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Alight: a story of fire and nature- Sam Lloyd. Illustrated by Samantha Metcalfe.
CSIRO Publishing | June 2023 | $ 24.99ISBN: 9781486315444 What a terrific book, and the timing is just perfect! Already, we have seen fires threatening homes, wildlife and people and it’s still so early in the season. This is a super way to explain to children, that non-Indigenous people can learn from the First Nations…
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Tjitji Lullaby – Michael Ross and Zaachariaha Fielding/Original artwork by Lisa Kennedy
Harper Collins Australia November 2022 Many readers will already be familiar with this favourite lullaby which features on ABC Kids and what a truly beautiful way to complete a day with your little peeps it is. Now you can also share this stunning board book with even the tiniest of humans with its lyrical text,…
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Amazing Animal Journeys- Jennifer Cossins
Hachette Australia October 2022 ISBN 9780734421432 RRP $26.99 Another glorious information book sneakily posing as a picture book *grin*, in the most excellent style for which Jennifer Cossins has become well known and loved. The book explores the incredible migratory habits of 25 different species, quite a few from Australia, and when I shared it…
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Two Puggles – Michelle Guzel and Andrew Plant
Ford St October 2022 ISBN 9781922696168 RRP $16.95 Over the years there have been numerous books about adoption or foster families which, of course, are terrific for both children to whom that applies as well as those who can gain an understanding of the differences in families. This is a really adorable ‘switched at birth’…
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Endangered Animal Tales 1: Coco, the Fish with Hands – Aleesah Darlison. Illustrated by Mel Matthews.
Penguin Random House June 2021 Yesterday at the EdSummit conference Brisbane, I had the great joy of hearing the amazing Aleesah Darlison deliver a lively and engaging presentation called “Saving the Environment through Story”. Uber-talented Aleesah has long been a huge advocate for the environment and has repeatedly taken up the cause of various creatures…
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The Fire Wombat – Jackie French. Illustrated by Danny Snell.
Harper Collins Australia October 2020 ISBN: 9781460759332 ISBN 10: 1460759338 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 19.99 AUD A year ago Australia was gripped by the raging fires that were sweeping through so many areas with ferocity causing so much devastation in their wake that the whole world was gasping as the scenes were broadcast. According to sources the…
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The Gum Family Finds a Home – Tania McCartney/Christina Booth
Publisher: National Library of Australia Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 9780642279255 Publication Date: 01 August 2018 Tania McCartney is not only one of my very favourite author/illustrators but also one of my favourite humans. This impossibly talented woman is clever, stylish, generous, beautiful inside and out and passionate about our unique country. It took a while…
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Bill Baillie: The Life and Adventures of a Pet Bilby – Ellis Rowan
Publisher: National Library of Australia Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 9780642279200 Publication Date: 01 March 2018 RRP: $24.99 Aptly in time for Easter (Bilbies not Bunnies!!) this is a beautiful abridged adaptation of Ellis Rowan’s fictionalised account of the little orphan bilby she raised and kept as a pet. The original was published in 1908 as…
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ABC Dreaming – Warren Brim
Magabala Books Published:Nov 2015 ISBN:9781922142627 Format:Paperback RRP: $17.95 I have purposely saved this one for the start of the school year believing it to the most beautiful ABC book I have seen in a long, long time and so perfect for introducing your preppies to both the alphabet, Australian flora and fauna and Indigenous…
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