Peter Pavey
Peter Pavey created some of the most unique and innovative Australian picture books. After studying commercial art at Swinburne Institute, Peter shunned the idea of going into advertising. His passion for children’s books and his connection to …
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Andrew Joyner
Andrew Joyner is an internationally published illustrator and author. His bestselling books include the modern classic The Terrible Plop, written by Ursula Dubosarsky (shortlisted for the CBCA awards and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards). Other …
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The Terrible Plop
Here is the story of the Terrible PLOP, with a bear and a rabbit, and a hop hop hop.
But what is …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Ursula Dubosarsky
Illustrator:
Andrew Joyner
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia, Picture Puffin
Published year:
2012
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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
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Gregory Rogers
Gregory Rogers was born in 1957 in Brisbane, Australia. He studied Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, and had his first major exhibition in 1983, the year in which he won the SGIO Art Award for photography. He illustrated his first book in …
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Libby Hathorn
Libby Hathorn is an award-winning author and poet of more than seventy books for children, young adults, and adult readers. Translated into several languages and adapted for both stage and screen, her work has won honours in Australia, the United …
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Way Home
Dedicated to the largely unsung, mostly unseen workers for young people in need, this evocative …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Libby Hathorn
Illustrator:
Gregory Rogers
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
1995
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Bronwyn Bancroft
Born in Tenterfield, northern New South Wales, Dr Bronwyn Bancroft is a descendant of the Djanbun clan of the Bundjalung nation. Bronwyn is a leading Indigenous artist, illustrator and art administrator whose work is held at the National Gallery of …
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The Tall Man
The story of a death, a policeman, an island and a country
The Tall Man is the story of Palm …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Chloe Hooper
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2009
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Essay
Chloe Hooper
Chloe Hooper won a Walkley Award for her writing on the inquest into the death of Cameron Doomadgee, published in The Monthly and internationally. Her first novel, A Child's Book of True Crime, was critically acclaimed around the world. Chloe's most …
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