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The Bee Squad
Boosting biodiversity in your neighbourhood – Judy Friedlander New South Books Ferbruary 2025 ISBN: 9781742238227 RRP: $27.99 Last year there were quite a few books come my way with bugs and biodiversity featured. This one is almost a complete wrap-up of them all in a non-fiction package. We know kiddos are enthusiastic about environmental activities.…
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A Flock of Beautiful Bird Books
Woodslane Publishing So this parcel of absolutely stunning bird books arrived just as I’d finished this years Bird Count, but that certainly doesn’t mean that they are any less appreciated. These are all not only sensationally and vibrantly beautiful but packed with pithy facts and information about our most iconic birds. Your kiddos who are…
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Wedge-tailed Eagle- Claire Saxby/Christina Booth
Walker Books Australia August 2024 ISBN13: 9781760655686 Australia RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $28.99 Another stunning book in the Nature Storybook series, combining a lyrical, almost poetic, narrative with fascinating facts, this time about Australia’s largest raptor – surely, one of our most magnificent winged creatures. For a bird nerd like myself, they are always…
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Seed to Sky: life in the Daintree – Pamela Freeman and Liz Anelli
Walker Books April 2024 ISBN13:9781760653750 Australia RRP:$26.99 New Zealand RRP:$28.99 Book 3 of Nature Storybooks Series If you haven’t been to the Daintree and FNQ, I’m suggesting right now that you put it on your bucketlist. I have been there three times, the first as a little kid of about 6 after a long train trip…
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Sensational Australian Animals – Stephanie Owen Reeder. Illustrated by Cher Hart.
CSIRO Publishing February 2024 | $ 29.99ISBN: 9781486316892 This new book from Stephanie Owen Reeder is every bit as sensational as the titular creatures! She has taken a very original approach to this factoid smorgasbord, by categorising animals aligned with each of the five (basic) senses. Check out the list of contents below to see…
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Bowerbird Blues – Aura Parker
Publisher:SCHOLASTIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD December 2023 ISBN : 9781760269609RRP: $19.99 Oh, how I love the sky….And moving throughThe marvellous BLUE What a sensational choice this is for this year’s NSS title! Aura has created a book that is a magnificent combination of her talents as writer, illustrator and designer, and one which speaks volumes on…
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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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Walking in Gagudju Country: exploring the monsoon forest – Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler and Emma Long
Allen & Unwin June 2021 ISBN:9781760525958 Awards: Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $29.99 There would be few of us in school library land who have not used Walking with the Seasons in Kakadu as part of our teaching program with lower grades, as they learn about weather and seasonal calendars. Now we can…
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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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