australia

A look at the geography and climate of Australia as well as at some of the unique animals that inhabit the continent.

Jayden agrees to accompany his eccentric uncle Mel on a research trip into the Australian outback, where Jayden gets lost with a biology student and the pair must fight for their survival.

"Robert Hoge was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs, but he refused to let what made him different stand in the way of leading a happy, successful life. This is the true story of how he embraced his circumstances and never let his "ugly" stop him from focusing on what truly mattered."--.

A memoir of the author's teenage and young adult years, in which he describes his uncertainty about his sexuality, problems with bullying, and struggles with depression.

Asia and Australia are places with rich animal and plant life. Animals here adapt to extreme climates and have developed some unique qualities to make them capable of surviving. This book features many fierce predators, including tigers, snakes, and crocodiles that call the northern and southern hemispheres home.

Mike Evans and his best friend, Shannon, pursue the dangerous Mr. Bones to Australia, where he has reanimated an Allosaurus and may be seeking more complete dinosaur skeletons to bring to life--but they discover that actually he and his sister have a more profitable scheme in mind.

When Sparky chomps on his magic bone, this time it kabooms him to Kangaroo Island, Australia! There he discovers a fox terrier puppy named Mick who's lost his family. But Sparky has a plan--he'll help Mick find a new family! They ask everyone they come across: bats, penguins, kangaroos, even bees! But will anyone give Mick a home?.

The 1911 expedition to Antarctica by leader Douglas Mawson ended in tragedy and death. Unbeknownst to him, he was headed to the windiest place on earth--Commonwealth Bay. When the expedition floundered, it was here that Mawson built a hut to shelter those who remained, and where they stayed for two years as they waited for rescue. And it was here that the legacy he built for himself, as the only survivor, began to unravel almost one hundred years later as diaries and letters came to light that told a different story from his memoirs.

Photographs and text introduce young readers to the physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of a number of animals that live in Australia.