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  • Meet Ned Kelly

    Janeen Brian, Matt Adams

    Paperback (Penguin Random House Australia, May 1, 2014)
    The perfect book for kids learning about Ned Kelly and his gang. Ned Kelly was a notorious bushranger. He lived in Australia's earliest days. He was daring and clever and bold. In a suit made of iron he battled police. And his story is still being told. This is the first book in a picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history.
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  • Meet Mary MacKillop

    Sally Murphy, Sonia Martinez

    Paperback (Random House Australia, Aug. 1, 2014)
    A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australian history, including St. Mary Mackillop. Mary MacKillop is Australia’s first saint. Mary was born in the 1800s and devoted her life to teaching children. Mary believed everyone should have the chance to learn, no matter how rich or poor they are. In 1866 she set up her first school and founded an order of nuns called the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart. The Sisters continue to do the good work Mary started.
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  • Meet Abraham Lincoln

    Patricia A. Pingry, Stephanie McFetridge Britt

    Hardcover (Ideals Pubns, Sept. 1, 2002)
    A look at the life of Abraham Lincoln, including his boyhood, his presidency, and his legacy of freedom.
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  • Meet George Washington

    Patricia A. Pingry

    Hardcover (WorthyKids, Jan. 30, 2000)
    A biography of the nation's first president, including his youth in Virginia, his army career, and his leadership of the newly formed United States of America.
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  • Meet Don Bradman

    Coral Vass, Brad Howe

    Paperback (Penguin Random House Australia, Aug. 1, 2017)
    A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia’s history, including cricket’s greatest ever batsman, Sir Donald Bradman. Don Bradman was Australia’s greatest cricketer. This is the story of how he first came to play for Australia, and how his record-breaking feats in the Ashes series became a source of pride and hope during the hard years of the Great Depression.
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  • Meet Martin Luther King Jr

    Johnny Ray Moore, Amy Wummer

    Hardcover (Ideals Pubns, Sept. 1, 2002)
    An introduction to the life of the civil rights leader and clergyman.
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  • Meet Banjo Patterson

    Kristin Weidenbach, James Gulliver Hancock

    Hardcover (Random House Australia, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Take another look at the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including the bush poet Banjo Paterson Banjo Paterson is one of Australia’s most loved poets. This is the story of how he came to write his legendary ballads "The Man from Snowy River" and "Waltzing Matilda."
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  • Meet Captain Cook

    Chris Nixon

    Hardcover (Random House Australia, Nov. 1, 2013)
    Captain Cook was the first European to discover the eastern coast of Australia. Along with his crew on the HMS Endeavor, Cook set out from England with royal orders to look for signs of the great southern land known as Terra Australis, which they chartered in 1788. From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary Mackillop, Captain Cook to Douglas Mawson, the Meet... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who shaped Australian history.
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  • Meet Ned Kelly

    Janeen Brian, Matt Adams

    Hardcover (Penguin Random House Australia, June 1, 2013)
    Ned Kelly was a notorious bushranger. He lived in Australia's earliest days. He was daring and clever and bold. In a suit made of iron, he battled police. And his story is still being told. From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary Mackillop, Captain Cook to Douglas Mawson, the Meet... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who shaped Australian history.
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  • Meet Weary Dunlop

    Claire Saxby, Jeremy Lord

    Hardcover (Random House Australia, Oct. 1, 2015)
    A new addition to the series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including World War II hero Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop was an Australian Army surgeon during World War II. Weary was among the Allies taken as prisoners of war in Java and moved to Thailand, to work on the grim Thai–Burma railway. This is the story of how Weary’s bravery, tenacity, and compassion helped save the lives and bolster the spirits of Australian POWs.
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  • Meet the ANZACs

    Claire Saxby

    Paperback (Random House Australia, Dec. 1, 2015)
    A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australian history. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It is the name given to the troops who fought in the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. The name ANZAC is now a symbol of bravery and mateship. This is the story of how the ANZAC legend began.
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  • Meet Nancy Bird Walton

    Grace Atwood, Harry Slaghekke

    Hardcover (Random House Australia, Feb. 1, 2015)
    In this latest addition to the picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, learn about Australia's first female commercial pilot, Nancy Bird Walton Nancy Bird Walton grew up during the golden age of aviation. By the time she was 13, Nancy knew she wanted to fly. When she was 18, Nancy studied under the famous aviator Charles Kingsford Smith. This is the story of how Nancy began her career as Australia’s first female commercial pilot.
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