Dear picture book section
Dear Picture book section, It was really lovely seeing you the other day. You were full of some new releases, […]
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The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd
It has painted on lights and a bark numberplate that keeps falling off and we have to remake it. The
Interview with Joanne Karcz, author of Dangar Island. Birds, Barrows, a ferry and me.
Joanne Karcz is the very talented author of the rhythmically relaxing picture book: Dangar Island. Birds, Barrows a ferry and
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts.
She took a deep breath and she simply asked, “Why?” Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David
A is for Australian animals by Frane Lessac.
Have you ever wondered which Australian animals you would come across if you wandered through the alphabet, across the desert
Dangar Island. Birds, Barrows, a ferry and me written by Joanne Karcz and illustrated by Jacqui Selby.
Can you imagine living in a place where there are no cars, a cave with hidden secrets and wheelbarrows waiting
Python by Christopher Cheng and Mark Jackson
It’s morning in the bush. Python stirs and slithers out from her shelter. She warms her head and smells the
Battle of Bug World by Karen Tyrrell
Superstorms destroying back gardens, Disappearing bees, record temperatures causing heat waves across the country and a strange looking tornado forming
Children in our world: Poverty and Hunger by Louise Spilsbury and Hanane Kai
How do you talk to your children about poverty? Have you ever wandered through the city and seen a homeless
My country by Ezekiel Kwaymullina and Sally Morgan
In my country I play with the morning star Author Ezekiel Kwaymullina, from the Palyku people in Western Australia’s Pilbara, says,
2017 Environment Award for Children’s literature
It’s on again – the Wilderness society’s Environment Award for Children’s literature. The shortlist is wonderful and I have been lucky
Beyond the first shelf….
You may not think of yourself as a creative writer or an avid reader but we need to encourage our