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Joanne Karcz is the very talented author of the rhythmically relaxing picture book: Dangar Island. Birds, Barrows a ferry and me. Thank you Joanne for taking the time to answer… Read more Interview with Joanne Karcz, author of Dangar Island. Birds, Barrows, a ferry and me. →
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. →
It’s morning in the bush. Python stirs and slithers out from her shelter. She warms her head and smells the air with her forked tongue. Python is a beautiful snake,… Read more Python by Christopher Cheng and Mark Jackson →
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 →
It’s on again – the Wilderness society’s Environment Award for Children’s literature. The shortlist is wonderful and I have been lucky enough to review some of these great books. These picture books are all gateways to inspire your young reader to take action in the world they live in. These books also allow your children to explore these big issues of animal conservation, living sustainably and respecting the indigenous culture without fear or worry. We need to help our children (and ourselves) to understand the big issues but not get stressed… Read more 2017 Environment Award for Children’s literature →
This simple yet powerful picture book will empower your child to want to investigate the outside world and the abundance we can find within it if we take the time… Read more Waterlilies by Diane Lucas and Colwyn Campbell →
The dry salt bed of Kati-Thanda~Lake Eyre shimmers in the desert heat. But far up north, the rains have come. Water is flooding into empty riverbeds and swirling down towards… Read more Desert Lake by Pamela Freeman and Liz Anelli →
Do you really know what happens to refugees once they arrive in camps? Have you ever considered how long some of these people live in these camps? The Bone… Read more The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon →
