Giveaways

My Father’s Shadow

By Jannali Jones

WINNER – 2015 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship

Kaya is completing her Higher School Certificate when she is woken in the middle of the night by her mother. They are to pack immediately and go to their holiday home in the Blue Mountains. Her father is ‘not coming back’. He has been involved in a court case to give evidence against some dangerous criminals.

Her best friend, Jenna, has gone overseas and Kaya is trying to make sense of what is really happening. Jannali Jones has crafted a thrilling story which stays on the edge right to the end.

Respect

By Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

Our Way is old.
Older than the red earth.
Older than flickering stars.
Our way is respect.

A tender, thoughtful story reminding us to respect others and respect ourselves. Part of the Our Place series which welcomes children to culture.

“Dream team Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, who previously brought us the excellent Nganga: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander words and phrases, have collaborated with artist Lisa Kennedy to deliver this absolutely exquisite picture book. In Respect, the first book in Magabala’s Our Place series – the aim of which is to welcome children to Aboriginal culture Muir and Lawson’s sparse text is offset by Kennedy’s luminous images, which come alive on the page.’’ – Hannah Gardiner, Books+Publishing

The Daredevil’s guide to outer space

By Anna Brett

Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Blast off!

Having survived some of the scariest destinations on Earth in The Daredevil’s Guide to Dangerous Places, Eddie and Junko are off on another epic adventure – this time to outer space.

Join our intergalactic explorers as they travel across our Solar System and beyond. Find out what it’s like to live on the Moon, visit the International Space Station and fly through Saturn’s rings, before you head deeper into space to escape black holes and watch stars explode.

With real-life photos, out-there illustrations, incredible facts and mind-blowing space stats, this book is an awe-inspiring introduction to the Universe.

This is my world

By Lonely Planet kids

If you were asked to tell someone on the other side of the world about yourself, where would you start?

Perhaps you’d mention your favourite hobbies, the pranks you play on your family, or what you want to be when you grow up. Would you include a selfie or a family photo? A cute snap of your puppy or that awesome shot of you playing your favourite sport?

Discover what it’s like to live in an orphanage in Zambezi, by a remote fjord in Greenland, on a cattle ranch in Australia, high up in the Himalaya mountains in Nepal, at an eco-lodge in Costa Rica, and much more.