Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC.

After seven years on the road with her family, Kerry McGinnis is tired of the wandering life and yearns for a proper home. When her father, the irascible but loveable Mac, buys a property in Queensland's Gulf Country, it seems like she might have found one. The sequel to 'Pieces of Blue' by this autobiographer.

Lucy and her younger brother Jake are proud of their father. They love the stories he tells about his days as a football player. But the something happens to make Lucy's image of her father change. CBC Book of the Year Younger Readers - Winner, 2001. Ages 10+

When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river and in the Wild Wood, there are high jinks on the open road with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad of Toad Hall.