Books with author Sindy McKay

'I'm sure it'll be much more fun at the goldfields'. Dunedin, 1865 Charlotte loves to play marbles with her best friend Harry and read about adventures on the high seas. But Charlotte will have to leave school soon and help her mother with the house and the younger children. Charlotte can't imagine anything worse. When it looks like her mother is going to keep her home for good, Charlotte and her new friend Cyril board a Cobb & Co coach and head to Hogburn Gully, where the Otago gold rush is in full swing. But the mining town isn't what Charlotte imagined. Can Charlotte find a fortune in the goldfields? Or will she have to return home to a narrow life of sewing, cooking and looking after her little sisters?

This book features amazing photographs and fascinating information about tadpoles, frogs, and toads. It covers the life cycle of frogs in the food chain as both predator and prey. Many unusual frogs are featured, including poison dart frogs, flying tree frogs, and glass frogs. The book also discusses the serious threats to frogs from pollution and destruction of their habitats. The book includes a table of contents, glossary, and discussion questions.