Kookoo Kookaburra by Gregg Dreisse
Kindness is like a boomerang – if you throw it often, it comes back often We all know someone who […]
Picture books that address current issues
Koala by Claire Saxby and illustrated by Julie Vivas
Koalas – the quintessential Australian animal and one we thought would always be in abundance. But recent news has taught
Coral Sea Dreaming by Kim Michelle toft
Another intriguing and intricately detailed picture book from Kim Michelle Toft is Coral Sea Dreaming. ⠀ Take a plunge under
Need an Environmental award winning book?
The winners have been announced for the Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL) 2017. The winners are: Chooks in Dinner Suits by
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
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
Tek, the modern cave boy by Patrick McDonnell
Are you in need of some outside time? Are you addicted to the screen? Do your children tell you to stop
Australia Illustrated by Tania McCartney
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to look at a starry sky without a single sound around
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
This house, once by Deborah Freedman
What is your house made of? Who built it? How old is it? This house, once by Deborah Freedman is
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,