Cassie's world is turned upside down when her dad is retrenched and decides to move to Eucla in the middle of the Nullabor as a pest control officer for the Agriculture Protection Board. She has to leave behind everything that is familiar -- her frie...
At the outbreak of World War I, Fay’s isolated life on bleak, windswept Breaksea Island takes a dramatic turn. As a lighthouse keeper’s daughter, Fay knows semaphore and Morse code and responds when the soldiers on the ships signal to her. Soon, ...
Brought to life by illustrations, historical photographs, and memorabilia, this cloth-bound book is made to look like a notebook from the period
In 1914, Jim and Charlie abandon the Australian outback for the excitement of the war to end a...
From fighting for the right to vote to nursing conscripted young men, Rose’s life changes forever when World War I arrives in the peaceful English village of Harefield. With an influx of wounded Australian soldiers, the villagers rally around to pr...
Each button in Nanna’s tin prompts the sharing of a memory in a welcoming story captured in warm, expressively detailed illustrations. Nanna’s button tin is very special. It holds buttons of all shapes and sizes, and they all have a different ...
Imagine flying solo, crisscrossing the north-west of Australia in your own plane, and single-handedly delivering lifesaving vaccines to remote communities. Robin Miller did this, and at a time when most people didn’ t think women should be pilo...
The summer holidays have finally arrived, and Scout can't wait for her adventure in the big rig with Dad.After Mom died, life hasn't been the same. But now Dad and Scout are on a mission to deliver donations of dog food to animal rescue shelters righ...