Best Selling Books by Jackie French

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.

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.

Use this book, and you will love chickens too: love to keep them, scratching about in your own backyard; love to eat them, prepared from one of Jackie's many mouth-watering chicken-and-egg recipes. This completely revised edition's sections on poultry keeping and management have been greatly expanded, and are now illustrated with almost 100 full-colour photographs. It is bigger, better and always in demand. Over 35,000 copies of the first edition sold.

It was an incredible idea, to found a colony of convicts eight months' sail away from Great Britain. In a land with no cities, no farms, no rich spices. Just slaves in huts. No country had ever though to send a colony so far away. Why on earth would you bother? Covers the full spectrum of Australian history. Ages 8+

Rotters and Squatters continues the warts-and-all story of Australia from 1820 to 1850. This period saw new colonies founded and squatters spreading into new areas and taking the best land. Clashes with the Indigenous population were inevitable and often brutal. As the supply of convict labour dried up, free settlers began arriving and the demand for self-government grew.

Brilliant in construct, compelling and extraordinarily moving, this is a book that speaks to each of us and reminds us that while we mightn't be refugees, we are all newcomers to this country and that everyone has a story worth hearing. 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 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. PRAISE 'French treats her characters sensitively and has crafted an inventive, progressive work of fiction which is sure to have a powerful impact on young and old readers alike' - West Australian 'I was thoroughly moved by Refuge -- or moreover, the people I met within its pages. This is a lyrical, highly imaginative and important book. It allows children to truly experience and FEEL the impact of refugee like and how it has formed the country we are today -- the world we are today' - Kids' Book Review 'It's perfect timing for Jackie French's fictional intervention -- a young-adult novel that inspires an imaginative engagement with the lives of refugees our government so obviously lacks' - The Sydney Morning Herald

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.

Sea levels have risen, the winds are wild, and the sun is so hot that you can't go out during the day. So Possum and Mopoke live like wombats, sleeping during the day and venturing out at night. They're lucky they're in the Valley, where it's safe and protected, but they know there's a world outside - the Collectors go there, scavenging for metal and plant species. And there are stories. When they hear one about mysterious music coming from an island with a gleaming tower, they decide to go in search of it, with Desert Wind, an old Collector, as their guide... First published in 1993, The Music from the Sea is the first book in internationally bestselling and much loved author Jackie French's Children of the Valley series, a five-part dystopian series written long before the trend for dystopian children's and young adult fiction emerged - and climate change was a global concern.

It's 1932, the height of the Depression, and Butter O'Bryan and his friends have another mystery to solve. The Very Small Castle is home to Butter O'Bryan, his father and three aunts, plus friends Gil, Elsie and Olive and their dog Woofer. But now there is also a monster at the castle! When glamorous film actress Delilah Devine vanishes in the middle of the 'talkie' movie being filmed on Howlers Beach, the police suspect the movie's 'monster', who is being played by a war hero called Mr Manster. And while Butter's Aunts Cake, Elephant and Peculiar become involved a Depression eviction battle, Elsie disappears, too. What is causing these disappearances and can Butter solve the mysteries? And can there ever be a happy ending for someone who has been called a monster?

" 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

La vache Pâquerette adore manger des poires. La famille du fermier se demande comment préserver les fruits de cette vache gloutonne. Pépé Jean construit une clôture autour du poirier, Mamie Chantal attache la vache : en vain. Myrtille décide alors de gaver la vache jusqu'à l'écoeurement.

Gibber's Creek 1978 As grass dries and the hot wind howls, Gibber's Creek will burn. But if you love your country, you will fight for it. Lu Borgina has been recently blinded, but she battles flames to save a racehorse, even though her dreams of being Australia's first professional female jockey have been destroyed. Scarlett O'Hara risks her hard-won life at medical school, and the new love of Alex Romanov, to save a child. And Flinty McAlpine draws on the local knowledge of tens of thousand of years to protect her valley. And Jed Kelly must escape not just bushfire, but the man who plots to kill her with its power.

In 1798 orphaned Barney Bean now has a flourishing farm in the New South Wales colony and everything he ever dreamed of ... except his childhood friend Elsie. But when Elsie falls ill and Barney rushes to be by her side, he finally learns the deadly secret she has been hiding. Who is this strange and beautiful girl who will not speak? And could France ever attack the isolated colony?

A manual for anyone interested in stone paving, stone floors, garden paths, ponds or even those who wish to build an entire stone house.

When a hailstorm ruins the fruit crop, Emily's family face the prospect of losing their farm. Emily tells her older sisters that Charlie will help them to find gold and save the farm. But is Charlie just another of Emily's imaginary friends? Suggested level: primary.