australia

An introduction to koalas that describes where they live, their physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and more.

Presents a short study of emus and describes their physical characteristics, behavior, diet, life cycle, and more.

Presents a short study of dingoes and describes where they live, their physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and more.

"After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. Under the watchful eye of June and the women who run the farm, Alice settles, but grows up increasingly frustrated by how little she knows of her family's story. In her early twenties, Alice's life is thrown into upheaval again, forcing her to flee to the dramatically beautiful central Australian desert. In this otherworldly landscape Alice thinks she has found solace, until she meets a charismatic and ultimately dangerous man"--Provided by publisher.

From her first trip to Everest Base Camp as a young woman, Jade Hameister knew what she wanted to achieve---the impossible. Jade battled atrocious weather, unbelievably low temperatures, and a sled that weighed almost twice as much as her to become the youngest person ever to complete the Polar Hat Trick. Jade began her quest to complete the Polar Hat Trick in April 2016 when she was fourteen. She became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole from anywhere outside the last degree---the point where most people begin---and was named Australian Geographic Society's Young Adventurer of the Year. But that was just the beginning.

Explains what food webs are, and follows a dingo, emu, carpet python, saltwater crocodile, koala, kangaroo, and other animals as they weave food webs in the Australian outback. Includes descriptions and photographs of various desert plants and animals.

Provides an introduction to the Australian outback, explains what food chains are, follows the food chain in the outback from the sun, to plants, to herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers, examines an outback food web, and looks at threats to the region.

Secret agent Jack Stalwart travels to the Great Barrier Reef in search of a missing diver and treasure.

Fifteen-year-old Sam solves a mystery while treasure hunting on the Australian coast.