The Naming of Tishkin Silk
A heart-warming, tender junior novel about family, love, loss and home by the author of the …
Author:
Glenda Millard
Illustrator:
Caroline Magerl
Publisher:
ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2003
For All Creatures
For all creatures - the great and the small, the winged and the walking, the singing and the silent…
Author:
Glenda Millard
Illustrator:
Rebecca Cool
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2011
The Duck and the Darklings
Peterboy wants to find something special for his grandfather, but he finds a fallen duck in need of …
Year:
Primary, Year 5
Author:
Glenda Millard
Illustrator:
Stephen Michael King
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2014
Teacher Resource
The Divine Wind
Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form …
Year:
Secondary, Year 9
Author:
Garry Disher
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
1999
Teacher Resource
Essay
Crocodile Beat
Down by the river in the heat of the day the crocodile sleeps and awaits his prey.
Zzzzzzzzzz …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Gail Jorgensen
Illustrator:
Patricia Mullins
Publisher:
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Published year:
1995
Teacher Resource
A Ghost in my Suitcase
An award-winning magic realism story for 10+ readers about finding yourself, ghost-hunting, Chinese …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Gabrielle Wang
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2009
Teacher Resource
The Boy and the Elephant
The powerful new picture book from Greenaway Medallist and seven-time CBCA winner, Freya Blackwood…
Year:
Primary
Author:
Freya Blackwood
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2021
Seven Little Australians
'Without doubt Judy was the worst of the seven, probably because she was the cleverest.' Her father…
Year:
Primary, Year 5, Year 6
Author:
Ethel Turner
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
1894
Teacher Resource
Dot and the Kangaroo
Lost and afraid in the darkening bush, Dot is befriended by a kind Kangaroo. She eats the berries of…
Year:
Primary, Year 5, Year 6
Author:
Ethel Charlotte Pedley
Illustrator:
Frank Mahony
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
1899
Teacher Resource
The Terrible Suitcase
Sometimes you don’t always get what you want. Instead of the rocket backpack, you might end up …
Author:
Emma Allen
Illustrator:
Freya Blackwood
Publisher:
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Published year:
2012