Alison Lester

In Currawong Creek, Australia, best friends Bonnie and Sam, who share a mutual love of horses, enhance their trick-riding skills when a traveling circus comes to town.

In a rural Australian town, best friends Bonnie and Sam, who share a mutual love of horses, watch in amazement as a farm horse and a wild horse, identical in appearance, trade places.

"Noni the Pony counts everything from her two friends to the cars going by, all the way to a million stars in the night sky."--

For six months, Grace and her family travel around Australia, seeing sights and meeting people.

Introduces Noni the pony, who is friendly and funny and lives at Waratah Bay, where her best friends are Dave Dog and Coco the cat.

"Sophie Scott is only nine years old, but she's going to Antarctica on an icebreaker with her dad, the ship's captain. During the voyage to Mawson Station and back, Sophie keeps a diary. She sees icebergs, penguins, seals and whales. She makes new friends, wonders at the southern lights and even becomes stranded in a blizzard!"--Back cover.

Prolonged drought has strained Dusty's ranching family to the breaking point, but she finds consolation with her wild and beautiful horse.

Invites the reader to imagine what it would be like to live in various locations, such as a house, a jungle, and an icecap, and meet the animals that live there.

Seven children enjoy a variety of activities, such as going to the museum and having celebrations, each in his or her own way.

Labeled pictures of things beginning with each letter of the alphabet surround illustrations showing a young girl and her toy donkey spending a busy day having fun.