Afloat
From award-winning Gunai author Kirli Saunders and seven-time CBCA-winner Freya Blackwood comes …
Year:
Primary, Year 1
Author:
Kirli Saunders
Illustrator:
Freya Blackwood
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Publishing
Published year:
2024
Outlaw Girls
Kate and Ruby live in the High Country in Victoria. They’re both daring, quick-thinking and …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Emily Gale, Nova Weetman
Publisher:
Text Publishing
Published year:
2024
When the World Was Soft
A ground-breaking graphic novel sharing the stories of Yindjibarndi Creation-times in an immediate …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation
Illustrator:
Alex Mankiewicz
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2024
Footprint
A unique, lyrical picture book that empowers children to think about the natural environment in a …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Phil Cummings
Illustrator:
Sally Soweol Han
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2024
All the Beautiful Things
A new heart-wrenching, impeccably researched historical novel for middle-grade readers.
Anna'…
Year:
Primary
Author:
Katrina Nannestad
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2024
Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger
The year is 1859 and the goldfields are filled with diggers – and danger!
Orphaned twelve-year-…
Year:
Primary
Author:
Jackie French
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2024
The Kindness Project
A heartwarming verse novel from beloved Australian children’s author Deborah Abela.
Ms Skye …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Deborah Abela
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2024
Wurrtoo: The Wombat Who Fell in Love with the Sky
Described as an Indigenous Blinky Bill meets Winnie the Pooh, this heartwarming and beautifully …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Tylissa Elisara
Illustrator:
Dylan Finney
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
2024
Moonlight and Dust
An intriguing, fast-paced debut YA fantasy novel, featuring sixteen-year-old Torres Strait Islander …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Jasmin McGaughey
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2025
Grandmother from the East, Grandmother from the West
A joyous celebration of multicultural identity and the many ways our grandparents shape who we are, …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Jacinta Liu
Illustrator:
Freda Chiu
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
2025