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Horace the Baker's Horse (HB) by Jackie French
$24.95 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
Horace is a very big horse with an even bigger heart. Every day he pulls the baker's cart and helps Old William, Big Bill and Young Billy take bread, buns and other doughy delights to all the people in the town. But when a terrible flu makes everyone sick, who is going to deliver the bread to hungry fam ...Show more
How High Can a Kangaroo Hop? by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Take a closer look at Australia's best-known marsupials. Why does Australia have animals that are so different from others anywhere else in the world? Why do 'roos and wallabies have such big tummies? Find out in this fascinating new book. Ages 7+.
I am Juliet by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
The world's most famous love story told by one of Australia's most respected authors. This is the well-known story of Juliet Capulet and her love for Romeo. It also the story about the increasing helplessness Juliet feels as she realises that unlike young men her age, her life will effectively be determ ...Show more
Jackie French's Chook Book by Jackie French
$21.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Use this book, and you will love chickens too: love to keep them, scratching about in your own backyard; love to eat them, prepared from one of Jackie's many mouth-watering chicken-and-egg recipes. This completely revised edition's sections on poultry keeping and management have been greatly expanded, a ...Show more
Jackie French's Guide to Companion Planting by Jackie French
$18.95 AUD
Category: Gardening
Companion planting works - but only when you know why.This book is the result of 40 years of studying gardens, orchards and the bush; of Jackie French experimenting and testing what lore works and what doesn't.The result is a plan for gardens -* that are unconventional and wild, untidy even, but always ...Show more
Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French Illustrated by Bruce Whatley (ill.)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Reading Level: very good
From the award-winning duo of Diary of a Wombat comes another hilarious tale of a bush animal you'll never forget. Josephine is a kangaroo - who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don't dance, they hop - but Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the air.W ...Show more
Koala Bare (HB) by Jackie French
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
For too long koalas have been called 'bears'. Some bears wear pants and live in cottages in the woods ... but this koala is out to prove to the world that he is BARE! And that never, ever ever can a koala be a bear... From the internationally renowned author of the bestselling Diary of a Wombat comes a ...Show more
Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: School for Heroes | Reading Level: 8-10
Boojum Bark is a werewolf - and a hero. He doesn't really want to be a hero, but it's in the family. Now he has to go to Hero School to learn the Right Way to achieve hero status. Werewolves are at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to heroes - especially when they lift their legs on the door ...Show more
Let the Land Speak: How the Land Shaped Our Nation by Jackie French
$45.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
To understand the present, you need to understand the past. To understand Australia's history, you need to look at how the land has shaped not just our past, but will continue to shape our future. From highly respected, award-winning author Jackie French comes a new and fascinating interpretation of Aus ...Show more
Macbeth and Son by Jackie French
$15.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Reading Level: 10+
Luke lives in modern-day Australia with his mother and stepfather, Sam. Luke is burdened by a guilty secret: Sam has helped him to cheat in an entrance exam for a prestigious school. Lulach lives in eleventh-century Scotland with his mother and stepfather, Macbeth, who becomes a great king and restores ...Show more
Millie Loves Ants (PB) by Jackie French; Sue deGennaro (Illustrator)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
From the award-winning talented duo who created THE HAIRY-NOSED WOMBATS FIND A NEW HOME. 'Millie trundles through the trees, Wildflowers bending in the breeze. If there's just a chance of ants, Millie's nose will do its dance.' But just why does Millie the echidna adore ants? Find out in this glorious ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (#1 The Girls Who Changed the World) (CBCA Notable 2023) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time she imagines herself ...Show more