English-language children's books

Christmas in the middle of the Australian summer means Santa has to find creative ways to deliver presents in this rewrite of the famous old poem A Night Before Christmas but with an Aussie twist.

Yvonne is a zookeeper, swing dance instructor and children’s book author. She has also worked as a schoolteacher of 5 to 12 year olds, a meteorologist and a physicist. Her publications include several picture books which have topped the bestseller lists in both Australia and New Zealand, as well as dozens of educational titles. Yvonne is passionate about animal welfare and loves to travel the world seeking out strange and unusual species.

Es gibt unterschiedliche Ausgaben mit unterschiedlichen Covern.

The Australian bush is filled with all sorts of different sounds.

Can you hear an animal jumping? What's that? Turn the page and you will see Kangaroo. There's also Wombat, Cockatoo, Possum, Platypus, Koala and many others.

A charming guessing game for the very young to introduce them to some of Australia's unique animals.

A flap book from the author of the best-selliing Dear Zoo.

Preisreduziert da antiquarisch mit leichten Beschädigungen

The Australian bush is filled with all sorts of different sounds.

Can you hear an animal jumping? What's that? Turn the page and you will see Kangaroo. There's also Wombat, Cockatoo, Possum, Platypus, Koala and many others.

A charming guessing game for the very young to introduce them to some of Australia's unique animals.

A flap book from the author of the best-selliing Dear Zoo.

One of the world’s best-loved Christmas carols is given an hilarious Aussie twist. This version has become a staple at end-of-year school concerts.

Illustrated by Lachlan Creagh, the bestselling illustrator of Wombat Went A' Walking

A tragic bush fire sparks a beautiful friendship between a young girl and a baby koala.

Ruby is dreading changing schools as her autism makes it hard to befriend other kids. But when her dog finds a baby koala and her family agrees to foster it, Ruby quickly becomes the koala's best friend.

Ruby loves quiet and routine, which makes her a perfect koala carer! A talented artist, she names the koala Pablo - after her favourite artist. Through looking after Pablo, Ruby befriends a neighbouring girl who loves painting as much as she does.

Soon Pablo is well enough to move to a koala kindergarten. But is Ruby ready to move to her own new school?

This book in the Steve Parish Backyard Kids series features the gorgeous and fascinating Aussie animals that share our urban and rural worlds, captured so beautifully on film by Steve. The book is a fantastic tool to enable children to recognise the animal visitors to their garden, while learning about the alphabet, numbers, colours, shapes, sounds and time. It also encourages a healthy curiosity and introduces children to nature in the safety and familiarity of their own backyard.

Aimed at the early childhood stage from 3 year olds through to early primary school years.

Text and photographs describe the physical characteristics, habits and life cycle of this favourite Australian marsupial.

von Dana M. Schramm, Stev Wackerhagen, Stefanie Schüler und Daniela Eller

Ein Känguru im Ringelpullover und ein Schnabeltier mit 5 Dioptrien! So haben Sie die Tierwelt Australiens noch nie gesehen.

Eine spritzige Erzählung über eine Gruppe australischer Tierkinder, die mit einem gemeinsamen Ziel vor Augen ein unterhaltsames Abenteuer erlebt und zusammen durch dick und dünn geht.

Was das Buch auszeichnet, ist die zweisprachige Gestaltung. Kinder ab dem Grundschulalter können es zur Festigung der deutschen als auch englischen Sprache bis in höhere Klassenstufen verwenden.

A Steve Parish Kids Story Book

A Steve Parish Kids Story Book

One of Australia's favourite animals embarks on a page-turning adventure.

Reading for enjoyment for 3-6 year olds.

The territory of the Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines extends across the South Eastern region of NSW from LaPerouse to Kiah (Twofold Bay).
This Dreaming story tells of the significance of Beecroft Peninsula, Jervis Bay. Many South Coast people identify with this place because it was here that the Creator, Mirrigaal, took the dust of the Earth and created people. The ideas presented in this Dreaming story were retold by George Brown to the children of Kemblawarra Primary School near Devil's Hole, Beecroft Peninsula. The impact of this led to the production of this book.
Retold by George Brown. Adapted by Kim Cairns and Peter Houweling

While on an early morning bushwalk, Bindi and her best friend, Rachel, notice smoke on the horizon. On a super-hot day, this can only mean one thing. Bushfire! The girls spend an exhausting day helping out at the Australian Wildlife Hospital, caring for the victims of the fire.

The sixth in Templar's successful snuggly puppet series.

Mit einer hochwertigen herausnehmbaren Koala-Handpuppe.

Sie schläft gern. Sie schläft gern lange. Sie liebt Karotten und Haferflocken. Sie ist fest davon überzeugt, dass sie aus Menschen passable Haustiere machen kann. Sie ist ein Wombat mit Stil - und dem gemütlichsten Hinterteil der Welt.

Wombats are cuddly-looking, slow-moving Australian animals. Their favorite activities are eating, sleeping, and digging holes. Here, in the words of one unusually articulate wombat, is the tongue-in-cheek account of a busy week; eating, sleeping, digging holes . . . and training its new neighbors, a family of humans, to produce treats on demand.

This entertaining book, with its brief, humorous text and hilarious illustrations, will endear the wombat to young children, who may recognize in the determined furry creature some qualities that they share.

Soft cover edition

The inimitable wombat which shared its adventures (eating, scratching, digging, sleeping) in the wildly successful Diary of a Wombat is back - with a baby! This time, it's the baby who tells the story. And a perfect wombat story it is, featuring eating, scratching, digging, sleeping, and playing, as well as the important task of finding a new underground home big enough for baby and Mum.

Wry, understated humor and gorgeous, funny illustrations make this new picture book a brilliant next chapter in the wombat saga.

Deutsche Ausgabe: Tagebuch eines Baby-Wombats

Do not go around edges or else you'll fall. No good that place or else you'll slip.
Interweaving poetry and prose in picture-book format, Kimberley storyteller Daisy Utemorrah takes the reader on a journey into her life and country. This book won the Multicultural Children's Literature Award in 1992.

Original English-language version of "Hat auch ein Känguru eine Mutter wie Du?"

Jedes Tier hat eine Mutter. So wie ich und du. Auch Tiermütter haben ihre Kinder lieb. So wie deine Mutter dich liebt.

From the publishers of SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE, BLINKY BILL, THE MAGIC PUDDING and THE MUDDLEHEADED WOMBAT comes the classic Australian tale of DOT AND THE KANGAROO.

Lost and afraid in the darkening bush, Dot is befriended by a kind kangaroo. She eats the berries of understanding and is then able to communicate with all the bush creatures, who eventually guide her home. the captivating tale of Dot and the Kangaroo is told by Ethel Pedley with the magic that has made this book an Australian favourite since it was first published in 1899.

"'Dot and the Kangaroo' is without doubt one of the most charming books that could be put in the hands of a child. It is admirably illustrated by Frank P. Mahony, who seems to have entered thoroughly into the spirit of this beautiful journey into the world of Australia. The story is altogether Australian.' (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 1899)

Now, as then, children will be enthralled by this oldest of Australian classics, and it will endure to entertain generations to come.

Capture the unique character of 24 of Australia's amazing animals. Easy-to-follow shapes build into finished drawings. Animal riddles enhance the fun.

Antiquarisches Exemplar mit Widmung des Autors Steve Isham "To Tyler & Alex G'day from Tasmania!" auf der ersten Innenseite.

Preisreduziert aufgrund handschriftlicher Grüße auf der ersten Innenseite!

Capture the unique character of 24 of Australia's amazing animals. Easy-to-follow shapes build into finished drawings. Animal riddles enhance the fun.

Antiquarisches Exemplar mit Widmung des Autors Steve Isham "To Tyler & Alex G'day from Tasmania!" auf der ersten Innenseite.

My Australian Word Book

Edward the emu was sick of the zoo,
There was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do,
And compared to the seals that lived right next door,
Well being an emu was frankly a bore.

Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals. He spends a day lounging with the lions. He even does a stint slithering with the snakes.

But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. And so he returns to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him. . . .

Sheena Knowles' upbeat, rhyming text and Rod Clement's deliciously droll illustrations are sure to make readers laugh out loud in this whimsical picture book by the creators of Edwina the Emu.

Ages 4-8

In this sequel to the popular Edward the Emu, Edward and his mate Edwina are the proud parents of ten little emu eggs. "Don't get depressed. I'll find a job, you stay on the nest," says Edwina to her stunned mate. And so Edwina sets out to find a job in this lighthearted offering from down under.

Rhythmic, rhyming verse by Sheena Knowles and hilarious illustrations by Rod Clement make this an entertaining picture book that is sure to find a place in the hearts of readers everywhere.

Ages 4-8

with no text / ohne Text

von Sara Ball

A delightful new picture book from the team who created the bestselling Diary of a Wombat, Pete the Sheep and Josephine Wants to Dance.

Ages 3+