I’m not sure about you but I love watching my children collecting stuff wit and creating things with them – rather than leaving them in my pocket and they end up going through the wash and… In Jeannie Baker’s new book...
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Birrarung is wilam to many Wilam means home in Woiwurrung, the language of the Wurundjeri clan and this stunning book brings to life many different words from this clan. The setting is the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia as it is now...
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It wasn’t a carnivorous plant. It wasn’t a venomous snake. It wasn’t a bristly wolf or a deep ravine. It was worse. Much, much worse. If you love an adventure and a bit of alliteration then you will love Beware the deep dark...
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What were you doing when you were 13 years old? Did you ever consider leaving your family for a year to go to a village in another part of your country to teach some others how to read and write? The courageous character in this story, My...
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Nganga is an authoritative and concise collection of words and phrases related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and issues. The word Nganga (ng gar na) means to understand, to see. In Australia we come across many indigenous words...
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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 for Australian animals by Frane Lessac takes every reader on a magical journey...
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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, but also dangerous – and she is looking for a meal Python by Christopher Cheng...
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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 the lake. Soon everything will change. Mesmerising images, lyrical...
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Rock Pool Secrets by Narelle Oliver was the last book she produced in her artistic career and it truly is a wonderful book to be remembered by. Rock Pool Secrets take children on a journey into the secrets of a rock pool through high and low...
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A child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam winston really brings home the importance of books in our lives. A child of books is a book I have been searching for. ⠀ ‘For imagination is free’ ⠀ ⠀ The idea of imagination is key to this...
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