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A near-future Sci-Fi thriller - Fight the Apocalypse!Sam Edwards wants to be a regular teenager, but he depends on the sun for strength. When his climate scientist father goes missing, he''s thrust from suburbia into a deadly voyage of adventures to save Earth from carbon breathing galactic invaders. "This is an important book for these challenging times, especially for young people. We all need to activate our Hero Gene to create a world where we are living in harmony with each other and our environment"Sue Lennox, 2020 NSW Senior Australian of the year and OzGREEN Co-Founder An exhilarating blend of Marvel, Star Wars, and Harry Potter. For Ages 11 plus.

Pippa and Dronie is a beautifully illustrated book for young readers aged 5 to 9, celebrating diversity in STEM, drones and geospatial science. The book introduces children to six real-life female role models doing amazing things in their work with drones. As they travel around Australia, Pippa and Dronie gain confidence as they help our female scientists to gather data to help solve real-world challenges. Dronie flies through whale snot to collect DNA samples (urgh yuck, but kinda cool), maps coral on the Great Barrier Reef, and in Kakadu National Park a crocodile even tries to jump up and grab her!  The reader will:- Meet real scientists and drone professionals and explore what they do.  - Be exposed to great STEM role models and the real-world applications of drones.  - Learn how technology can be utilised to support problem-solving. Teaching resources available: www.pippaanddronie.com

For many centuries, a magical book protected the Stars of Christmas. It made sure that Christmas was the greatest festival in the world--the festival of hope, joy, generosity, and harmony.But, when Juliette, Klelia, and Theo destroy the book, Christmas loses its magic and the world is suddenly disenchanted. To turn it back into a wonderful festival again, Ginnie, the Christmas Fairy, decides to send the children to the West in search of the Star of Hope.Will they manage to discover it before midnight and restore the enchantment of Christmas?

For many centuries, a magical book protected the Stars of Christmas. It made sure that Christmas was the greatest festival in the world--the festival of joy, generosity, harmony, and hope.But, when Juliette, Klelia, and Theo destroy the book, Christmas loses its magic and the world is suddenly disenchanted. To turn it back into a wonderful festival again, Ginnie, the Christmas Fairy, decides to send the children to the East in search of the Star of Joy.Will they manage to discover it before midnight and restore the enchantment of Christmas?

When a door is left open Shadow gets his chance to chase a real live bird, which leads him on an unexpected adventure. Follow along as he wonders how he will make it back to his family. This is based on the true story of our lovable scrappy cat that went missing for two years when we moved from Fremont to Granite Bay in Northern California.

The Three Musketeers come to life in this early-reader adaptation of Dumas'' swashbuckler classic. D''Artagnan, a young man from the French countryside, heads to Paris to fulfill his dream of becoming a musketeer. There, he meets Aramis, Athos, and Porthos, three veteran guards of the king. The four of them are given a task: to retrieve a group of stolen jewels in London and save the queen''s good name.This edition features ten delightful illustrations by Holly Gee, a cartoonist from the U.K. The text has been adapted by Ethan Safron, author of The ABCs of France.

Cairo the Camel teaches the value of taking on responsibility. Cairo is a young camel who is impatient to prove he can work as hard as the older members of the camel train, but his body is still growing and, for the moment, he is forced to tag along with nothing to do. It takes a special event to show how the young camel can make a contribution and to earn him his place in the team.Cairo has all the energy and optimism of youth and it is his ability to run and chase, push and pull and stand guard through the night, that is finally rewarded.Cairo the camel proves to the rest of the camel train that he is grown-up and responsible enough to carry a load just like all the adult camels.-- About the camel...There are two main kinds of camel and children can be encouraged to look at and draw pictures identifying the main difference. The dromedary, or Arabian camel, has a single hump and the Bactrian camel has two humps. About half of the world''s camels are found in Somalia and Ethiopia where they have been domesticated to provide milk, food and transportation. There are wild Bactrian camels in the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia and wild dromedaries in parts of Australia.The camel''s special physical features make it an unusual and interesting animal, and topic suggestions at the back of this book are designed to explore these.

Tomato Zombie, TZ for short, had always dreamed of ripening into the bestest ever cherry tomato so that he could be part of Mama Jo''s famous spaghetti sauce. Unfortunately, the Spaghetti Moss Zombie had other plans. He wanted the little tomato for himself as a new zombie to do his bidding.Determined to stay pure and true, TZ escaped and looked for help among the garden gnomes and from the Gates of Wisdom and Freedom.Follow along as TZ makes new friends, braves the perils of the backyard, and travels to a distant island and battles the shell king.

Bilingual book in English - Portuguese.Every morning was the same. All of Gaston's sheep would run up and down the hill in single file. Or at least, all the sheep but one, and this sheep was called Bruno.A short story that uses humour to help children understand how important it is to develop their own personalities without feeling they have to be like sheep and copy others. Ages: 6 - 8.This story is also translated into German, Spanish, Dutch, Korean, French, Japanese, Russian and Vietnamese. More translations are in progress.Livro bilingue em inglês - português.Todas as manhãs, era o mesmo ritual: as ovelhas de Gaston descem a correr a colina em fila indiana. Mas havia uma que nunca fazia nada como as outras; era o Bruno!Uma história engraçada para ajudar as crianças a afirmarem a sua personalidade e não seguirem as outras como ovelhas. Dos 6 aos 8 anos.