Seasons of Content
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On Sale:
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1/04/1998
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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Widely acclaimed author Jackie French′s journal of a year in the life of the Araluen Valley in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW.
It′s a combination of many stories - foxes in the autumn and the first of the asparagus, dashes to the school bus in the mornings and sleepy lizard nibbling Christmas pudding leftovers on hot rocks, the slow drying of the creek...
It′s a book about food, too, with fabulous recipes - for example, duck with peach and couscous, ginger omelette (an aphrodisiac), potatoes and artichokes in olive oil, and skin lotions that leave your fingers smelling of flowers.
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Author Extras
Reading Guides:
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A Day to Remember
Anzac Day is the day when we remember and honour ANZAC traditions down the ages, from the first faltering march of wounded veterans in 1916 to the ever-increasing numbers of their descendants who march today. Containing reference to the many places the ANZACs have fought, and the...
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Christmas Wombat
It′s Christmas! And it′s Christmas for Mothball the Wombat, too.She eats, she sleeps, she scratches,but on Christmas Eve ... Created by writer Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley, Christmas Wombat is another irresistible picture book by this extraordinary...
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