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A Ute Picnic and Other Australian Poems by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Poetry
Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, this beautiful poetry collection takes a poignant look at what it's like to live on a farm in Austrlaia. This collection of poetry by Lorraine Marwood describes the essence of Australian life on the land. The anthology contains strong themes of farming and rural ...Show more
Celebrating Australia - A Year in Poetry by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Poetry
A beautiful collection of poems about celebrations.Australia Day, ANZAC Day, Boxing Day and birthdays. Weddings, Chinese New Year, the first day of spring and Ramadan. So many special occasions! So much to celebrate. In this vibrant new poetry collection, Lorraine Marwood explores the many ways we celeb ...Show more
Chantelle's Cloak (Aussie Nibbles) by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Early Reader | Series: Aussie Nibbles
Lorraine Marwood was born and raised in the country, and lived for most of her married life on a dairy farm. She is an acclaimed poet who often writes about country life: her verse novel Star Jumps, about a farm family suffering through a drought, won the 2010 Prime Minister's Award for Children's Ficti ...Show more
Footprints on the Moon by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Junior Fiction
Humans are about to leave footprints on the moon, but what sort of mark can one girl make here on earth? It's 1969 and life is changing fast. Sharnie Burley is starting high school and finding it tough to make new friends. As the world waits to see if humans will land on the moon, the Vietnam War rages ...Show more
Guinea Pig Town and Other Animal Poems by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Children
Squawk! Snuffle! Bark! Roar! Feathers, fins, scales, claws. Running, hopping, crawling, soaring. All creatures are celebrated in this new collection of poetry by Lorr aine Marwood.
Leave Taking by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Junior Fiction
Leave taking nounthe act of saying goodbye. What if you had just one week left to say goodbye to everything you've ever known? Toby and his mum and dad are leaving their family farm after the death of Toby's younger sister, Leah. Together, they sort through all their belongings and put things aside to s ...Show more
Note on the Door and Other Poems About Family Life by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Young Adult Fiction
This collection of poetry by Lorraine Marwood focuses on family: holidays, siblings, school life, relatives and play. Whether she is describing the joys of a holiday at the beach, or the frustration of a day spent sick in bed, Lorraine's poems capture the innocence, wonder and difficulties of growing up ...Show more
Ratwhiskers and Me by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Junior Fiction
Traumatised by a fire in which the narrator's family perishes, the narrator takes on a new identity on the goldfields. The narrator flees to the Chinese camp, taking the name Lin. But Ellery, a man who links to Lin's past, is determined to take over all the goldfields, setting in place a dangerous seque ...Show more
Star Jumps by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Children's
A poignant verse novel depicting the joys and heartbreaks of a farming family as they struggle to cope with the devastating effects of long-term drought. Told through the eyes of Ruby, day-to-day farm life involves playing in grassy paddocks with siblings, doing jobs and helping out, and witnessing birt ...Show more
The Girl Who Turned into Treacle (Aussie Nibbles) by Lorraine Marwood
Category: Children's | Series: Aussie Nibbles
Sarah desperately wants a horse for her birthday. She'll call it Treacle and they will go everywhere together. But as the presents for her birthday pile up, Sarah begins to act like a horse - galloping and stamping and whinnying. Ages 6+. (SA: Reception - Year 2)
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