Seana Smith

Broschiertes Buch

Wildly Weird But Totally True

Beschreibung

Your kids will love reading the weird and wonderful facts about Australia in this brand new book! Check out this hilarious Australian kids book, chock full of amazing facts, trivia and stories. Learn about Australia in this amusing and entertaining children's book, which will appeal to the adults too. You will laugh and you will gasp, and then you will want to explore Australia and see its amazing animals and places for yourself. Can you answer these questions: o What name was almost used for Vegemite? o Who fought the Emu Wars? o Is Australia an island? o What shape is wombat poo? o What is the unique secret of emu's feathers? o What is the big controversy over the pavlova? o Why was a book written about the anzac biscuit? o Is Cow Bay named after a dairy cow? o Is Uluru the world's largest rock? o What's unique about the dinosaur fossils at Lark Quarry? o What did First Nations Australians use as a football? Australia is a huge country and it is a really unique and amazing place, and not just because of its sharks, crocodiles, spiders and snakes? Kids love fun facts and parents love to see kids reading! This book makes a terrific gift for the children in your life!

Autor

Seana Smith was born and brought up in Scotland, in the village of Ormiston, East Lothian, just 12 miles from Edinburgh. After studying Classics and Old and Medieval English at Wadham College, University of Oxford, Seana worked for 10 years as a TV researcher and producer at Channel 9 in Sydney and at the BBC in London and Glasgow.After moving to Sydney, Australia, Seana's first book was published in 2001, the very practical Sydney For Under Fives. Further books included The Australian Autism Handbook, now in its 4th edition, Beyond The Baby Blues and Wildly Weird But Totally True: Australia. Seana's latest book is the quitlit classic 'Going Under': a memoir of family secrets, addiction and escape.I have also written freelance articles for a wide range of publications, including The Scotsman, The Scots Magazine, Punch, The Australian Magazine, The Sun-Herald and most recently the Sydney Morning Herald and Outdoor Swimmer magazine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Seana Smith
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 159g
• ISBN-13: 9780645663716
• ISBN-10: 0645663719
• Artikelnr.: 67149384