Alison Lester

"Sophie Scott is only nine years old, but she's going to Antarctica on an icebreaker with her dad, the ship's captain. During the voyage to Mawson Station and back, Sophie keeps a diary. She sees icebergs, penguins, seals and whales. She makes new friends, wonders at the southern lights and even becomes stranded in a blizzard!"--Back cover.

Noni and her friends help a lost wallaby joey find his family.

Introduces Noni the pony, who is friendly and funny and lives at Waratah Bay, where her best friends are Dave Dog and Coco the cat.

Noni the Pony counts everything from her two friends to the cars going by, all the way to a million stars in the night sky.

Describes the new accomplishments and experiences of seven children from the time they are one-year-olds until they reach the age of seven.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the real and imagined activities young beachgoers enjoy.

Labeled pictures of things beginning with each letter of the alphabet surround illustrations showing a young girl and her toy donkey spending a busy day having fun.

"A middle-aged woman in the 1960s looks back on her life as a single woman and on the men in her life"--