Books with author Harry Roland

Roland and his pelican friend follow the Murray River from its smallest beginnings in the high country to the sea. Along the way, using different modes of transport, they discover the wildlife, plants, people, and environments that make this river unique. Roland's marvelously detailed artwork, unusual perspectives, devilish sense of humor, and joy in the natural world shine out in this book that will delight the whole family.

In this sixth picture book in Roland Harvey's hilarious and delightful vacation adventure series, Uncle Kev has a farm!Kev invites the family for a vacation, then sets them to work on his farm, where the pigs do the polishing and the cows are the happiest in all the hills. There's lots to be done before the big Harvest Festival—and Kev is distracted, because he's fallen in love! With a moo moo here and an oink oink there, here a honk, there a quack, everywhere a neigh neigh, Uncle Kevin had a farm!

The fifth fantastic Roland Harvey vacation book, this time focusing on the extraordinary landscapes, towns, and people of Australia's west Uncle Kev is lost. Can readers help find him? While readers hunt for Uncle Kev, he's looking for the rare Bearded Night Parrot! Each page contains a cunningly concealed picture of the bird, pursued by wacky Uncle Kev, often using inventive contraptions. Readers can follow Uncle Kev's hilarious antics as the family visits landmarks of Western Australia. Detailed and humorous pictures feature beaches, trains, boats, and mining towns, and showcase the astonishing beauty of WA.

Created in the tradition of Where’s Waldo?, this lovely picture book offers children and adults alike hours of fun searching for hidden details and “lost” items. As a family gathers the postcards and photos from their big trip to the city in a souvenir scrapbook, they remember together the most exciting moments of their vacation. Within each picture, hundreds of hidden jokes and forgotten possessions await eager readers who take the time to look for them.

Roland Harvey and his new pelican friend are off on an adventure to walk, fish, canoe, raft, windsurf, sail, paddle-steam, houseboat and even fly their way along the Murray River, from its smallest beginnings in the high country to where it meets the sea. Together they discover the story of the river: its secrets, history, ecology, people and animals. And you're invited, too! A delight for all ages from the creator of the bestselling At the Beach series and a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book. 'It's impossible to look through the pictures without learning something or to read the text without a smile. Highly recommended.' Sunday Telegraph

Meet the Wombats. They are going on their first school camp ever, with their teachers Mrs Nott and Ms Annabel.Naucia's a bit posh, Audrey's a literary genius, Hughie's scared of nothing.Ima loves baking, Ollie's small and fast, and Sardinia does magic tricks.Albert knows everything, Dante's never without his ball, Ava wants to win.Freddie has one eye, Alecia hates everything, and Horrie loves his pet rat (or is it an antechinus?).Join the Wombats as they explore, build, cook, perform, climb, jump, scare each other silly and have the time of their lives.'The indomitable Roland Harvey manages to capture chaos and bring it in an orderly way into the pages of a picture book.a great class book and a fun book to read at home. Junior Books + Publishing

A silly and fun camping adventure featuring the Wombat family's 12 comical kids and their two teachers, with wonderfully detailed and lively watercolor illustrations Meet the Wombats: Naucia's a bit posh, Audrey's a literary genius, Hughie's scared of nothing, and Ima loves baking. Ollie's small and fast, and Sardinia does magic tricks. Albert knows everything. Dante's never without his ball, Ava wants to win, Freddie has one eye, Alecia hates everything, and Horrie loves his pet rat. The Wombats are going on their first camping trip ever, with their teachers Mrs. Nott and Ms. Annabel. Join them as they explore, build, cook, perform, climb, jump, scare each other silly, and have the time of their lives!

The city is full of surprises! After exploring the underground sewers during a downpour and climbing inside the giantest scientist, these fun characters smell something stinky at the market and sneak up on a big barracuda in the aquarium. Harvey’s distinctive and engaging bird’s-eye perspective of the city features an incredible array of hilarious human activity in all its busy and bustling urban glory, as well as quieter moments in the early morning, and the bright lights of the night streets. This time the family is collecting memorabilia from their big city trip in a souvenir scrapbook, and handwritten diary notes appear along the side of each spread—drawing attention to specific details to look for in the illustrations.

This charming picture book about a family’s camping trip in the Australian Outback, written in the spirit of Where’s Waldo?, features illustrations from a bird’s-eye view that allow for hilarious glimpses of the family’s fellow campers. Humorous vacation activities are depicted, including campfire stories, cave exploring, horseback riding, and canoeing.

Detailing the perfect beach getaway, this charming picture book uses individual postcards to tell the tale of one family's adventures at Crabby Spit. In the spirit of Where's Waldo, beach items such as a hat, towel, and sandals are lost—and children must find them with the help of the mischievous family dog, Rajah. Humorous and warm family vacation activities are depicted, and include paddling, surfing, and finding treasures, making this ideal holiday and travel gift.