Christobel Mattingley

The riveting true story account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated throughout with fascinating photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books.'Bomb doors open!'It was the call that haunted airmen's dreams.This is the story of an ordinary young Australian whose ambition to fly took him halfway round the globe during World War II - and the fateful mission when his plane was hit three times.'Battle Order 204 is about the quality of courage...Christobel Mattingley has written this book with compassion and insight, its presentation is gripping and moving.' Max Fatchen AM'Brilliant...At once uplifting yet thought-provoking; enlightening yet, of necessity, sad. There is a commendable balance of hard fact and human emotion elements, and I found it almost impossible to put down.' Mike Garbett, author of The Lancaster at War

Based on a true story of a Muslim family forced to become refugees as they flee the civil war which erupted following the break-up of Yugoslavia.

Separated by the explosion of the atomic bomb, a husband, wife, and mother carry on with their lives in the ruins of Nagasaki and are eventually reunited one Christmas by a very special tree.

A little boy's wish for a magic rocking horse that will take him away to faraway places comes true in an unusual way.

When shabby, disorganized Mr. Portwine, a rummage salesman, lets his neighbors in the street market bully him into making his stall neater and more specialized, he finds that his customers liked him better the way he was.

Cockawun and Cockatoo are given to Arthur to rear after his uncle rescues them as nestlings.

Chellie loves the beautiful green turtles on her tropical island home. So when they are threatened, she does everything she can to save them.There in the shimmering green water lay four big oval shapes like a giant's carving dishes. They were patterned in brownish green and had five handles. Suddenly the handles stirred and the giant's carving dishes began to move!Chellie was very small when she first saw the beautiful green turtles with the scientific name so close to her own. Every year she would watch them swim in the sea and make their long journeys up the beach to lay their eggs. But one day, Chellie makes a grim and horrible discovery, a discovery that turns her life upside down and forces her to act.