What a fun way to learn about history with projects unusual tidbits of information to help curious minds get creative An adventure of its own withFantastic visuals easy to see why it is award winning 9780642276841 For every Aussie kid We liked this enough to buy it We have already bought the Authors other book and eagerly await gems in the same format 9780642276841 What a fantastic book A combination of history and adventure advice with tips and tricks so you can try exploring yourself It looks at explorers in Australia s history signposting expeditions finding food and water collecting plants and animals keeping journals and notebooks dealing with disasters coping with weather making tents measuring distance mapping navigating by the stars and then gives a run down on contemporary explorers As much as I loved The Dangerous Book for Boys and the The Daring Book for Girls this takes it to a whole new level 9780642276841
Published by the National Library of Australia Learn how to be an explorer in your own backyard Would you know how to find water and food collect plants make a shelter and stay alive if you were out in the bush As you delve into this book full of the adventures of the European explorers of Australia you will experience with them their many challenges such as finding their way mapping an area trapping animals and coping with drought All the old favourites are here James Cook John Oxley Hamilton Hume Edward John Eyre Ludwig Leichhardt Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills and others who are less well known Theirs are stories not only of tragedy conflict and death but also of loyalty amazing perseverance and wonder over the new animals and landscapes they encountered Australian Backyard Explorer is filled with paintings photos drawings journal extracts interesting fact boxes and practical projects to do in your backyard Australian Backyard ExplorerDuring 2021 Macinnis has republished revised versions of all of his out of print books The website listed above tells you how to get them. Happy grandfather travels writes for adults and youngsters mainly history or science Published by the National Library of Australia Australian Backyard Naturalist May 2012 another book Curious Minds October 2012 Big Book of Australian History 2013 2015 2017 Talks on ABC RN translated into 7 other languages Winner of the W. Writing blog Old Writer on the Block Google it and say gday McManly on most social media His Kokoda Track 101 Days was a 2008 Eve Pownall Honour Book in the CBCA Book of the Year awards His Austr During 2021 Macinnis has republished revised versions of all of his out of print books The website listed above tells you how to get them. Happy grandfather travels writes for adults and youngsters mainly history or science Published by the National Library of Australia Australian Backyard Naturalist May 2012 another book Curious Minds October 2012 Big Book of Australian History 2013 2015 2017 Talks on ABC RN translated into 7 other languages Winner of the W. Writing blog Old Writer on the Block Google it and say g day McManly on most social media His Kokoda Track 101 Days was a 2008 Eve Pownall Honour Book in the CBCA Book of the Year awards His Australian Backyard Explorer was the 2010 Eve Pownall Book of the Year listed in 2011 in the prestigious international White Ravens list of children s literature In 2012 his Australian Backyard Naturalist won a Whitley award and the WA Premier s Children s Literature Award in 2013 After a few busy years doing other stuff his Australian Backyard Earth Scientist won the long winded Educational Publishing Awards Australia prize for best Student Resource Arts Science Humanities Social Sciences Technologies Health and Physical Education Languages:
| Australian Backyard Explorer By Peter Macinnis |
| 0642276846 |
| 9780642276841 |
| English |
| 200 |
Includes history geography science and lots of interesting pictures about the exploration of Australia 9780642276841 Such an interesting and inspiring book: A Premier s Prize for Children s Literature 2013 and other awards: He has had half a dozen titles rated as Notable Books by the Children s Book Council of Australia that s equivalent to short listing site_link 
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