Journey of the Sea Turtle
The Australian Sea Turtle the loggerhead, is a brave and beautiful creature. But it faces many dangers throughout its life and its struggle to survive is a truly remarkable story.
Get swept up in an incredible underwater tale with the 'Journey of the Sea Turtle' as it follows the journey of an Australian sea turtle hatchling, from the beach of her birth and the predators there, to the dangers she faces at sea.
In this stunningly illustrated picture book, acclaimed environmental storyteller, Mark Wilson will take you on a journey of one of Australia's most beautiful and beloved creatures of the sea.
Mark Wilson is a highly acclaimed author/illustrator of many picture books including The Penguin Shore (a CBCA Notable Book in 1996), The Castaways of the Charles Eaton, Yellow-eye (winner of the Wilderness Society Award in 2002), the Extinction Series: I Saw Nothing: the Extinction of the Thylacine (a CBCA Notable Book in 2004): I said Nothing: the Extinction of the Paradise Parrot: and I Did Nothing: the Extinction of th e Gastric Broading Frog and The Last Tree (2006). The Extinction Series also won a Wilderness Society Award and a Whitley Award in 2004, and The Last Tree won a Whitley Award in 2007. His most recent picture book My Mother's Eyes, was published in March this year. MarkWilson lives in Victoria.
Journey of the Sea Turtle
Hachette Children's Books
Author: Mark Wilson
ISBN: 978073441099
RRP: $16.99
My Mother's Eyes
It's 1914 World War I is raging in Egypt and 5,500 Australia troops are lost in two days at Fromelles alone Yet William, a fifteen-year-old Australian farm boy, lies about his age to enlist in the army and is swept up in the unspeakable horrors of warÂ…
This unique, poignant graphic novel is based on true stories of the twenty-three teenage soldiers- one only fourteen- who fought with the Australian army in World War I, as are corded at the Australian War Memorial.
Told in the boy's own simple language with extracts from his letters home, this breathtaking book is evocative of the real tragedy in the worst of all wars, and will stir emotions in young and older generations alike.
With evocative artwork by Mark Wilson on every page My Mother's Eyes is a moving tribute to the young soldiers who were lost, far from home, in the Great War.
Mark Wilson is a highly acclaimed author/illustrator whose grandfather was also a boy soldier who, unlike the hero of the book, did survive and return home. His many picture books include The Penguin Shore (a CBCA Notable Book in 1996)and The Last Tree, The Extinction Series also won a Wilderness Society Award and a Whitley Award in 2004 and The Last Tree won a Whitley Award in 2007. Mark lives in Victoria.
My Mother's Eyes
Hachette Australia
Author: Mark Wilson
ISBN: 9780734410894
Price: $24.99
