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"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." -- The Twits by Roald Dahl

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Country is central to so much of First Nations Culture. It is past, present, future. Storytelling and song. Country is all of us. Country is you.

 

Audrey may look a little different from the other creatures in the river, but that doesn't stop this curious and lovable amphibian from embarking on a quest to find out just who she is.

 

Being true to yourself and showing the world who you are isn't always easy. 'Gorgeously Me!' assures young readers that they are loved and cherished, exactly as they are. A joyful story of pride, self-acceptance, community and all the things that make us exceptional.

 

One day, curious Sadie follows a cat into the tangled vines behind the lonely house at Number 9, Ardent Street. Deep in the undergrowth, past all the twisted, rusted things, Sadie finds the cat sitting on the lap of a woman, bent with time and weariness. Sadie has found the 'Garden of broken things'.

 

Along with his human, Yacoub, Tinka travels roads wide and narrow, near and distant. But no matter how much they travel, home feels very far away for both of them. Yacoub drives his truck to make a living, learning the landscape of a new country along the way, and longing for connection. When Tinka and Yacoub are unexpectedly separated, they are determined to find their way back to each other and, in doing so, might find more than they expected.

 

Your body is home to tens of thousands of species that aren't even human!