New Releases by Alison Lester

Friendship, horses and adventure in an Australian country town - book three in this irresistible series of chapter books for young readers who love horses, created by two of Australia''s bestselling storytellers and illustrators. Bonnie and Sam are best fr.

Bonnie and Sam are best friends. No one loves horses the way they do. When Bonnie whispers to them, they understand, and Sam always knows if they need a drink, or a hug, or a race around the paddock. The girls ride together whenever they can - despite not having any of their own, they have a special relationship with all the horses and ponies in town. They have the best adventures, like that time the wild shadow brumby slipped into town and changes places with San''s dad''s police horse...

Talk to the pet animals with Alison Lester.

"Have fun with letters, discover new words, join in the adventures of Alice and Aldo, and find all kinds of familiar and surprising things in Alison Lester''s glorious alphabet book." - back cover.

When Frank was four he ate three bags of candy fish. Nicky cut off her braid. Tessa dressed up the cat. Ernie started wearing glasses. Clive took off his training wheels. And Rosie s pony arrived on Christmas morning. But Celeste danced in her first ballet and received a standing ovation. What did you do? Here is a cheerful scrapbook of the small hurdles and accomplishments of childhood, featuring the familiar cast of characters from the CLIVE EATS ALLIGATORS series. With humour and charm, Alison Lester depicts the children as they grow from age one to seven, each in their own special way. A lively, interactive book that incorporates easy counting skills and a memory game, WHEN FRANK WAS FOUR will have kids laughing at their own unique moments.

Prolonged drought has strained Dusty''s ranching family to the breaking point, but she finds consolation with her wild and beautiful horse.

''I wonder, I wonder . . . now what can he be?'' Who are the creatures in the dress-up cupboard? Can you guess? Open the door and find out! Full of surprises, this warm, funny book will delight young children time and time again as they discover each character in the familiar game of Dress-Ups.

Visit a perfect beach where you can swim, surf, splash through the waves, build sandcastles, beachcomb, explore rock-pools, muck about in boats, fish from the jetty, and build a bonfire under the stars. Visit Magic Beach, where adventure begins... Magic Beach is a long-standing favourite with Australian children.

The year I turned eight, Mum and Dad took us on a trip around Australia. Luke, Billy and I missed school for the whole winter term.Join Grace and her family on their adventurous and sometimes funny expedition. A warm, heartfelt story based on an actual journey undertaken by the much-loved, award-winning author and illustrator, Alison Lester.

When Ernie leaves the city and goes to live in Arnhem Land, he sends letters to his old classmates describing the activities of his new friends.

An affectionate and funny recollection of a memorable year on an Australian farm. This unusual picture book gives a vivid glimpse of life on the land.

A gift boxed collection of Alison Lester''s simple, charming board books for babies and toddlers. Including: Bibs and Boots, Happy and Sad, Crashing and Splashing, Bumping and Bouncing.

A board book for babies and toddlers with pictures and simple text.

Three children demonstrate which clothes are worn for what occasions. On board pages.

Poetry. Moving from the Enlightenment science of natural history to the contemporary science of global warming, LIGHT LIGHT is a provocative engagement with the technologies and languages that shape discourses of knowing. It bridges the histories of botany, empire, and mind to take up the claim of "objectivity" as the dissolution of a discrete self and thus explores the mind''s movement toward and with the world. The poems in LIGHT LIGHT range from the epigrammatic to the experimental, from the narrative to the lyric, consistently exploring the way language captures the undulation of a mind''s working, how that rhythm becomes the embodiment of thought, and how that embodiment forms a politics engaged with the environment and its increasing alterations."LIGHT LIGHT puts the hive back in the archive, the source in the resource. Through Joosten''s miraculous mode of attending, through this mind that ''grounds sound to seed, '' we are elemented--''The mind is a mood of electricity, warmth, water, and wind.'' We are given a mode of attending that is precarious, is an enactment of the precariousness we are and, with consequence, institute. Each thing this attention falls upon ''is a source of thought, not its object.'' So everything is light once we learn to see by it. To honor the field we should ''leave the field, '' but this book we should never leave."--Jane Gregory"A concordance that emerges as material, thought, and material thought, Julie Joosten''s LIGHT LIGHT is a most beautiful and rare breed: as if H.D.''s Sea Garden mated with Erasmus Darwins The Loves of the Plants. ''I was to guard the valley, name it, speak to it by name, '' Joosten writes. Hers is a haunting lament. It is what love is. What could be more necessary at this time on this planet?"--Cara Benson

Try to guess who''s behind the door in this lift - the - flap fancy - dress story.

"Who''s that knocking at our front door? Can you guess? Full of surprises, this warm and funny book will delight young children as they open the door to discover who has come to visit."--Back cover.

Ruby''s blanket takes her on a night flight to an island where she performs an act of great bravery.