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Garden of the Purple Dragon old ed by Carole Wilkinson
$19.99 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction | Series: Dragonkeeper Ser.
Ancient China, Han Dynasty. Former slave Ping struggles to rear the small purple dragon, Kai, left in her care. When Ping’s past intrudes on her life on Tai Shan mountain, she swaps peasant hardship for the comforts of royalty. But friends turn to foes. Will Ping hand over her role as Dragonkeeper? Or i ...Show more
Inheritance by Carole Wilkinson
$17.99 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction
Nic is left in the care of her grandfather at the remote family property that was once her mother's childhood home; a place with thirty rooms, three dogs and no mobile reception. Left to her own devices, she searches for clues about her mother - who died the day Nic was born. But when Nic learns how to ...Show more
Matthew Flinders by Carole Wilkinson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
Matthew Flinders was a country boy who wanted to be a sailor. He lived at a time when ocean voyages took months, sometimes years. His life at sea was full of adventure and danger. He was the first to sail all the way around Australia.He drew the first complete map of the continent. Sailing was a dangero ...Show more
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter by Carole Wilkinson
$16.99 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction
Ned Kelly's stream of consciousness, with all of its fabulous invective and metaphor, has been edited by Kelly expert Carole Wilkinson. Carole has pruned and shaped his words to make them easily readable for anyone from 8-80, helping facilitate what Ned always wanted - that his story be heard by the peo ...Show more
Putting Australia on the Map by Carole Wilkinson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books Hard Back
Australia is a big place. It covers 7.7 million square kilometres. You would think it would be easy to find, but it stayed hidden from everyone but its First People for a very long time. Australia's coastline was discovered piece by piece. Mapping the coastline was a task that took hundreds of years. Se ...Show more
River to Bay: Victoria's Maritime History by Carole Wilkinson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books Hard Back
Kulin Nation country is abundant with waterways essential to the way the traditional owners have lived for more than 40,000 years. Those same crucial waterways are where the first ships of European settlers found safe harbour in their trips of exploration. What they found would determine the developmen ...Show more
Shadow Sister (#5 Dragonkeeper) by Carole Wilkinson
$19.99 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction | Series: Dragonkeeper
Tao is learning to be a dragonkeeper. With no one to teach him it is not easy. He must keep Kai safe but there is danger at every turn - they are pursued by a gang of murderous nomads, tricked by unseen spirits, attacked by a giant seven-headed snake and disoriented in the realms of the dead. Most terri ...Show more
Ten Pound Pom (PB) by Carole Wilkinson; Liz Anelli (Illustrator)
$16.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
An important slice of Australia's immigration story, detailing the 1960s push for British migrants.I don't want to go to Australia. I have just started grammar school. My best friend Sally goes there too. But it looks like there could be another war and Dad has convinced Mum to go. Because we're migrant ...Show more
The Dragonkeeper Trilogy (Box Set) by Carole Wilkinson
$49.99 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction
Collect the original three books in the award-winning Dragonkeeper series in this striking boxed set! Ancient China, Han Dynasty. A slave girl saves the life of an ageing dragon and escapes her brutal master. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, the girl and the dragon make an epic journey across China ...Show more