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Koalas – the quintessential Australian animal and one we thought would always be in abundance. But recent news has taught me that these sleepy marsupials are on the decline due… Read more Koala by Claire Saxby and illustrated by Julie Vivas →
Another intriguing and intricately detailed picture book from Kim Michelle Toft is Coral Sea Dreaming. ⠀ Take a plunge under the water and meet many amazing animals who live amongst… Read more Coral Sea Dreaming by Kim Michelle toft →
The winners have been announced for the Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL) 2017. The winners are: Chooks in Dinner Suits by Diane Jackson Hill and Craig Smith (picture fiction category); Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy (nonfiction category); Rainforest Camp: Juliet Nearly a Vet by Rebecca Johnson (fiction category). As a budding writer myself it was inspiring to read how all of these authors have been able to incorporate something they are passionate about into a work of fiction. As this blog is my way of getting important… Read more Need an Environmental award winning book? →
It has painted on lights and a bark numberplate that keeps falling off and we have to remake it. The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd… Read more The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd →
Have you ever wondered which Australian animals you would come across if you wandered through the alphabet, across the desert down by a river or over the ocean? A is… Read more A is for Australian animals by Frane Lessac. →
Can you imagine living in a place where there are no cars, a cave with hidden secrets and wheelbarrows waiting to be used by weary home comers? Perhaps a visit… Read more Dangar Island. Birds, Barrows, a ferry and me written by Joanne Karcz and illustrated by Jacqui Selby. →
Are you in need of some outside time? Are you addicted to the screen? Do your children tell you to stop playing with your phone? Or are your kids the ones… Read more Tek, the modern cave boy by Patrick McDonnell →
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to look at a starry sky without a single sound around him? Or looked at a wildflower and not known the… Read more Australia Illustrated by Tania McCartney →
