Written by Dr. Stanley Schmidt with the intent to make the English language come alive with lots of humour, clear explanations, and silly illustrations that stick in the mind. The student will learn to think and to communicate effectively while also learning often little known but interesting facts in the areas of geography, history, music, science and much more.

Australia is the first book of the Life of Fred Language Arts Series, which covers English for high school students.   The titles are:

• Life of Fred: Australia
• Life of Fred: Begin Teaching
• Life of Fred: Classes
• Life of Fred: Dreams

These books are designed to make the reader THINK! Each of the 19 chapters in each book is a daily lesson. There are about four pages about the adventures of Fred and a Your Turn to Play. Each Your Turn to Play consists of about three or four questions. After all the questions are answered, then take a peek at the answers that are given on the next page. Don’t just read the questions and look at the answers. You won’t learn as much that way.