FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Dorothy Ann and the other kids in Ms. Frizzle's class go in search of the kookaburra, they end up in Australia, where they encounter a herd of kangaroo and a Tasmanian devil.
Ms. Frizzle and the kids go all out in the outback. Catch up on all the amazing facts about the animals Down Under! Hi, I'm Dorothy Ann. Ms. Frizzle's class ended up on the other side of the world when we went searching for the cackling kookaburra. It was a wild walk-about to Australia. We had a hopping good time racing a herd of kangaroos and survived a run-in with the terrible Tasmanian de…
Selby's back! Yep, the only talking dog in Australia - and perhaps the world - is here again with more adventures and misadventures. Selby is still valiantly trying to keep his gift of the gab a secret. After all, if his owners, the Trifles, find out that their pet pooch can talk, they might ask him to do chores likw answer the telephone or do the shopping. Worse still, they might hand him o…
Dolphin Diaries is an exciting new series that explores all aspects of dolphins' relationships with mankind. Jody McGrath and her family have arrived in the Bahamas. The crew of the Dolphin Dreamer is eager to find some Atlantic spotted dolphins and to see if the rumors of a lost treasure ship are true. When Skipper, a dolphin, gets caught in fishing line, Jody frees him. Her concern is w…
Emily solves the mystery of the magically appearing moustaches and parachutes into a desert in search of a rare kind of mouse. then she's off to Egypt to tour the upside-down pyramid of King Inverticheops. Nothing can get by Emily and her wonderful eyefinger. Ages 6+ Emily solves the mystery of the magically appearing moustaches and parachutes into a desert in search of a rare kind of mouse. th…
Beautiful collage illustrations take the reader on an extraordinary visual journey to a primeval wilderness, which like so many others is now threatened. "My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years," Jeannie Baker's young protagonist tells us, and we follow him on a visit to this tropical rain forest. We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretend…