Summary: "Using Photicular® technology that's like a 3-D movie on the page, OUTBACK whisks you to the vast, remote world of wild Australia, where heat waves dance forever and animals, isolated by the vagaries of continental drift, are unlike those found anywhere else on Earth. Each moving image delivers a rich, immersive visual experience--and the result is breathtaking. The kangaroo hops. A wombat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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Summary: During the fire season in Australia, a wombat allows its underground shelter to become a place of refuge for other vulnerable animals in need. Discusses Australia's devastating 2019-2020 fire season, in which many animals lost their lives or their habitats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOScales, Helen
Summary: A renowned oceanographer introduces the Great Barrier Reef and its ecosystems, revealing how the reef came to be, its place in the world and what we can all do to help ensure that it is around for future generations to discover and enjoy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.7 SCATreml, Renée
Summary: Who knows blue? Roo knows blue! But does Roo know other colours too? Sing along with Roo and Possum as they practise their colours.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The show offers a blue chip, continent-wide series ranging from the land's highest snow peaks to the depths of the frigid and wild southern seas; from its last populations of wild numbats to its largest diorama of giant cuttlefish. It's a land of diverse beauty, that delights, and surprises. The series both entertains and deepens our understanding of how the natural world is made up of not just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAGSelfors, Suzanne
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2020
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Summary: Protecting his chicks according to the instincts of all emu fathers, an emu in Australia's eucalyptus forest watches over his growing hatchlings as they outmaneuver regional dangers, in an illustrated introduction to the emu life cycle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598 SAXHarris, Tim
Summary: "Describes various animals in Australia and Southeast Asia that are endangered and at risk of becoming extinct. Data Sheet sidebars and maps accompany the text"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Bear Books Ltd 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.68 HARNapoli, Donna Jo
Summary: While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAPHarris, Tim
Summary: "Take a captivating journey across the continents of Australia and Antarctica to view the incredible array of plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide in their distinct habitats. Stunning photographs take you among the colorful corals of the Great Barrier Reef, through lush rainforests, up Aoraki (Mount Cook), and across the icy wastelands of Antarctica"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.994 HARFlannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof)
Summary: Conservationist Flannery draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to craft a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique and beloved inhabitants: the kangaroo. Crisscrossing the continent, Flannery shows us how the destiny of this extraordinary creature is inseparable from the environment that created it. Along the way he uses encounters with ancient aboriginal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.222 FLAPryce, Trevor
Summary: The fight to protect the Amphibilands rages on in the second book of this action-packed, illustrated series by former football pro Trevor Pryce. The Spider Queen and Lord Marmoo of the scorpions still have their eyes and fangs set on the vulnerable home of the frogs and this time they've got some impressive back-up: the Ghost Bats, Tasmanian Devils and Blue Band Bees. The constant threats from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC PRYSummary: Examines problems caused by the introduction of the cane toad from Hawaii to Australia in the 1930's for biological control. Having no natural enemies, the toad has rapidly multiplied and elicits feelings ranging from fondness to hatred from local inhabitants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features Home Video 1988
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CANSummary: Martin, a skilled and ruthless mercenary, posing as a scientist sent into the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for a tiger believed to be extinct. Hired by an anonymous company that wants the tiger's genetic material, Martin proceeds to set up base camp at a broken-down farmhouse, where he stays with a family, becoming increasingly close to them. However, as his attachment grows, Martin is led...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HUNMangan, Anne
Summary: The Easter Bunny needs help delivering the Easter eggs this year and who better to help him than some Australian animals?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC MANRustad, Martha E. H. (Martha Elizabeth Hillman)
Summary: "Biomes are home to unique animals and plants. Introduce beginning readers to the Great Barrier Reef! Readers will get an up-close look at the characteristics of the reef and how corals, fish, anemones, rays, birds, and other animals have adapted to life in and around this amazing biome"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.77 RUSWild, Margaret.
Summary: Bobbie, an Australian wallaby, can jump, bounce, and skip but cannot do splits until the other animals help her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane/Miller Book 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILLithgow, John
Summary: Sue, a kangaroo, and some of her Australian animal friends put on a play called "The Runaway Pancake."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LithgOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC OSBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Osborne 2012Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC OSBFox, Mem
Summary: Two Australian possums go in search of the magic that will make the invisible one of them visible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abingdon Press 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FOXMorin, Paul
Summary: A young boy learns from his elder how the animals in the dreamtime created a world in which they could all live in peace and harmony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Whistle 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORFox, Mem
Summary: When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FOXEvans, Gabriel
Summary: "Kingsley had decided to own a human. This was not a decision to be taken lightly. After all, owning a human is a responsibility. But finding the right kind of human is much harder than Kingsley expected. Some are too bossy. Some are too busy. And some just don't seem to appreciate a dog the way they should. Will Kingsley ever find a human that is exactly right? A sweet, tender and deeply funny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Hare Books, [an imprint of] Hardie Grant Children's Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE EVACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EVASummary: A wealthy Australian ranch owner's gift of a wild pony means young Scotty can finally ride the seven miles to and from school. But the pony gets away and is sheltered as unclaimed by a young girl who cannot walk. The treasured pony means freedom to both children, but can only belong to one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2009