Rae Harvie: 3 books

Daniel and Molly O'Shea and their twelve children leave Elliston in 1925 to take up a government settler's block five miles out of Yaninee, on the west coast of South Australia. Molly promises God that she will become a catholic if her seven-year-old daughter is found safe from the bowels of the scrub...

Jess refuses to wear her new glasses, as she is afraid the kids at school will make fun of her. Grandma comes to the rescue. With her help, Jess arrives at school and her amazing glasses are an instant hit with the kids.

Lily's mother has cancer. This book describes the effect of chemotherapy on the individual and the author illustrates this process by seasonal changes in Lily's garden. This is an ideal story for all children, particularly those who have a parent, relatives or friends who have cancer, to help allay the...