Looks at the ways in which the Aboriginal people have adapted to life in the Australian outback, describing their beliefs, art and artists, music and dance, body decoration, hunting and gathering skills, and use of plants and animals.
A basic overview of the history, natural environment, geography, culture, government, and economy of Australia. Includes photographs, maps, a glossary, a bibliography, a list of resources, an index, and a time line.
Her mother calls it nonsense when Lizzie pretends that their house is pretty or that a bath is the sea, but it turns out that imagination runs in the family.
As Hazel tries to find out who took two lobsters from Mr. Petrusca's fish shop, she discovers that the fishmonger has a secret and determines to help him.
While looking for his mother, Wombat meets many animals that are not impressed with his talent for digging and thinking, but when a fire approaches, they change their minds.
Wormz, Nicko, and their friends fear that their experience at a school camp in the Australian bush will be ruined by the presence of the dreaded Mr. Cromwell as a substitute chaperon.
Twelve-year-old Olive, an only child who lives with her high-powered lawyer-mother in a ramshackle house at the beach in Australia, does not fit in at the Joanne d'Arc School for Girls, so when her best friend drops her for a more popular girl and Olive suddenly meets her own, more confident twin sister, the two of them go in search of their long-lost father.
