Australia And Oceania category: 113 books

It took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. In this new four-book fiction series based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, Bethany and her friends discover God’s love and guidance as they tackle the waves that life hands them. Also...

Secrets have a way of floating to the surface. . . . Mystery, compelling characters, and an abandoned town beneath a lake make for a must-read adventure. On the day Cassie was born, they drowned her town. The mayor flipped a lever and everyone cheered as Old Lower Grange was submerged beneath...

Take Your Children on an Adventure! 2014 Mom's Choice Award Winner! This entertaining and educational picture book features two little travelers - Maya and Filippo - who love to explore the world. ˃˃˃ Would you like your children to learn about different countries and cultures in...

Debbie has two special secrets, and she doesn't want to share them with her brother Billy; however, when her grandfather, Dada Keen, comes to visit, Sally knows she can trust him. Debbie shows the treasure she found, the speckled eggs in the "Gorgemas Tree," and Dada Keen shows Debbie a...

The Yumba, an Aboriginal settlement, is home to Herbie, his brothers, sisters, relations and friends on the outskirts of town. From his back door the view of his playground stretches beyond the banks of the Warrego River, as far as the eye can see. The fun-loving Herbie learns his culture from both...

The last thing thirteen-year-old Charly Pederson expects to do is meet a ghost when she, her mother and sister Nikki move to P.E.I. to live with Grammie after her parents' divorce. Charly knows something is up with that old, abandoned house on Northumberland Strait the day that four of them break...

Watch the Netflix original series based on the books starting September 4, 2016! The future of the Amphibilands has never looked so bleak. With Lord Marmoo still maniacally bent on taking over the outback, Darel can’t fathom why the Rainbow Serpent wants him to lower the Veil, the Amphibilands’...

Cassidy Barnett is not your average twelve- (almost thirteen!-) year -old. While most other girls her age are worries about school and clothes and boys, Cass has spent most of her life traveling the world with her travel TV-show-host parents. She gets to visit fabulous places and loves connecting...

A story about using creativity to beautify where you live, featuring nontraditional and street art–inspired illustrations On a small island, in a gigantic sea, lives Ari. Ari longs for the large ships to stop at his island, he longs to see remarkable things and to have interesting friends. On a...

Grandparents are special, and the time you spend with them is special, too. This collection draws together four tales for younger readers from the Waarda series of Indigenous stories, first edited by acclaimed author Sally Morgan. These charming tales share some exciting, happy and even scary times exploring country in bush and beyond.

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, the soldiers are semaphoring messages for their...

Alwyn Pretorius is a Year 8 student and South African immigrant trying to find his feet in a Brisbane state high school. He is devastated when he gets news that his father has been killed while finalising a business transaction in South Africa. Alwyn and his family fly back to South Africa for the funeral....

Kangaroos, koalas, and other one-of-a-kind creatures live in the land down under. UNIQUE! Australian Animals explores wildlife on this fascinating continent.The Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills. Each leveled reader...

What was that? asked James and Joy. Hearing a splash, they find a little Koala that has fallen into the billabong. How will the children help Dew Drop return to his home high up in the eucalyptus tree? Climb up a eucalyptus tree and embark on an adventure in the Australian outback. Where’s...