Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady
Title | Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady PDF eBook |
Author | Dianne Wolfer |
Publisher | Fremantle Press |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2025-03-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1760995282 |
Imagine flying solo, crisscrossing the north-west of Australia in your own plane, and single-handedly delivering lifesaving vaccines to remote communities.Robin Miller did this, and at a time when most people didn' t think women should be pilots at all. Her arrival seemed like magic to the outback children who received her polio vaccine on sugar cubes. Before long, she became known as....the Sugarbird Lady. And this was just the start of Robin's extraordinary real-life adventures!
Flying Nurse
Title | Flying Nurse PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Miller |
Publisher | [Adelaide] : Rigby |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1971-01-01 |
Genre | Health services |
ISBN | 9780851792521 |
Lighthouse Girl
Title | Lighthouse Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Dianne Wolfer |
Publisher | Fremantle Press |
Pages | 123 |
Release | 2011-04-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1921696575 |
It's 1914. Fay can shoot a rabbit and make a mean nettle stew. She understands morse code and the semaphoric alphabet. She knows where the penguins nest and when the humpbacks migrate. But until she starts writing to a soldier named Charlie, she's never known friendship - and she's never had a friend to lose. This beautifully illustrated story for all ages combines the considerable talents of award-winning author, Dianne Wolfer, and first-time book illustrator, Brian Simmonds.
The Bush Pilots
Title | The Bush Pilots PDF eBook |
Author | Time-Life Books |
Publisher | Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9780809433124 |
Describes the personalities, planes and experiences of bush pilots flying in the Canadian wilderness, the Australian outback, the jungles of New Guinea and Latin America and the frozen land of Alaska.
The Shark Caller
Title | The Shark Caller PDF eBook |
Author | Dianne Wolfer |
Publisher | Random House Australia |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 2016-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0143780549 |
Only a twin from a shark calling family can appease the ancestors and bring a community back together in this powerful and haunting story. Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forward to seeing her family again, but there’s another tragic reason for the trip. Izzy’s twin brother, Ray, died in a freak diving accident, and Izzy and her mum are taking his ashes home for traditional death ceremonies. After they arrive, Izzy realises things have changed since their last visit. Logging threatens the community’s way of life and sharks no longer answer the song of the shark callers. Izzy’s cousin Noah explains that the clan needs someone to undertake a traditional diving ritual. The person must be a twin from the shark calling lineage. The dive will be perilous. And Izzy is the last twin. Will she have the courage to attempt the dive? And what deep, dark secrets will the ocean reveal if she does?
Nanna's Button Tin
Title | Nanna's Button Tin PDF eBook |
Author | Dianne Wolfer |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0763680966 |
"Nanna's button tin is very special. It has buttons of all shapes and sizes and they all have a different story to tell. But today, one button in particular is needed. A button for Teddy"--
The Dog with Seven Names
Title | The Dog with Seven Names PDF eBook |
Author | Dianne Wolfer |
Publisher | Random House Australia |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2018-07-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0143787462 |
A tiny dog, the runt of the litter, is born on a remote cattle station. She shouldn’t have survived, but when Elsie finds, names and loves her, the pup becomes a cherished companion. Life is perfect ... until War arrives. With Japanese air raids moving closer, Elsie’s family leaves the Pilbara for the south and safety. But the small dog has to stay behind. After travelling far from home with drovers and a flying doctor, she becomes a hospital dog and experiences the impact of war on north-western Australia. She witnesses wonderful and terrible things and gives courage to many different humans. But through all her adventures and many names, the little dog remembers Elsie, who girl who loved her best of all. Will she ever find her again? A Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book, 2019