A group of four young boys, cousins, go on a barramundi fishing adventure early one morning, to be tested by a croc, a hungry eagle, the weather and – in some cases – a lack of fishing skills!
A group of children are playing in a tree. One child is still in the tree when he spots a brightly coloured snake sliding down the branches beside him. He calls out to his friends, who fetch an adult to help them to catch the snake.
Told in the first person by an elderly lady who goes into the bush looking for signs of witchetty grubs. When she finally finds the signs in the sand under a witchetty tree, she digs up the roots, and shares the grubs with the women and kids back home.
2 men go tracking and hunting for cattle on horseback in the hot, dusty Central Australian Desert. When they return to the Cattle Station yards a few days later with several young bulls, their enthusiastic children enjoy watching the process from behind the safety of the wooden rails.
We are very excited to introduce our Reading Tracks series of 15 learn-to-read books, featuring the tracking and hunting skills of the First Australians. Readers will be taken on exciting journeys which cover many of the following topics: Fishing for barramundi; Tracking and hunting for emus, cattle, camels, perenties, kangaroos....
Troy would rather kill soldiers in his computer game than write an essay for the Anzac Day competition. But when his mum comes home from Nanna Elsie's with old photos and a journal from Gallipoli, he is transported to the horrors of a real battlefield. Whose journal is it and what is in it that makes Troy have a change of heart about writing the ......
Mischief McScruff discovers that Grandparents Day at the School of Scallywags can be a little, err … Xtreme! Introducing Pirate Xtreme Wrestling, the school's most exciting new sport. When champion wrestler, Chomper O'Many, messes with Mischief's dear old gran, the saltwater crocodile bites off more than he can chew. Four explosive endings to ......
The Watery Tales of Bucket the Naughty Duckling continue… This story explores the challenges Bucket faces on his first day of school- separation from Mother Duck, making new friends, and learning about his home on Horseshoe Lagoon.
The Watery Tale of Bucket the Naughty Duckling is an imaginative story that explores the secret lives of native waterfowl. The story was inspired by the daily antics of the birdlife of Horseshoe Lagoon in Casino, New South Wales, where Gwendolyn has lived for the past 35 years.