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Disgrace

After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-…

Author: J. M. Coetzee Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 1999

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

No Sugar

Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jack Davis Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1985

Teacher Resource Essay

Dimboola

Playfully vulgar, bawdy and boisterous, Dimboola plays out the wedding reception from hell, with …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Jack Hibberd Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1968

Teacher Resource Essay

The Eagle Inside

Jimmy is the smallest bird at school. Surrounded by big, tough birds, he feels different in every …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Jack Manning Bancroft Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2016

Teacher Resource

This Is Home: Essential Australian Poems for Children

In This Is Home, much-loved author Jackie French has gathered a poem for every child and every mood…

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Jackie French Illustrator: Tania McCartney Publisher: National Library of Australia Published year: 2019

Teacher Resource

Flood

Inspired by the Queensland floods, Flood is a moving and sensitive story of a natural disaster …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Jackie French Illustrator: Bruce Whatley Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2011

Teacher Resource

Pennies for Hitler

A companion piece to the best-selling Hitler's Daughter, this is a story of war-torn Europe during …

Author: Jackie French Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2012

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Walking the Boundaries

Martin lives in the city with his mum. He's come to walk the boundaries of the farm that's been in …

Author: Jackie French Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2006

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