Almost too good to be a children's book. Remarkable facts about animals throughout Australia

Little Red Book Series. Looks at tragedies and triumphs of men like Hume & Hovell, Wentworth & Lawson, Burke & Will, Strzelecki and Leichhardt as they battled to conquer early exploration in a foreign environment. 96 pages

From Banjo Paterson to Bryce Courtenay, this book looks at the men and women who have created our rich literary tradition and celebrates the diversity of their writing. (Little Red Book series)

From small birds like wrens and robins to large ones like the Emu and Australian pelican, this book covers a wide variety of Australian birds for the junior reader. It also includes:

- full colour pictures showing the animals in their native habitats

- a full-colour map showing the different habitats

- text full of interesting facts about their lifestyle and behaviour

- activities to test your knowledge

- a glossary to explain new words

- an index of both scientific and common names

- a list of web sites where you can find out more

48 pages. Large 325mm X 245mm. (2008) Laminated Hard Cover.

David Metzenthen

The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads would be heavy and huge, the gale was rising so fiercely that there'd be wives down at the wharf waiting and praying for the boats to come back in...

Children's classic by Dorothy Wall. Blinky Bill is the mischievous little koala and one of the best known characters in Australian children's fiction.

By Kim Dale. Lift-the-Flap style book lets children discover each of the cute baby animals the Australian bush brings to life.

Poem by AB Patterson. Illustrations by Quentin Hole.