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Meet the Megafauna introduces children to the large and unusual animals that lived in Australia before and just after humans arrived. Some of them became the animals we have now but many are now extinct.
When Meg Sealy woke that fateful morning, she had no idea that by day's end the life that she had known would be gone forever. While saving her best friend Amanda, fourteen-yearold Meg Sealy and her older cousin Jaiden, stumble upon a secret valley where time stands still. The three friends are thrust into a dangerous world of magic, time travel, and creatures they believed extinct. Here they learn that it is their destiny to use their new magic skills to join the fight to save the valley from an evil break-away order, bent on exploitation. Follow their journey as undercover villains threaten Meg's life, and they fight to save the animals from extinction.
The animals in this book were first introduced by the author in her fantasy series. Many school teachers, librarians, and parents have requested books for younger children with stories and illustrations of the animals. One non-fiction picture book, featuring all of the animals from the fantasy series has been published. This is the first book in a series of picture books that will feature two of the animals interacting, as they would have in the wild. This one features the marsupial lion and the diprotodon. More than 50,000 years ago, Dippy the Diprotodon (di-prot-o-don) danced through the dense forest heading for his breakfast of fresh eucalyptus leaves. What he didn't know was that right behind him, stalking him, was a marsupial lion wanting to make Dippy his breakfast. Who will win this battle?
After catching the graffiti bandit, Evie vows to help his brother, Ruben solve the mystery of the disappearance of the only person who can prove his father is innocent. Then, while trying to find out more about the magic pen that helped her, she discovers a family secret. Looking for more information, she sets out to find the ghost who is haunting the old family mansion and keeping her art teacher, Mrs Flowers, awake. With the help of the magic pen, she enters the mansion while Mrs Flowers is not home. What she finds there will change her life forever.
'We only have the frozen Mississippi to cross...if we get through this...' Virginia continued to walk beside the wagon as she trudged through the snow, her hand in Allen's, her thoughts lingering on her dead sister, buried outside Gallatin, just yesterday. Then she stopped and looked back. Joseph Smith was not with them this time. He was in the hands of the mob awaiting execution for treason. It had been a long time since those desperate days in Missouri. The temple in Salt Lake City had taken forty years to build. Virginia looked up at the granite structure and thanked God she had been allowed to live to see it finished. Today her grandsom would be sealed there.--Back cover.
14 year-old Gunnie Danson spends the weekend at Wiralee Station, a cattle station that has been in the family since 1848. His late grandfather has left him a box containing a manuscript and a letter that is not to be opened until after Gunnie has read the entire story.
With her inheritance confirmed and the offer made on the family mansion, Evie tried to squash her excitement and concentrate on helping Ruben find proof of his father's innocence. But that wasn't as easy as she hoped. First, they had to find the witness who disappeared and somehow get hold of the memory stick she had said she had that proves he is innocent. The danger they faced from the corrupt mayor if they were caught, stayed in their minds during the search. Follow their journey as they follow the trail and fight for justice for Ruben's father.
Join Banjo, Matilda and Ned on a magical adventure into the Australian native landscape via a series of historic, beautifully-rendered botanical paintings. Entering the pages of their favourite book, the children interact with all manner of Australian flora including Kangaroo Paw, Wattle and Eucalypt. Along the way, these intrepid warriors seek 'tips' to ensure the survival of our native landscape for generations to come. Can these eco-warriors help save our native flora from extinction?