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Granny Grommet and Me by Dianne Wolfer
$17.99 AUD
Category: Australian Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
A story that many young reluctant swimmers will identify with. My granny and her friends go to the beach, and I go too. When they hit the surf, they duck and dive and twist and turn. It looks like lots of fun. But I don t want to go in the water. There are strange things under the waves.
In the Lamplight (HB) by Dianne Wolfer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Lighthouse Girl Ser.
From fighting for the right to vote to nursing conscripted young men, Rose's life changes forever when World War I arrives in the peaceful English village of Harefield. With an influx of wounded Australian soldiers, the villagers rally around to provide care and comfort, despite suffering their own casu ...Show more
Light Horse Boy by Dianne Wolfer
$26.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction
In 1914 Jim and Charlie abandon the Australian outback for the excitement and adventure of the war to end all wars. But in the Light Horse they quickly discover the brutal realities of life on the frontline. And nothing will ever be the same again. Featuring stunning charcoal sketches by Brian Simmonds ...Show more
Lighthouse Girl (PB) by Dianne Wolfer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Fay lives alone with her father on bleak, windswept Breaksea Island, but her isolated life takes a dramatic turn with the outbreak of World War 1. Based on the true story of Fay Howe, this gentle tale brings to life the hardships of those left at home during the war. Drawing on fascinating archival mate ...Show more
Nanna's Button Tin (HB) by Dianne Wolfer; Heather Potter
$24.99 AUD
Category: Issues / Feelings / First Experiences
Nanna's button tin is very special. It has buttons of all shapes and sizes and they all have a different story to tell. But today, one button in particular is needed. A button for teddy. A beautiful story about memories and the stories that shape a family.
Photographs In The Mud (Kokoda Track, 1942) by Dianne Wolfer; Brian Harrison-Lever
$16.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
The Kokoda Track, 1942. Jack and Hoshi are soldiers on opposite sides in the war who meet in battle, discovering that they have much more in common than they had ever realised.Photographs in the Mudis a beautifully illustrated and moving story of events on the Kokoda Track during the Second World War fr ...Show more
Scout and the Rescue Dogs by Dianne Wolfer
$17.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction
A celebration of community, adventure, kindness and, above all, dogs! The summer holidays have finally arrived and Scout can’t wait for her adventure in the big rig with Dad. They’re on a mission to deliver donations of dog food to animal rescue shelters right across the state. There’ll be lots of mus ...Show more
The Dog with Seven Names (PB) by Dianne Wolfer
$17.99 AUD
Category: Older Readers
A tiny dog, the runt of the litter, is born on a remote cattle station. She shouldn't have survived, but when Elsie finds, names and loves her, the pup becomes a cherished companion. Life is perfect ... until War arrives. With Japanese air raids moving closer, Elsie's family leaves the Pilbara for the s ...Show more
The Last Light Horse (HB) by Dianne Wolfer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Animals
The fourth and final book in the Light series, which began with Lighthouse Girl and includes the CBCA shortlisted Lighthorse Boy.There were 136,000 Australian horses sent to fight during the First World War. Just one came home. From the high country of Victoria to the desert sand of Egypt, from the wate ...Show more
The Shark Caller by Dianne Wolfer
$17.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction
Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forward to seeing her family again, but there's another tragic reason for the trip. Izzy's twin brother, Ray, died in a freak diving accident, and Izzy and her mum are taking his ashes home for traditional de ...Show more
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