Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Family - Alternative Family

Books seven to nine are contained in this, the third volume of stories about Leezah, Skye-Maree and Olingah Fitzgerald who live with their parents on Fellowship Farm, set out with joy to go blackberry picking.

But an unexpected turn of events at the river makes them fear for the lives of their puppies. AyyAm-i-HA follows with serving, teaching, gifts, treasure hunts as well as the challenge of bullying for Skye-Maree. After AyyAm-i-HA comes an opportunity to visit their eccentric Uncle Jack who takes them to the chocolate factory, aquatic centre and gives them many other treats both...

Celebrate diversity with a picture book for very young children about the many faces of contemporary families. Big or small, similar or different-looking, there are all kinds of families. Some have on parent, some have two, and many include extended family. This inclusive look at many varieties of families will help young readers see beyond their own immediate experiences and begin to understand others.

What is a family? Once, it was said to be a father, mother, boy, girl, cat and dog living in a house with a garden. But as times have changed, families have changed too, and now there are almost as many kinds of families as colours of the rainbow - from a mum and dad or single parent to two mums or two dads, from a mixed-race family to children with different mums and dads, from families with a disabled member to those with a mum or dad in prison. Mary Hoffman takes a look through children's eyes at the wide varieties of family life: from homes, food, ways of celebrating, schools and...

Leezah, Skye-Maree and Olingah Fitzgerald live with their parents on Fellowship Farm. In the first volume of the Fellowship Farm series, containing books one to three, you will meet the children and learn about their daily activities on the farm. There is a lot to be done each day: pillow fights, morning prayers, pig feeding and school bus riding. They help their dad feed the cows, add stickers to their virtues poster and learn to deal with bullies.

Then you will join the Fitzgerald children on their many adventures with puppies, snake bites, treasure hunts,...

Leezah, Skye-Maree and Olingah Fitzgerald live with their parents on Fellowship Farm. In the first volume of the Fellowship Farm series (containing books one to three), you met the children and learned about their daily activities on the farm.

In this the second volume (books four to six) the Fitzgerald children are visited by their cousins, Nick and Anisa. Together they travel by horse and cart to the market, attend the 19 Day Feast, go camping, find a pirate map and treasure, as well as experience the intensity of crisis and victory when Olingah's life is put in serious...

In books ten to twelve, contained in the fourth volume of stories about Leezah, Skye-Maree and Olingah Fitzgerald of Fellowship Farm they prepare for the annual Naw Ruz Mahta River Boat Race. There are some unexpected hitches.

Skye-Maree and Olingah learn about loyalty and sacrifice as they work out how to respond to the challenges they face. Soon after Naw Ruz winter sets in and the family rug up and head for the ski slopes. Along the way they experience the life-threatening danger of losing unity, the challenge of learning to ski, the power of prayer, and patience in the face of...

In Book 13 the children lovingly nurture Joey until he is ready to return to the bush. It turns out that saying goodbye is not easy for the children or for Joey. Leezah's junior youth group find that service is fun and rewarding at times, and at other times it can be boring, cold, and difficult Leezah is pushed out of her comfort zone and has to draw on her faith and courage.

In Book 14 the family flies to Sydney where they are showered with love by their cousins, and also learn the hard way that moderation is an important virtue.

In Book 15 the family returns to Fellowship...