Children's Books

Welcome to Country

This multi-award-winning picture book is an expansive and generous Welcome to Country from a most …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Aunty Joy Murphy Illustrator: Lisa Kennedy Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2016

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Wilam: A Birrarung Story

In this stunning picture book beautifully given form by Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy, respected …

Year: Primary Author: Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly Illustrator: Lisa Kennedy Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2019

Took the Children Away

Archie Roach AM’s deeply personal song, ‘Took the Children Away’, from his 1990 debut album, …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Archie Roach Illustrator: Ruby Hunter Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Published year: 2020

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The Burnt Stick

John Jagamarra grew up at the Pearl Bay Mission for Aboriginal children in the far north-west. It …

Author: Anthony Hill Illustrator: Mark Sofilas Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1996

Where Happiness Hides

Where Happiness Hides is a day in the life of two children who find pleasure in the small things of …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Anthony Bertini Illustrator: Jennifer Goldsmith Publisher: Dirt Lane Press Published year: 2020

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The Outback

This moving bush ballad about the country’s vast interior captures the Australian outback in all …

Author: Annaliese Porter Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2005

Peggy

Peggy lives in a small house in a quiet street. One blustery day a big gust of wind sweeps down and …

Author: Anna Walker Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2013

Mr Huff

Award-winning and much-loved author and illustrator Anna Walker gives us a gentle, poignant, …

Author: Anna Walker Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2015

Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot

Violet Mackerel thinks she would quite like to own the blue china bird at the Saturday markets. …

Author: Anna Branford Illustrator: Sarah Davis Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2010

Bidhi Galing

Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of …

Year: Primary Author: Anita Heiss Illustrator: Samantha Campbell Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Published year: 2023