Nell's Festival of Crisp Winter Glories

Nell's Festival of Crisp Winter Glories
Author: Glenda Millard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-09-21
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780733329845

Two of Perry Angel's favourite people are Grandma Nell and his good friend Jenkins. One night, while listening to Nell play The Tennessee Waltz, Perry has an idea how to make them both happy: he wants to put on a proper dance - with petticoats and posies and a real band.

Layla, Queen of Hearts

Layla, Queen of Hearts
Author: Glenda Millard
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2010-04-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374343608

Even though she loves the family of her best friend, Griffin Silk, especially grandmother Nell, Layla Elliott, who no longer has a grandmother, determines, despite many difficulties, to find an old person of her own to bring to the school's Senior Citizens' Day.

Perry Angel's Suitcase

Perry Angel's Suitcase
Author: Glenda Millard
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0730495485

The third instalment in the award-winning KINGDOM OF SILK series. It has taken Perry Angel almost seven years to find the place where he belongs. He arrives at the Kingdom of Silk one day on the ten-thirty express, carrying only a small and shabby suitcase embossed with five golden letters. What do those letters mean? And why won't Perry let go of his case? This is a gentle and moving story about finding your place in the world - and there could be no better place than with Griffin Silk, his family and his best friend, Layla. Following on from the success of the Naming of Tishkin Silk and Layla, Queen of Hearts comes this third instalment in Glenda Millard's award-winning Kingdom of Silk series. The Naming of Tishkin Silk was shortlisted for the 2004 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and was an Honour book in the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Awards. Layla, Queen of Hearts was shortlisted in the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Awards and won the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for best children's book. Perry Angel's Suitcase was shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and the WA Premier's Literary Awards and won the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. JUDGES' COMMENTS 'this heart warming story of a young orphan boy who finally finds a home is depicted with beautiful use of language. Millard offers young readers moving insights into the business of being family, and how 'belonging' can be a wide and generous experience. Neatly sidestepping overt sentimentality, much of the charm of this work lies in the gentleness and goodness inherent in the people who inhabit the book' - WA Premier's Literary Award judges, 2008 'together the individual characters in this story nurture and encourage each other, revealing a heart-warming picture of how delightfully rewarding fostering can be for all concerned. this third book in the Kingdom of Silk series is as engaging as the first two titles. Like the previous stories, it is wonderfully written and can be read as a stand-alone book which is not always the case for books in a series. Millard has a wonderful way of developing her characters, drawing the reader into the context of the story' - NSW Premier's Literary Award judges, 2009

The Naming of Tishkin Silk

The Naming of Tishkin Silk
Author: Glenda Millard
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0374354812

Griffin Silk feels responsible for the absence of his mother and baby sister, but he and his new friend Layla find the perfect way to make everyone feel a little bit better.

Natural Selection

Natural Selection
Author: Dan Pearson
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1783351195

"When it sings, a garden will have the power to transport and to lead you to a place that is magical. It is an oasis for creation, available to anyone with a little space and the compunction to get their hands dirty." In Natural Selection, Dan Pearson draws on ten years of his Observer columns to explore the rhythms and pleasures of a year in the garden. Travelling between his city-bound plot in Peckham and twenty acres of rolling hillside in Somerset, he celebrates the beautiful skeletons of the winter garden, the joyous passage into spring, the heady smell of summer's bud break and the flaring of colour in autumn. Pearson's irresistible enthusiasm and wealth of knowledge overflow in a book teeming with tips to inspire your own space, be it a city window box or country field. Bringing you a newfound appreciation of nature, both wild and tamed, reading Natural Selection is a deeply restorative experience.

The Keillor Reader

The Keillor Reader
Author: Garrison Keillor
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101517778

Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done—a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, poet. Now a single volume brings together the full range of his work: monologues from A Prairie Home Companion, stories from The New Yorker and The Atlantic, excerpts from novels, newspaper columns. With an extensive introduction and headnotes, photographs, and memorabilia, The Keillor Reader also presents pieces never before published, including the essays “Cheerfulness” and “What We Have Learned So Far.” Keillor is the founder and host of A Prairie Home Companion, celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2014. He is the author of nineteen books of fiction and humor, the editor of the Good Poems collections, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Mutt Dog

Mutt Dog
Author: Stephen Michael King
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-03-05
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9781407145563

Mutt Dog is brave and fast and smart, but he's hungry and all alone in the world. He needs someone to love him and put a roof over his head. Luckily there's a person out there who can give him the loving home he deserves in this heartwarming tale of resilience and belonging. This beautifully illustrated picture book by Stephen Michael King will be cherished by dog-lovers everywhere.

Joke Trap

Joke Trap
Author: Richard Glover
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 073049540X

If Jesse has any hope of making friends at his new school he has to do something about his dad, who keeps making the most appalling jokes. And Ben's father's not much better, he's forever belting out the wrong lyrics to his favourite songs. In the Joke trap you'll not only read some of the world's worst Dad Jokes, you'll also see how Jesse and Ben construct their own hilarious revenge.

Song for a Scarlet Runner

Song for a Scarlet Runner
Author: Julie Hunt
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1743313586

The fantastic story of a young girl who must run for her life because she has brought bad luck to her village... classic adventure-fantasy by an author with a fabulous and original storytelling voice.

Unplugged!

Unplugged!
Author: Glenda Millard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1999
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

When the bath is filling with honey from the honeycomb from Grandpas bees, Grandma faces an awkward situation when she uses the pet yabby's bath in the garden.