Category: Australian Picture Books
Today in my lunchbox I happened to find... What could be inside the lunchbox? An apple? A bear? A dinosaur?
Category: Australian Picture Books
From author-illustrator Jarvis comes a buoyant underwater tale about a little blue fish who learns that being dazzling isn't what makes you special. Coral Reef City is home to the most brilliant tropical fish in the ocean. Sparkling and multicolored, they swim around and around, showing off. And then t ...Show more
Category: Australian Picture Books
Archie leads a quiet life with his faithful pet - until one day, he gets a sewing machine and discovers a remarkable talent for tailoring. Word spreads, the phone starts ringing, and soon every dog in the park wants to wear his co-ordinating canine couture. Flounces, frills, florals, stripes - there's s ...Show more
Category: Australian Picture Books
On a perfect day, the hours stretch endlessly ahead.. Danny Parker's evocative verse expresses the freedom of an idyllic childhood, and paintings by Freya Blackwood magically evoke the light, scents and feel of a perfect summer day.
Category: Australian Picture Books
Category: Australian Picture Books
Our island lies beneath a big blue sky, surrounded by the turquoise sea. Turtles glide through the clear salt water, and dugongs graze on banks of seagrass. In this lyrical celebration of place, the children of Mornington Island explore their home in words and pictures. This is a collaboration with much ...Show more
Category: Australian Picture Books
Left! Left! Left! Right! Left! We make our way in the dark. A family journeys through the early morning darkness... A group of young men huddle in a cold muddy trench... Reflection is a powerful tribute to those who have served their country. Rebecka's sparse text manages to carry the weight of the subj ...Show more
Category: Australian Picture Books
This little piggy went dancing, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had porridge, This little piggy had none, And this little piggy went hop, hop, hop, all the way home. The little pigs we know so well from the familiar nursery rhyme now do all sorts of unexpected things - and the ones who ...Show more
Category: Australian Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks
Perhaps it's the way they slither, or maybe it's their slimy, scaly skin - whatever the reason, many of us shiver at the thought of a snake - and so does the little girl in this book. But the rest of her family love them and as they tell her more about snakes she begins to have a change of heart.
Category: Australian Picture Books
A fun, colourful book that combines two things kids adore - machines and animals! 'Every morning on our walk we see an amazing zoo, full of astonishing animals. Come and see them too!' A sister, brother and grandpa walk through town on their way to school, passing lots of construction sites as they go, ...Show more
Category: Australian Picture Books
Bushman, adventurer, explorer, miner, pastoralist, leathercraft expert, naturalist, stonemason, entrepreneur. These titles all describe Reginald Murray Williams, however there is something even more important about RM - his devotion to all creatures great and small... This is a book that all animal love ...Show more
Category: Australian Picture Books | Series: The Official Pokemon Ear
A moving story, told completely in dialogue, about a young Australian soldier in the battle of the Somme. Walking through the fields away from the front, he finds what he thinks is a stray dog, and decides to adopt it as a mascot for his company. Then he meets Jacques, the homeless orphan boy who owns t ...Show more
