Spring Racing at its Best The Race That Stops The Outback Author
Doug Bray Hammans Chan
ISBN
9780646958033
$ARP
$19.95
Binding
H/B
Height | Width
215
Pages
32
Published
01/12/2016
Category
Picture books
Publisher
Esoteric Armchair
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The Melbourne Cup goes to the outback The race that stops the nation embodies everything that makes Australia great: Every underdog has a chance, and every Australian wants to support them. Melbourne author, Doug Bray has encapsulated the very spirit of this great race in his children’s story book: The Race That Stops The Outback. A small kangaroo, Rusty and the hero of the book, wants to run at The Outback Track which is our equivalent of The Flemington Race Course. However, the large kangaroo characters think that he’s too small to compete. Rusty doesn’t give up, he needs to learn how to walk before he can run. In fact he teaches himself to run! After training with the emus, Sammy the stork and The Frill neck lizard Rusty returns to the Outback Track – a colosseum of gum trees. “I love the celebration that surrounds The Melbourne Cup and how it does stop the nation. Everyone watches and listens or now I suppose streams it from where ever they are.” Doug says. “I think that emotion and even the festive atmosphere, plus the day off shows off our unique culture in Australia.” But the story is bigger than that. It’s about never giving up, life can be tough and that small can defeat big. As a teacher, Doug has jam-packed many life lessons into such a small book. The Race That Stops The Outback’s illustrations have the colour scheme that take its readers directly to our red centre with its contrasting clear blue sky. Look out for it in a book store this Spring carnival!
The Epic Race Author
Marie Dorleans
ISBN
9780648009115
$ARP
$24.99
Binding
H/B
Height | Width
195
Pages
32
Published
01/10/2017
Category
Picture books
Publisher
Wilkins Farago
350
Parmesan The Reluctant Racehorse Author
Jacqui Halpin John Phillips
Phone: 03 9762 9100 | Fax 03 9762 9200 Email: orders@dennisjones.com.au
The big race is about to begin, all the horses are lined up ready, the jockeys are gripping the reins... and they're off! But this is no ordinary horse race‐it's the funniest, silliest, most unusual horse race you'll ever find in a book. In fact, it's epic!
ISBN
9780994626929
$ARP
$24.95
Binding
H/B
Height | Width
238
Pages
36
Published
01/10/2017
Category
Picture books
Publisher
Little Pink Dog Books
Parmesan, the racehorse, thinks he's a dog. Instead of training with other horses, he's off with his doggy friends playing doggy games. Will he be ready to run like a racehorse in the Spring Carnival? A humorous light‐hearted tale that celebrates the joy of being yourself and running your own race.
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