamas & Papas. I enjoy listening to them all the time. Yet, I still did not know their story. To me they were this successful group and for some reason I never...
| Author | Nicholas Johnson |
| ISBN | 0922915997 |
When Johnson went to work for the U.S. Antarctic Program (devoted to scientific research and education in support of the national interest in the Antarctic), he figured he'd find adventure, beauty, penguins and lofty-minded scientists. Instead, he found boredom, alcohol and bureaucracy. As a dishwasher...
| Author | Wim Wenders |
| ISBN | 1891024256 |
Wim Wenders ranks among the greatest artistic minds of contemporary film: over the past thirty years his films have displayed such wisdom, creativity, and sensitivity that they have transcended boundaries of language and nationality. Wenders brings to this collection of photographic essays the...
| Author | Martin Jenkins |
| ISBN | 0763622338 |
"Students who are wild about penguins and classrooms doing units on them will find THE EMPEROR'S EGG an action-packed read." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Can you imagine spending the winter outdoors in Antarctica without anything at all to eat? That’s just what the male Emperor penguin does....
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152000763 |
Oh, Mem Fox. I'm really not sure about the message this book sends to children. I *think* it is supposed to be that trying is more important than succeeding and that your parents will love you even if you fail. What it actually says is that working mothers ignore and neglect their children and that the only...
| Author | Sneed B. Collard III |
| ISBN | 1570915849 |
This is two books in one: a poetic rendering of a platypus' life cycle, with beautiful illustrations. In smaller print are scientific facts about the fascinating platypuses. By asking a question in the beginning, and then tying it together with the silhouette image of a little boy and his fisherman...
Over in Australia: Amazing Animals Down Under
| Author | Marianne Berkes |
| ISBN | 1584691352 |
Put to the rhyme of one of Raffi's songs, children will enjoy looking at the various Australian animals and learning their numbers too. Plus, each page has a little hidden creature. Can you find them?
Ages: 3 - 7
#geography #australia
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| Author | Jeannie Baker |
| ISBN | 0688114911 |
Jeannie Baker is a collage artist. many are created to illiustrate her children's books, but they also stand alone as works of art, and there are some in art galleries. like 'Where The Forest Meets The Sea' the technique is employed to illustrate an environmental theme - this time the introduction of...
| Author | Jeannie Baker |
| ISBN | 0688157602 |
Jeannie Baker, incomparable creator of intricate collage illustrations, invites you to take a plunge with Ben, into the sea ... to see.See what?
Underwater forests of kelp.
Rocks with strangely beautiful textures.
A myriad of fish.
The hidden splendour of one of the Earth's last,...
Queenie: One Elephant's Story
| Author | Corinne Fenton |
| ISBN | 1876372974 |
There was a time when for tuppence you could ride on the back of an elephant at a zoo. Queenie was one such elephant. Until her death in 1945, she patiently carried up to 500 people a day. Queenie: One Elephant's Story is an exquisite evocation of a time when elephants were giving rides in zoos all over the...
