Under the Southern Cross
By Frané Lessac
Illustrated by Frané Lessac
For ages 5–8
From the bestselling and award-winning creator of A is for Australia and A is for Australian Animals comes a new narrative nonfiction picture book, which explores Australia after dark.
Night-time in Australia, animals are waking, people are exploring, discoveries are being made – under the Southern Cross.
What makes ribbons of colour swirl in the sky? What are the spooky balls of light that bounce across the outback? What animal lays eggs that look like squishy ping-pong balls? Where can you watch a movie with bats circling overhead?
Discover the answers to these questions and more in this fantastic picture book tour of Australia after dark.
For ages 5–8
From the bestselling and award-winning creator of A is for Australia and A is for Australian Animals comes a new narrative nonfiction picture book, which explores Australia after dark.
Night-time in Australia, animals are waking, people are exploring, discoveries are being made – under the Southern Cross.
What makes ribbons of colour swirl in the sky? What are the spooky balls of light that bounce across the outback? What animal lays eggs that look like squishy ping-pong balls? Where can you watch a movie with bats circling overhead?
Discover the answers to these questions and more in this fantastic picture book tour of Australia after dark.
$16.99
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Why picture books?
Picture books cover a diverse range of topics, expose children to words and language they might not hear normally in conversation, and teach children how reading works (left to right, top to bottom). While picture books might be too hard for early readers to read by themselves at first, the books are not too hard to understand. Reading picture books with your child will inspire them to learn to read on their own, and experience the pleasure of reading.
