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Alison Lester

    17 novembre 1952

    Cet auteur se concentre sur une écriture qui explore en profondeur l'expérience humaine. Ses œuvres sont connues pour leurs explorations perspicaces des complexités des relations et des vies intérieures des personnages. À travers un style littéraire distinct, il capture des nuances subtiles d'émotion et de pensée qui résonnent auprès des lecteurs. Son écriture sert d'invitation à réfléchir sur la vie et le monde qui nous entourent.

    Running with the Horses
    Sophie Scott goes south
    Imagine
    Are We There Yet?
    Noni the Pony
    Kissed by the Moon
    • Kissed by the Moon

      • 28pages
      • 1 heure de lecture
      4,6(18)Évaluer

      May you, my baby, sleep softly at night, and when dawn lights the world, may you wake up to birdsong. Part poem, part lullaby, this gentle story celebrates a baby's wonder at our beautiful world. From Australia's favorite picture-book creator, Alison Lester, comes a timeless book to share and to treasure. 

      Kissed by the Moon
    • Noni the Pony

      • 24pages
      • 1 heure de lecture
      4,6(17)Évaluer

      Noni is the nicest pony any little child could ever hope to meet. A delightful new picture book for young children by the much-loved Alison Lester. Noni the Pony lives on a farm by the bay. She’s friendly and funny and her best friends are Jac Dog and Coco the Cat. In the day time she gallops and canters and entertains the other farm animals, but sometimes at night, when the leaves sigh in the breeze, Noni gets spooked…and that’s when her friends snuggle in to help Noni go to sleep.

      Noni the Pony
    • The year I turned eight, Mum and Dad took us on a trip around Australia. Luke, Billy and I missed school for the whole winter term.Join Grace and her family on their adventurous and sometimes funny expedition. A warm, heartfelt story based on an actual journey undertaken by the much-loved, award-winning author and illustrator, Alison Lester.

      Are We There Yet?
    • Imagine

      • 36pages
      • 2 heures de lecture
      4,2(9)Évaluer

      Gorgeous, sparkly cover edition for this much-loved Australian children's book. A wonderful introduction to the natural world, with pictures to explore again and again, and a key to help you name all the animals.

      Imagine
    • Sophie Scott goes south

      • 32pages
      • 2 heures de lecture
      4,2(292)Évaluer

      I'm going to Antarctica and I can't wait! Sophie Scott is only nine years old, but she's going to Antarctica on an icebreaker with her dad, the ship's captain. During the voyage to Mawson Station and back, Sophie keeps a diary. She sees icebergs, penguins, seals and whales. She makes new friends, experiences the southern lights and even becomes stranded in a blizzard! Children's Laureate and much-loved picture-book creator Alison Lester travelled to Antarctica as an Antarctic Arts Fellow. Her alter ego, Sophie Scott, goes on the same adventure in a friendly, informative and beautifully presented book that sees the wonder of Antarctica through a child's eyes.

      Sophie Scott goes south
    • Running with the Horses is a stunning picture book by Alison Lester, the much-loved creator of Are We There Yet? and many other treasured books for children. Young readers will love this beautifully illustrated classic story of adventure and friendship. TEN-YEAR-OLD NINA lives with her father above the palace stables at the Royal Academy of Dancing Horses. She loves watching the famous white stallions as they parade for the crowds, but her favourite horse is an ordinary mare called Zelda - an old cab horse Nina often pats on her way home from school. When Nina's world changes dramatically, she and her father have to flee from the city. Their journey over the mountains with Zelda and the stallions seems impossible, with danger at every turn . . .

      Running with the Horses
    • A little girl whose family runs a travelling show falls in love with some wild ponies...but what will she do when she realises they long to be set free?

      The Painted Ponies
    • Noni the Pony has a lot of fun counting everything she sees on a happy summer's day! You may have met Noni already in Noni the Pony, Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach and Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey.

      Noni the Pony Counts to a Million
    • Come to the beach with Noni - the nicest pony you could ever meet - in this purely delightful rhyming story for young children. Noni the Pony is friendly and funny. She loves going down to the beach when it's sunny. With her two very best friends Dave Dog and Coco the Cat, and the cows from next door, it's going to be a wonderful day.

      Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach
    • Come on another adventure with Noni the Pony in this totally delightful rhyming story by the much-loved Alison Lester. You may have met Noni already in Noni the Pony and Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach.

      Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey