Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Breathtakingly illustrated and hauntingly written, Tales from Outer Suburbia is by turns hilarious and poignant, perceptive and goofy. Through a series of captivating and sophisticated illustrated stories, Tan explores the precious strangeness of our existence. He gives us a portrait of modern suburban ...Show more
My Two Blankets: English and Dari edition by Irena Kobald
$22.49 AUD
$24.99 (10% off)
Category: Picture Books
My Two Blankets resonates in a special way with people who are seeking asylum. It is a story of the pain associated with being dislocated from home and the familiar. But also of friendship, hope and new beginnings. Hardie Grant Children's Publishing will donate $2 from the original sale of this new hard ...Show more
The Little Refugee by Anh Do, Suzanne Do
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Anh Do's inspirational story about his family's incredible escape from war-torn Vietnam and his childhood in Australia, told especially for children. Giant waves crashed down on our little boat. I was terrified but my mum hugged me tight and told me, "Everything will be okay. Don't worry, it will be oka ...Show more
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
"I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side--the Communist side--of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant s ...Show more
Songs for the Dead and the Living by Sara M Saleh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Adult
Jamilah has always believed she knows where her home is: in a house above a paint shop on the outskirts of Beirut, with her large, chaotic, loving family. But she soon learns that as Palestinian refugees, her family's life in Lebanon is precarious. Songs for the Dead and the Living is a comingof-age ta ...Show more
Nicky & Vera: A quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued by Peter Sís
$32.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: near fine
In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia--a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. Czech-American artist, MacArthu ...Show more
A Boy and a Ball by Phil Cummings
$24.99 AUD
$26.99 (7% off)
Category: Picture Books
The cloudless sky suddenly roared like thunder. Shadows, swift and frightening, descended. The boys brother grabbed him by the arm. Run, quickly, But my ball. Leave it. From the Prime Ministers Literary Award-shortlisted creators of Feathers, comes this compassionate tale of a familys search for a safe ...Show more
The Lucky Ones: Stories of Australian refugee journeys by Melinda Ham
$34.99 AUD
Category: Adult
A moving and meticulously researched book of refugee stories from award-winning journalist Melinda Ham. Following the narratives of new Australians from Iraq, Afghanistan, Poland, Tibet, Vietnam and Zaire, The Lucky Ones is a testament to human resilience and the power of new beginnings. For fans of Th ...Show more
My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
$25.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
It goes without saying that all children believe their parents to be strange. Mine were unusual for a different reason...One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean when your parents are different? What shape does love t ...Show more
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