Staircase to the Moon by Bronwyn Houston

Staircase to the Moon by Bronwyn HoustonHow does a young girl with a yearning for adventure get to the moon? Why, she climbs the staircase of course! In this book, a young girl and her grandfather sneak away from home one night in a bid to climb the staircase to the moon. The pair brave blood thirsty mosquitoes, dive bombing fruit bats, boab trees that loom like giants and sinking mangrove mud before making it to the foot of the staircase. From there they climb the steps and have the time

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Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe demonstrate how Aboriginal people cultivated the land through manipulation of water flows

Yet an encounter with his best friend's sister offers another option

It's this multiplicity that is at the heart of bibliotherapy

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the book is the detailed description of camels used as draught and pack animals in the bush

'One of the greatest writers of all time' JACQUELINE WOODSON

down to the beach one windy day

She's introverted

And when you desire someone

there is no human who will go their whole life without becoming mentally unwell

And for the first time