The Terrible Suitcase
Sometimes you don’t always get what you want. Instead of the rocket backpack, you might end up …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Emma Allen
Illustrator:
Freya Blackwood
Publisher:
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Published year:
2012
Other Brother
Kieran wants to be part of the cool group at school. He wants to be on the football team. He …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Simon French
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2012
The Naming of Tishkin Silk
A heart-warming, tender junior novel about family, love, loss and home by the author of the …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Glenda Millard
Illustrator:
Caroline Magerl
Publisher:
ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2003
Our Baby
Some babies have a mum and a dad.
Some babies have a mum, and a dad who lives elsewhere.
Some …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Margaret Wild
Illustrator:
Karen Blair
Publisher:
Working Title Press
Published year:
2015
Mr Huff
Award-winning and much-loved author and illustrator Anna Walker gives us a gentle, poignant, …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Anna Walker
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2015
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
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
Isabella’s Garden
Following the well known structure of The House That Jack Built, Isabella's Garden tells the tale of…
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Glenda Millard
Illustrator:
Rebecca Cool
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2009
Teacher Resource
Who Sank the Boat?
One warm sunny morning, a donkey, a cow, a pig, a sheep, and a tiny little mouse, decide to go for a…
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Pamela Allen
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
1988
Teacher Resource
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
Teacher Resource