PUMPKIN HOLLOW SERIES
A delightful series which contains both narrative and informative text. The stories are colourful and imaginative.
In "A Bad Bungle", upon arriving at the holiday shack, Babs, Meg, Michael and Nikki find they arw not the only inhabitants. The story describes how they cope with the dilemma.
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
An illustrated account of what happens when you go for a check up and what instruments the doctor might use to examine you.
Era Publications
FIRST FLAPS, FIRST FACTS SERIES
Look for clues in the pictures. Lift the flaps to find the answers and discover the delightful panoramas which describe the animals and their lives in the wild. Each book, written by Teresa O’Brien, has been narrated at speed levels 0 (40wpm), 3 (70wpm) and 6 (100-110wpm) by selected narrators.
Koala Book Company
A beautiful way to explain life and death to children.
Hill Of Content Publishing
Emily writes to Greenpeace about her whale, Arthur, and Greenpeace writes back about the habits of whales.
Walker Books Ltd
A delightful series which contains both narrative and information text.
"Find It!" is an introduction to a range of maps, from a simple plan of a room to a globe of the world. It follows on from the story in the series, "On the Way".
Hannah just loves gorillas and her father gives her a toy gorilla for her birthday. But is the little gorilla only a toy? In the middle of the night something quite amazing happens and Hannah ends up having the most exciting birthday of her life.
Silus the platypus frog lives in the green air of a small remnant rainforest in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. When heavy rain swells the creek where Silus lives, he is washed out to face the dangers of the world outside the forest. This book is illustrated by compelling clay model frogs and textured rainforest models.
Greater Glider Productions
An entertaining, factual story about three children and a few very special endangered giraffes in Kenya. This book bridges young readers from picture books to reference books. Well illustrated with photos and drawings.
Vallery Hill & Vineyard Freepress
A book about looking after silkworms, how you collect their silk and use it.
A delightful series which contains both narrative and informative text.
In "Lists, Lists, Lists", after looking at reasons for writing lists, a range of lists and directories is introduced through a guessing game. It follows on from the story in the series, "Pumpkin Hollow Countdown".
In "Mystery Animals?" Meg, Nikki and Michael follow mystery tracks through the sand dunes until... It leads onto the factual book in the series, "Tricky Tracks".
"On the Way" tells of Babs', Meg's, Michael's and Nikki's journey to Pumpkin Hollow. From city, through country, to a beach hide-away with a difference! "On the Way" leads to the factual bookin the series, "Find It!"
In "Pumpkin Hollow Countdown" Babs, Meg, Michael and Nikki eagerly anticipate and plan a holiday. "Pumpkin Hollow Countdown" leads onto the factual book in the series, "Lists, Lists, Lists".
"Scrub-a-dub-dub" shares the hilarious (and unique) bath time routine for Babs, Meg, Michael and Nikki at Pumpkin Hollow".
Watch a spider building its web with remarkable colour photographs showing how the web is built and used to catch the spider’s food.
A & C Black Publishers
A visual reference book for young readers with exciting colour photographs accompanied by simple, bold text. Describes various types of trucks and their uses, including in sport.
Franklin Watts Australia
A delightful series which contains both narrative and information text. The stories are colourful and imaginative.
"Tricky Tracks" recounts a child's walk along the beach, noting tracks in the sand. The reader is asked to identify what made the tracks. "Tricky Tracks" follows on from the story in the series, "Mystery Animals?".
About animals that look like each other and how to tell which is which? For example do you know the difference between a crocodile and an alligator or between an earwig or scorpion?
