Best Selling Books by Jackie French

ANZAC Day seen through the eyes of generations of Australians. Ages: 7-12 Anzac Day is the day when we remember and honour Anzac traditions down the ages, from the first faltering march of wounded veterans in 1916 to the ever increasing numbers of their descendants who march today. Containing reference to the many places the ANZACs have fought, and the various ways in which they keep the peace and support the civilians in war-torn parts of the world today, this is a picture book that looks not only at traditions, but also the effects of war.

La semaine trépidante d'un wombat, marsupial d'Australie, qui ne fait que dormir, se gratter, creuser des terriers, et réclamer des carottes au fermier dont il dévaste la propriété.

In this ground-breaking book, popular gardening author Jackie French provides hundreds of suggestions and strategies for maintaining, improving and restoring health to soil.

Reprint Now AvailableConcentrate on growing crops well, and you will find you have very few pest or disease problems to worry about. Those pests that persist can be controlled with the multitude of organic pesticides and fungicides Jackie has developed and tested in sixteen years of observation, experimentation and hard work. This book contains workable natural gardening and farming methods, along with techniques for natural pest control in flower and vegetable gardens, orchards and small farms.

When a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers is sunk by a freak wave, Faris wakes from the shipwreck in an Australia he's always dreamed of. There are kangaroos grazing under orange trees and the sky is always blue. On a nearby beach, Faris meets a group of young people who have come from far different times and places. They are also seeking refuge, and each has their own story of why they had to leave their own story of why they had to leave their country to make a new life for themselves. IT is only when Faris chooses to return to 'real life' and find his father in Australia that he learns the extraordinary truth about the friends he made in the golden beach. From one of Australia's best - loved authors comes a remarkable story about Australia's long history of migration and the people who make up our country.

I am top of every tree! Top is always best to be. And this koala is determined to be at the very top of EVERYTHING. From a mast in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race to the Parliament House flagpole in Canberra, this koala travels around Australia and tops it all! The sequel to the delightfully funny Koala Bare, internationally renowned author Jackie French and talented illustrator Matt Shanks have created another ... top-notch book.

Smudge the wombat becomes a regular guest at the small bush house. But the drought becomes severe. Can Smudge wait for the rain to come?

The story starts in 1915. Midge Macpherson is at school in England, having been sent there from New Zealand after her father's death. Her brothers are both serving in the war; her younger brother was last heard of at the Gallipoli campaign earlier that year. Her cousins are serving in the British army. Keen to 'do their bit' for the war effort, Midge and her school friends, Ethel and Anne, start up a canteen behind the front in France. Midge, resourceful for her years, is 'borrowed' by the ambulance service, thus witnessing at close hand the carnage of the battlefields, and hearing the stories of those who come back. She sings songs to the dying, learns to tolerate hit-and-miss anaesthesia and twelve-hour shifts, and meets some remarkable people. She accepts a birthday gift of a drawing, done by a blinded soldier, of a vase of roses. And, on her return to New Zealand, discovers that her world has changed, and she must seek out her future in Australia.

" Lundi matin : sieste, après-midi : sieste, soir : sieste. Me suis gratté. Nuit : ai mangé de l'herbe, puis... dodo ". Voici le journal désopilant d'un wombat, ce gros mammifère australien, de la taille d'un ourson, pataud, gourmand, paresseux, et si attachant ! Le wombat est originaire d'Australie et de Tasmanie. Son nom lui a été donné par les aborigènes. A partir de 3 ans.

Too Little, Too Late

Aboriginal management of food resources; species of plants used.