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Author
Series
Muster Dogs volume 2
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Muster Dogs first hit screens in 2022, viewers were enchanted. Five lively kelpie pups adopted into farming homes across Australia and put on an intensive training program became instant stars. Could they learn to herd and muster within a year? Could they prove that working with natural ability was an optimum way to farm? With the help of expert breeders and trainers, these dogs and their new trainers showcased not only what the puppies were...
3) The lost dog
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Tom Loxley is holed up in a remote bush shack trying to finish his book on Henry James when his beloved dog goes missing. What follows is a triumph of storytelling, as The Lost Dog loops back and forth in time to take the reader on a spellbinding journey into worlds far removed from the present tragedy. Set in present-day Australia and mid-twentieth century India, here is a haunting, layered work that brilliantly counterpoints new cityscapes and their...
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is the oldest and most-loved animal home in the country, caring for thousands of lost, abandoned or unwanted cats and dogs every year. 'A Friend for Life' features real life stories about the animals that have passed through their doors.
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Powerful, dramatic, heartwarming, this is the true story of Sarbi, the scruffy black Labrador-cross trained by the Australian Army as an explosives detection dog for the most dangerous combat mission imaginable. Thirteen months after Australia's most famous canine warrior went missing in action following an historic battle between the elite SAS and the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2008, she was found by an American Special Forces officer patrolling a...
Author
Series
A Chet and Bernie Mystery volume 3
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When a valuable circus elephant and his trainer go missing, Chet and Bernie are hired to find out what's going on. Have Peanuts and his trainer, Uri, been lured away by animal rights activists? Or have they been kidnapped by someone with a grudge? It's not long before Chet and Bernie discover that their disappearance is much more sinister than an animal rights stunt, and may in fact involve vicious smugglers and the huge illegal international trade...
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When Marcus is woken by a dog doing a poo on his bed, he is understandably upset. And Blacky (the dog) has other surprises in store. Soon Marcus and his disruptive friend Dylan are on a mission to rescue God - a sick pygmy bearded dragon - from the local pet shop. But time is running out... And then there is Rose who thrives on terrorising her little brother. She is the sister from hell, but revenge will be sweet. Or so Marcus thinks. 'Funny, entertaining...
9) Super weird!
Author
Series
Weirdo volume 4
Publisher
ABC Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Weir's back and super weird! Guess what? Our new puppy FiDo is super weird, like us! Perfect! Dad's training to become a firefighter, while Weir's busy with Pet Day! Will FiDo and Blockhead freeze up or find fame?.
10) Red dog
Author
Publisher
ABC Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Red Dog is a West Australian, a lovable friendly red kelpie who found widespread fame as a result of his habit of travelling all over Western Australia, hitching rides over thousands of miles, settling in places for months at a time and adopting new families before heading off again to the next destination and another family - sometimes returning to say hello years later. While visiting Australia, Louis de Berni�res heard the legend of Red Dog and...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jonathan Trefoils boss is unhinged, his relationship baffling and his apartment just the wrong side of legal. His girlfriend wants to marry someone just like him ? only richer and more organised with a different sense of humour. On the plus side, his two flatmates are determined to fix his life ? or possibly to destroy it altogether. Its difficult to be certain as they only speak dog. Poor Jonathan. He doesnt remember life being this confusing back...
13) battle begins
Author
Series
Unnaturals volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of the Animorphs and Warriors series, Devon Hughes's exhilarating debut is full of friendship, heroism, high stakes, and epic adventure. Castor has always been a stray, prowling with his pack in the back alleys of Lion's Head. That is, until the day that he's captured and taken to a dark laboratory full of terrifying creatures. They're called Unnaturals, and they're made to fight. Soon Castor is transformed from a mutt into a powerful...
Author
Publisher
Murdoch Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
From Tassie to the Top End, through the outback towns of Coober Pedy and Tennant Creek, to the coastal retreats of Fremantle, Cairns and Byron Bay and taking in the capital cities along the way, author- photographer David Darcy has traversed the length and breadth of the continent in search of women who have doggy tales to share. A Girl's Best Friend showcases a cross-section of women and their dogs, from all over the country and from all walks of...
15) Swim school
Author
Series
Publisher
Ladybird
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Bluey and her family are playing Swim School, but first they have to learn a lesson about not dobbing on each other. Will all of Bluey's fun games help Bingo learn anything about swimming? Find out in this hilarious colour board book! Can't get enough of Bluey? Also available: Bluey: The Beach Bluey: The Pool Bluey: Little Library.
16) A different dog
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The forest is dense and dark. And the trail full of unexpected perils. The dog can't move. The boy can't talk. And you won't know why. Or where you are going. You will put this story down not wanting the journey to end. But it's from Paul Jennings so watch out for the ambush. One of the best. From one of the best.
Author
Series
Spacemutts volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
But don't worry, Earth has the best interplanetary canine defense force in the universe: the Spacemutts! In Attack of the Ninja Kittens!, the gang are eager to overpower the evil Lady Fluffkins, but they fall into a trap and their spaceship is taken over by an army of ninja kittens! Can Duke, the shy Great Dane, save the day? In Fluffy Assassins from Mars!, the evil empress Lady Fluffkins launches a fleet of deadly flying saucers from Mars, and it's...
18) Saving maya
Author
Publisher
Matador
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of two dogs who are destined to become sisters. An uplifting tale, based on a true-life story, not only introduces young readers to pet rescue and adoption, but also educates children about the cruel reality of today?s puppy trade, where dogs are confined in farms to produce puppies. Readers first meet Willow, a much-loved family pet living a happy normal life with Patsy. One day, Patsy decides to get Willow a sister but, she soon...
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Blacky the farting dog has a mission that Marcus and Dylan can't refuse. Trouble is, this mission involves a monstrous saltwater crocodile who would much rather chomp on a human for dinner than have a civilised conversation. Of course, there's also the small matter of a giant big-game hunter on a collision course with our heroes. And will Marcus be any match for his mean older sister Rose and her light-sabre-wielding best friend Cy Ob Han? Blacky...
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An extraordinarily moving and fascinating story of bravery, mateship and the lengths people will go to to save a friend. In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft two minutes before his human...
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