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  Modern-Day Castaway - A...

  Michael Atkinson

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  Could you survive alone, for 2 months at sea in a dugout canoe? 
  In 1846, James Morrill survived a shipwreck on Australia’s north coast. Though the young sailor was then embraced by the local Indigenous community, in Modern-Day Castaway, Michael Atkinson asks, ‘Could James have built a vessel and made the perilous journey to a historic rescue haven in the Torres Strait?’ 
  With the cyclone season fast approaching, Alone Australia contestant and solo adventurer, Mike Atkinson, sets sail on an extraordinary 1500-kilometre journey to the northern tip of Australia. His aim: to live entirely off the land and sea. 
  As malnourishment drains his body, Mike navigates his failing dugout canoe through the treacherous waters of the Great Barrier Reef, and along the wild and unforgiving coastline of Cape York. From crocodile defence tactics, to calamitous canoe failure, to fishing with adapted Indigenous tools, Modern-Day Castaway journals Mike’s epic struggle for survival. 
  This is a truly unique book. A cross between Tom Hanks Castaway (although this story is real, not fiction!), a genuine shipwrecked sailor’s tale and Mike’s awe-inspiring journey of discovery.

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  Horrid Henry: Perfect Pets

  Lucinda Whiteley

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  All pets are Perfect Pets, but some are more perfect than others, as you’ll discover with this perfect collection of 11 Horrid Henry super stories performed by the show's full cast. Hamsters rule of course, even man eating ones, and there’s a catalogue (geddit?!) of near misses and triumphs to enjoy here. So let’s turn up the Horrid and enjoy these classic stories with "Name Game", "Petsitting Service", "Tickly Treat Thief", "Dinosaur", "Man Eating Hamster", "Glory Of All Hamsters", "So Not A Hamster", "Sock Sorter", "Mr Tiddler", "Pet Show" and "The Mole". Horridly Brilliant or Brilliantly Horrid? You decide!!

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  Apollo and Artemis: The Origins...

  Editors Charles River

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  “Apollo’s history is a confusing one,” said the renowned poet and mythologist Robert Graves. This notion is also illustrated in the above quote from the 6th century BCE Homeric Hymn to Apollo, which gives the reader a brief glimpse into the confusion surrounding Apollo’s multi-faceted nature. The quote comes from the end of an episode in which Apollo is traversing the known world, looking for a place to build a temple to himself. Once he lands upon a place of his liking, however, he realizes that he needs to populate it with priests who would ‘guard’ and care for its ceremonies. Rather than depend upon those ‘glorious tribes’ to supply his temple with sycophants, Apollo has no patience for chance, and flies down to a Cretan merchant ship, landing on it in the form of a timber-shaking dolphin. After terrifying the merchants, he tells them that their lives in the sea trade are over, and they are to be priests at his temple from then on. Cautioning the merchants to eschew piracy and ‘keep righteousness’ in their hearts, while simultaneously confronting and sequestering them captures the youthful god’s capricious character quite well. 
  Artemis had one of the most widespread cults in the Greek world, perhaps due to her connection to nature, which can be a ubiquitous antagonist or boon-giver. Her association with nature may also explain why she was one of the oldest deities in the Greek pantheon, although her appearance in the Mycenaean Linear B script is still contested. Etymology often gives modern readers a better idea of the earliest form of a deity, but Artemis's is confusing. She is often associated with mythic qualities (such as "maidenhood" and "purity") and even non-Greek origins. The latter is as unsurprising as the former, since Artemis had a large following throughout Greece and across Asia Minor, where her most famous temple, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, resided. It was in the Near East where Artemis represented wilder characteristics.

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  Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

  Oliver Oak

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  A fun-packed re-telling of the traditional fairy-tale Golidlocks and the Three Bears with dinosaurs, music and sound effects! 

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  How the Crab Lost His Head: An...

  Odi Nkunim Ama D. Bekoe

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  How the Crab Lost His Head: An Ananse Tale is a Ghanaian folktale of how the Crab, who once boasted a human head atop his shell, encounters a series of events that lead to his demise by losing his head. This unfortunate event also began a new and empowered identity as he began to choose himself more through self-love. This Ananse tale is a remarkable journey filled with friendship, exploitation, and self-discovery.

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  Pinocchio

  C. Collodi

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  "Pinocchio" is a classic Italian children's novel written by Carlo Collodi. Originally titled "The Adventures of Pinocchio," it was first serialized in 1881 and later published as a complete book in 1883. The story follows the adventures of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Throughout his journey, Pinocchio encounters various characters and learns valuable lessons about honesty, responsibility, and the consequences of his actions. The tale is both whimsical and moralistic, captivating readers with its fantastical elements and timeless themes.

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