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Our Country, Ancient Wonders

April 28, 2022

Mark Greenwood (text) and Frané Lessac (illustrator), Our Country: Ancient Wonders, Walker Books, 40 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), February 2022, […]

Australia, Australian author, Australian illustrator, Geography, information book, natural environment

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Information Books Picture Books Reviews

North & South

May 15, 2021

Sandra Morris, North & South: A Tale of Two Hemispheres, Walker Books, February 2021, 40 pp., RRP $27.99 (hbk), ISBN

Animal conservation, animals, conservation, Geography, illustrations

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Information Books Picture Books Reviews

Putting Australia on the Map

March 13, 2020

Carole Wilkinson, Putting Australia on the Map, Wild Dog, February 2020, 128 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781742035932 Author Carole

Australian history, cartography, European settlement, Exploration, First Contact, First Nations, Geography, Landscape, Maps

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Information Books Reviews Younger Readers

Boats Fast & Slow

January 21, 2019

Iris Volant (text) , and Jarom Vogel (illustrator), Boats Fast & Slow, Flying Eye Books, September 2018, 48 pp., RRP

Boats, Geography, History, Humanities, Semaphore Alphabet

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Information Books Picture Books

A is for Australian Animals: a factastic tour

June 7, 2017

Frane Lessac, A is for Australian Animals: a factastic tour, Walker Books Australia, 1 August 2017, 48pp., $24.99 (hbk) ISBN

Alphabet, Australia, Australian animals, Fauna, Geography, Maps, Science

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Highly Recommended Information Books

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie: the complete book of nautical codes

September 20, 2016

Sara Gillingham, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie: the complete book of nautical codes. Phaidon/Penguin Random House Australia, 15 March 2016, (unpaged, 60 leaves), $24.95 (hbk),

Alphabet, Codes & Ciphers, communication, Geography, literacy, Maritime communication, Morse Code, Nautical, Radiotelephony, Science, Semaphore Alphabet, Ships, Signals & Signalling, Technology

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Information Books

A is for Australia: a factastic tour

May 18, 2015

Frané Lessac. A Is for Australia: a factastic tour, Walker Books, 1 January 2015, $24.95 (hbk), 48pp., ISBN 9781922179760 Frané Lessac’s

Alphabet, Alphabet books, Australian animals, Australian places, Australiana, Famous Places, Geography, Indigenous Culture & Diversity, Place Names

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Early Childhood Books Picture Books

My Australian Alphabet

March 29, 2015

Ochre Lawson, My Australian Alphabet, Windy Hollow Books, 1 Sept 2014, unpaged, $25.99, ISBN: 9781922081391 Ochre Lawson shows common Australian animals

Alphabet, Alphabet books, Australian animals, Australian plants, Flora & Fauna, Geography, Science

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