australia

Describes the location, land, size, animals, plants, history, and people of Australia.

A platypus leaves its burrow and waddles towards a river. It dives down and pokes the muddy bottom with its flat bill. The platypus surfaces to eat its catch and dives again! Whether on land or underwater, platypuses are awesome!.

Dragons aren't real, but the frill-necked lizard comes pretty close. With a fierce frill warning and a silly scamper away from danger, frill-necked lizards are awesome! Learn all about these crazy creatures.

"When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path. But one of the women doesn't come out of the woods. And each of her companions tells a slightly different story about what happened. Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing hiker. In an investigation that takes him deep into isolated forest, Falk discovers secrets lurking in the mountains, and a tangled web of personal and professional friendship, suspicion, and betrayal among the hikers. But did that lead to murder?"--OCLC.

The Silva family is vacationing in Australia when a nearby volcano erupts and a tsunami moves in.

"Blue Weston's life is spiralling out of control. Her parents are sending her to boarding school next year. Her mad twin brothers are building pig chariots in the back shed. Her best friend has been abducted by zombies and replaced with a boy-crazy tween. And then there's the drought that's showing no signs of ending soon..."--OCLC.

"When Blue's favourite teacher announces she's engaged, Blue thinks she must have lost her mind. Why would Miss McKenzie want to get married? Especially to someone named James Linley Welsh-Pearson! Surely it couldn't be because she loves him--could it? Can Blue stop the wedding in time or will Miss McKenzie leave Hardbake Plains...forever?"--Back cover.

"Become immersed in Australia's colors with Crayola! With bright sandy beaches, neon-hued coral reefs, the light festival Vivid Sydney, and more, explore the colors of nature and culture all across Australia"--Provided by publisher.

A young girl named Ruby offers facts about her country of Australia, then takes readers along with her on a typical day as she goes to school and learns about the history of Australia, visits an art shop with her grandmother and sees Aboriginal art, surfs at the beach, and video conferences with her brother at college in Brisbane. Includes a facts section.

In 1970s Australia, sixth-grader Allegra splits herself between her grandmothers and grieving father until the tragedy that created the rift between them puts her in the hospital.