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All Aboard! True Train Tales by Pauline Deeves
Category: Children's
Jack loves visiting Grandpa in his old train carriage. He loves helping him in the train museum. And he loves hearing his stories about trains and railways. From runaway engines to people-powered carriages, train-robbing bushrangers and lifesaving pointsmen, Grandpa always has a tale to pass the time. B ...Show more
Get Me Out of Here!: Foolish and Fearless Convict Escapes by Pauline Deeves
Category: Children's Educational
Full of crims, crooks and rascally runaways, this fun and light-hearted non-fiction title is a colourful celebration of our convict past Meet the convicts behind Australia's most rascally, dastardly prison escapes. Gifted geniuses or total goofballs? You be the judge! Featuring Moondyne Joe, Mary Bryant ...Show more
Midnight Burial by Pauline Deeves
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Florence is confused. Her family says her older sister Lizzie died of fever and should be buried immediately. No doctor is called, no clergyman is present and no neighbours are asked to come. The burial happens at night. In 1860s Australia, on a remote sheep station, the staff do not ask questions. Life ...Show more
Socks , Sandbags and Leeches: Letters to My ANZAC Dad (HB) by Pauline Deeves
Category: Children's Educational
Ivy and her mother live in Australia, far away from where the Great War is raging. They have moved in with Aunt Hilda whose flat is so small that Ivy has to sleep under the kitchen table. Not only that, but she also has to empty Aunt Hilda’s chamber pot! ‘The Pests’ live in the flat on one side and, on ...Show more
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