Wombat Books
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Every day Mustara and Taj look out onto a sea of yellow-red dust and stones. The sand rolls and shifts. Taj’s father says it is like the waves of the ocean and the spinifex bushes are little boats blown about by the wind. Taj longs to take his young camel into the desert to explore, but like a storm in the ocean, the desert can turn wild. Taj and Mustara must prove their strength and courage.
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Sam is tired of waiting so long, his waiting heart is not so strong. Until patience grows down deep inside and joins him on the waiting ride.
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Hazy mazy oops a daisy, wriggle your ears but don’t go crazy!Annabel is no ordinary sheep. She is wiggly and jiggly. Loud noises hurt her ears and no matter how hard she tries, she just can’t fit in with the mob.Until one day her supersensitive style brings her unexpected attention. How will the rest of the mob deal with Annabel now?
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Marty loved to party. At every party, Marty was the first to arrive and the last to leave. Parties aren’t so much fun for Marty now that he keeps ending up in hospital. How can Marty and his friends make their parties safe and fun for everybody?
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A young girl visits her Grandma and ‘brightens her dreams’ whilst her little brother charms the nursing home residents with his playful antics. This is a joyful and poignant celebration of life and love with vibrant illustrations of present day and yesteryear.
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A very hungry bear looks everywhere for his favourite food. He learns where to find it and the best way to get it.
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Pipp Puggle is a tiny echidna with a big problem. Although he's good at doing lots of things, like; hunting ants, curling into a ball and building terrifically tidy burrows, Pipp's spines simply will not come. Tired of waiting for them to appear, Pipp sets out on a quest to make them grow. But he soon learns that some things can't be rushed...
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Have you ever felt like running away? In Without Me? A small child resolves to runaway but minute-by minute reasoning raises questions about the impact. Gradually reneging he begins a pied piper walk resulting in all he ran from joining him. A humorous story that confirms the message: we belong in family.
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I wonder if it’s dark and lonely in that other place ...’ Gemma watches her dad as he sits alone in his tangled garden. She doesn't understand why he seems so sad. Can she help her dad find his way home?
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Ruby is back - and so are her wishes! With a head full of plans for the holidays Ruby’s fingertips already tingling with magic. That is, until Mum announces that Ruby’s horrible little toad of a cousin is coming to stay.
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A child explores the loving memories shared with their grandparent whose own are drifting away. Do you remember how much we loved each other? The times we would spend all day in the fields? You’d tell me stories and we would laugh for hours. Those fields always remind me of you.
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Ruby Wishfingers is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary name. Only nobody else seems to think so. That is until Ruby Wishfingers wakes up with a strange feeling in the tips of her fingers. She soon finds out that there is far more to being a Wishfingers than having a funny name.
