The Book of Australian Trees by Inga Simpson / Illustrated by Alicia Rogerson

The Book of Australian Trees by Inga Simpson / Illustrated by Alicia RogersonTrees tell stories about places, and Australia has some of the tallest, oldest, fattest and most unusual trees in the world. From the red ironbark to the grey gum, the Moreton Bay fig to the bunya pine, trees are each a little different, just like people. Trees tell stories about places. Australia has some of the tallest, oldest, fattest and most unusual trees in the world. They have changed over thousands of years, adapting to this continent's

creator of Giants

and one that defies the boundaries of genre

convince s us of the preciousness of our oceans not through lectures but through his characters' steady wonder

Alongside her own experiences from fifteen years in parliament

Donna Hay returns with her new

Mackerel Dempsey

nestled amidst the largest sea-cliffs in the southern hemisphere

the Lightning Man

an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure

the animal denizens lived quite happily

History can be stopped in a moment

Fourteen-year-old Felix is one of them