The Little Refugee

Author	Jackie French
ISBN	0618381368

Wombats are cuddly-looking, slow-moving Australian animals. Their favorite activities are eating, sleeping, and digging holes. Here, in the words of one unusually articulate wombat, is the tongue-in-cheek account of a busy week; eating, sleeping, digging holes . . . and training its new neighbors,...

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Erin Hunter

Something terrifying is happening in the world of the Clans. Amid the destruction of the forest, cats are disappearing, including ThunderClan's beloved medicine cat apprentice, Leafpaw. Now the young cats who set off on a quest many moons ago have returned with a chilling message: The Clans must move...

Author	Erin Hunter
ISBN	0060744545

Moons have passed since six cats set out on a journey to save their Clans. Now they are traveling home again, but on their way through the mountains, they meet a tribe of wild cats with a secret . . . and their own mysterious prophecy to fulfill. Stormfur can't understand their strange fascination with him,...

Author	Jeannie Baker
ISBN	0688089186

After really enjoying 'Belonging' I expected to love 'Window' just as much. Perhaps it was reading the authors note about ecological damage after reading in her last book how she collected sponges for her collage that made this seem a like an example of practise what you preach, but where I found 'Belonging'...

Author	Julia Donaldson
ISBN	1405020458

The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood.

But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's Child ignores her father's warnings and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist . . . does he?

'A brilliant sequel.' - Observer

'Scheffler's...

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	Jenny Wagner
ISBN	0140503064

Note: I didn't read this; I saw it on "Sammy's Story Shop."

This story is appalling! Rose, an old woman, and John Brown, her dog, live together happily, until one day the Midnight Cat begins lurking around the house. Rose likes the cat and makes overtures towards it, but John Brown feels threatened...

Author	Margaret Wild
ISBN	1929132166

i am glad i am the only one to have rated this book (although i know dana and greg read it with me on the subway yesterday, so i know they have been tainted, too.) the description above is what is printed on the book, which is scary enough, but i think what they really wanted to put as its description is "help o...

Author	Alexis Deacon
ISBN	0374306672

The story of an alienated alien

Beegu's spacecraft is stranded on Earth. Now she is lost and wandering. Waiting for a rescue signal from her mother, she fails to make friends with the strange creatures she encounters. Rabbits don't seem to understand her; windblown leaves won't stay still...

Author	Nadia Wheatley
ISBN	0916291545

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I have just spent a delightful forty-five minutes reading the children’s book “My Place”. Winner of many awards in its home continent of Australia, it is fully worthy of all of them. What a joy and pleasure it was!

The book spans two centuries, from 1788 to 1988, and covers the...

Author	John Marsden
ISBN	0968876889

The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan is a book about environmental issues created by man.

After reading The Arrival we quickly became hooked on Shaun Tan's draftmanship. It's amazing how a book with very few words and mainly illustrations can send such a powerful message that will leave...

Author	Alison Lester
ISBN	1929132735

This has given me itchy feet - there is nothing like Australia for travel, it's a must do activity ... over a long period of time ... with the family ... just like Grace in Are We There Yet?

Grace and her family hitch up their pop up camper trailer and head off, literally around Australia. Alison Lester...

Author	Claire Freedman
ISBN	1416917055

This is a book about Aliens who love underpants as you would imagine. It is a rhyming story and is a firm favourite with children of all ages. This may be due to the fact that it contains references to underpants which as we all know is the funniest topic for children-and some adults! During SEB my mentor read...

Author	Morris Gleitzman
ISBN	0754079090

Maybe I've read this book at least a dozen times before.
And maybe my copy is coming unglued from the spine from the number of times I've read it and the number of times I've flipped to the title page to see the authors signature and dedication ('G'day Amy!')
And maybe it's written for 8-10 year olds.
And...