
Category: Picture books that address current issues


The day Saida Arrived by Susana Gomez Redondo and Sonja Wimmer. Published by Blue Dot Kids Press.

Climate change for Babies by Chriss Ferrie and Katherina Petrou

Brave and strong, All day long. By Elizabeth Cummings

Rain Shaker by Elizabeth Mary Cummings. Illustrated by Cheri Hughes. Published by Big Sky Publishing.

A hero is. Written and illustrated by Nikki Rogers

Anisa’s alphabet by Mike Dumbleton and Hannah Sommerville

A unit of work on Dinosaurs!

For the wild – links to great books and actions.

The importance of nature play.

Windcatcher: The migration of the short-tailed shearwater. By Diane Jackson Hill and Craig Smith

National Tree day reflections

Nema and the Xenos. A story of soil Cycles by Ailsa Wild, Aviva Reed, Briony Barr and Gregory Crocetti in collaboration with S.Patrick Stock.

Who am I? A Peek-Through-Pages Book of Endangered Animals by Tim Flach

ANZAC day classroom ideas

A few books about families

The incurable imagination by Paul Russell and Aska

CBCA Notable lesson ideas

Collecting Sunshine by Rachel Flynn and Tamsin Ainslie

Where happiness lives by Barry Timms and Greg Abbott

The box cars by Robert Vescio and Cara King

Lucky and Spike by Norma MacDonald

The elephant by Jenni Desmond
