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Amazing Australian Animals by Christopher Cheng
Category: Children's
Australia is an extraordinary country and many unusual creatures call it their home. On land and in the sky, under the ground and underwater, that's where you'll find them. This non-fiction collection of animal stories lovingly places each amazing creature in the spotlight - with facts, figures, scienti ...Show more
Australia's Greatest Inventions Hanging Mobile by CHRISTOPHER CHENG
Category: Activity Books
Australias Greatest Inventions and Innovations by Christopher Cheng; Lindsay Knight
Category: Children's Educational
"In conjunction with the Powerhouse Museum comes this comprehensive guide to Australia's most innovative inventions as well as their amazing creators. Full of facts, photos and fun surprises for curious kids and grown-ups alike.Imagine a world without wi-fi or clothes lines or lawnmowers or Vegemite or ...Show more
Bear and Rat by Christopher Cheng
Category: Graphic Novels
Bear and Rat are the best of friends who do everything together, but Rat wonders if Bear will always be there to hold her hand, no matter what happens ...
Classic Australian Poems by Christopher Cheng (Editor); Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Classic Fiction
"Australian poets have a wonderful way with words and their poems bring to life the iconic Aussie characters and unforgettable landscape that are part of our Australian heritage. Many of these - Mulga Bill, Clancy of the Overflow, The Ant Explorer, M'Dougal, The Shearer's Wife and Mr Smith - are larger ...Show more
Locally Wild: Keeping Native Animals as Pets by Christopher Cheng
Category: Reference
A how to guide that explains how to care for those native animals we are allowed to keep under existing laws. From caging, feeding and keeping them healthy, to where to get them from and the local hobby groups you can join. Ages 9-14.
Melting Pot by Christopher Cheng
Category: Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
The year is 1901 and Australia is about to become its own country, forging a new identify of Great Britain, with it own governing body that unites the independent colonies as one nation. This is the diary of Chek Chee, a Chinese boy living in Sydney; but life for this boy is unusually different. Ages 10 ...Show more
My Australian Story: Melting Pot by Christopher Cheng
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
Edward, Check Chee, lives with his parents above their store in Sydney's Chinatown. His mother is English, his father is Chinese, and Edward is trying to work out where he fits in. He's not the only one - the new White Australia policy is making it harder for Chinese people to settle in Australia, and t ...Show more
New Gold Mountain (My Australian Story) by Christopher Cheng
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: My Australian Story
Shu Cheong works on the goldfields at Lambing Flat. Life is tough, and there are many white settlers who are anything but friendly. It is 1860, and the white miners' behaviour towards the Chinese is becoming more and more violent. Shu Cheong witnesses increasing hatred and brutality towards his people.. ...Show more
New Year Surprise! by Christopher Cheng
Category: Graphic Novels
Little Brother is told by his brother and his friends that he's too small to help out at the Spring festival. He's not strong enough to hold onto a kite, and too little to hold the dragon poles. But Father says that he has a special job to do. What can it be? He knows it's not hanging the lanterns up, a ...Show more
New Year Surprise! (PB) by Christopher Cheng
Category: Children's
Little Brother is told by his brother and his friends that he's too small to help out at the Spring festival. He's not strong enough to hold onto a kite, and too little to hold the dragon poles. But Father says that he has a special job to do. What can it be? He knows it's not hanging the lanterns up, a ...Show more
Old Fellow by Christopher Cheng
Category: Picture Books
A touching and tender picture book about the joy that can be found in companionship and community. An old man and an old dog look after each other on their daily trip to the local park. Along the way they meet friends new and old who brighten their day in different ways. A beautiful, heartwarming book ...Show more