australia

Provides an introduction to the people, plants, animals, geography, and famous places of Australia. Includes a video, which launches via the Capstone 4D app.

Fourteen-year-old Dan Cereill's life is turned upside-down when his father announces he is gay and leaves Dan and his mother with nothing, forcing them to move to an aunt's house, Dan to enroll in public school, and his mother to try to start a business, but the top thing on Dan's list is kissing Estelle, the girl next door.

Highlights Australia's diversity and uniqueness.

Investigates what it is like to live in Australia, providing facts about the country's population, size, language, and government, and discussing Australia's history, landscape and climate, regions, wildlife, transportation, culture, and attractions.

An adaptation of the English rhyme "Who killed Cock Robin?" for Australian children.

As the hot Australian summer draws to an end, eleven-year-old Sunny, content to be an only child with amicably divorced parents, finds her life getting much too complicated when her mother's boyfriend moves in with his two children, her best friend begins to develop an interest in boys, and she is contacted by her long-estranged grandmother.

Examines the diverse continent of Australia, including its people, landscape, economy, and natural resources.

Bee faces friction at home and at school when her widowed father begins seriously dating Jazzi, who seems to take over the house and their lives, but as shared secrets and common interests finally begin to draw them together, Jazzi accidentally makes a terrible mistake.

While in the Australian desert, ant-sized Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot are carried away by a dust-devil and face many dangerous creatures, from a flock of wild parakeets to a Perenti lizard, as they try to make their way back to Uncle Al.