The Great Bear
The circus bear spends her days in a cage and her nights performing for a crowd. The crowd taunts …
Year:
Primary, Year 3, Year 4
Author:
Libby Gleeson
Illustrator:
Armin Greder
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2010
Teacher Resource
Fox
A magnificent and arresting picture book that goes to the heart of human relationships.
Dog and …
Year:
Secondary, Year 9
Author:
Margaret Wild
Illustrator:
Ron Brooks
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2000
Teacher Resource
Essay
Flood
Inspired by the Queensland floods, Flood is a moving and sensitive story of a natural disaster as …
Year:
Primary, Year 1, Year 2
Author:
Jackie French
Illustrator:
Bruce Whatley
Publisher:
Scholastic Australia
Published year:
2011
Teacher Resource
Five Times Dizzy
Together Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli tell the tale of Mareka and the Wilson kids…
Year:
Primary, Year 3, Year 4
Author:
Nadia Wheatley
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Published year:
1982
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
Don’t Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen!
When birds go places they don’t belong, they get up to all kinds of mischief. With its gorgeous …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Narelle Oliver
Publisher:
Scholastic Australia
Published year:
2013
Teacher Resource
Do Not Go Around the Edges
Daisy's life story runs along the bottom of the pages: how she was born on a mission, schooled, …
Year:
Primary, Year 3, Year 4
Author:
Daisy Utemorrah
Illustrator:
Pat Torres
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
1990
Teacher Resource
Come Down, Cat!
From the combined talents of Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo comes this tale of friendship and …
Year:
Primary, Year 1
Author:
Sonya Hartnett
Illustrator:
Lucia Masciullo
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2013
Teacher Resource
The Bunyip of Berkeley’s Creek
When the bunyip heaves himself out of Berkeley's Creek, he has no idea what a bunyip really is! So …
Year:
Primary, Year 1
Author:
Jenny Wagner
Illustrator:
Ron Brooks
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
1978
Teacher Resource
Big Rain Coming
A lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Tension in …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Katrina Germein
Illustrator:
Bronwyn Bancroft
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
1999
Teacher Resource