A kindhearted wombat welcomes a parade of animal friends into his burrow during the Australian bushfire season in a delightful new picture book from New York Times bestsellers Carmen Agra Deedy and Brian Lies.
Oceania
Materials from Oceania
Room For More
When afire sweeps through the Australian bush, wombats Dig and Scratch are glad to have a cool, damp burrow to keep them safe. But Dig notices that other animals are not so lucky. When Dig invites a wallaby mother and her joey to shelter with them, Scratch grumbles. When Dig beckons to a koala, Scratch complains. And when Dig welcomes in a tiger snake, Scratch is fit to be tied—but Dig is sure there’s always room for more. And when the rains come to douse the fire and bring a new threat of flooding, a crowd of creatures may turn out to be just what the wombats need.
Holding On
A young girl spends song-filled summers with her music-loving grandmother in the Philippines, but when her beloved Lola starts slipping into silence and stillness, the girl helps her grandmother hold on with music and the joyful memories the songs bring.
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Last Fallen Moon (A Gifted Clans Novel)
Riley Oh ventures into the Spiritrealm, where she hopes to convince Saint Heo Jun to become the new patron god of the Gom clan and restore their healing powers.
All Four Quarters Of The Moon
Eleven-year-old Peijing and her family are adapting to their new life in Australia, but when cracks in her family life start to appear, she must find a way to cope with the uncertainties of her own little world and figure out where she fits in.
Love Was Inside
A little girl grows stronger as she finds ways to stay connected to the people she loves during the pandemic.
Nobody Owns The Moon
Clive Prendergast is a fox who lives successfully in the city, in a one-room apartment in a busy part of town. Humphrey is a donkey who works odd jobs and doesn’t always have a fixed address. Nobody Owns the Moon is the story of their friendship. This modern classic picture book is a perfect marriage of text and image and timeless in its message of belonging and community.
Braver
When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin.
The Crossing
On the post-apocalyptic Pacific island of Onewere, Maryam lives a cloistered life, chosen as a young child to fulfill religious duties and join the island’s spiritual leader when she reaches puberty–a fate she tries to escape after learning the truth.
The Silent One
A deaf-mute boy who has tamed a huge white turtle becomes the target of the superstitious people of his small village.