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New Releases
Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger
Ages: 12+
The year is 1859 and the goldfields are filled with diggers – and danger!
Orphaned twelve-year-old Tigg is the Bandicoot Bushranger, the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1859.
When a robbery goes wrong, Tigg must flee in disguise as one of the tens of thousands of Chinese men and boys braving heat, thirst, starvation and murderous attacks on the long road from Robe in South Australia to the goldfields in Victoria.
To be safe, Tigg must solve the greatest mystery of all: who is Tigg?
You can find where to preorder a copy here.
The Sea Captain's Wife
From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on the high seas - and a love so intense it can overcome two different cultures.
You never know what the sea will give you ... or what it will take back.
You can order a copy here.
Pete the Sheep 20th Anniversary Edition, with Bruce Whatley
Ages 3+
A special anniversary edition of the popular modern classic. Celebrating twenty years of Australia's favourite sheep, Pete.
Shaun the shearer doesn't have a sheepdog.
He has Pete.
And Pete is no ordinary sheep.
From Jackie French
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Jackie French
Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French (born 29 November 1953) is an award-winning Australian writer of children's books, and books on gardening.
Jackie French was born in Sydney and grew up in Brisbane. She moved to the bush in her early twenties. She likes gardening and has been on the television series Burke's Backyard. She has written more than one hundred books. These books include story books (fiction), and books about true things (non-fiction). Jackie lives at Araluen, New South Wales.
She began writing when she was 30, to make money to pay for her car. At the time, she was living in a tin shed with a black snake named "Gladys", and a wombat named "Smudge". Jackie also appears regularly on radio and television.
Picture books
[change | change source]Shaggy Gully books
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- Diary of a Wombat (2003)
- Pete the Sheep (2004), also known as Pete the Sheep-Sheep in the US
- The Secret World of Wombats (2005)
- Josephine Wants to Dance (2006), also known as Josephine Loves to Dance in the US
- The Shaggy Gully Times (2007)
- Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip (2008)
- Baby Wombat's Week (2009)
Other picture books
[change | change source]- Hairy Charlie and the Frog (1994)
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About Jackie
Jackie Land AM survey an Dweller author, biographer, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Inhabitant Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Indweller of picture Year.
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