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All Through the Year

A tender, heartwarming journey through the enchanting Australian year, this delightful tale …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Jane Godwin Illustrator: Anna Walker Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2010

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A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove

Carl Matt hasn’t got much. There’s just his younger brother Harley and the old red barge to …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: James Moloney Publisher: UQP Published year: 2007

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ash Road

It's hot, dry and sweaty on Ash Road, where Graham, Harry and Wallace are getting their first taste …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Ivan Southall Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1966

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The Gathering

When Nathanial and his mother move to the quiet, safe streets of Cheshunt, he immediately senses …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Isobelle Carmody Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1993

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The Garret: Isobelle Carmody

 Isobelle Carmody is one of Australia's foremost authors of YA fiction and children's …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Isobelle Carmody Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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My Two Blankets

Cartwheel has moved to a place that is so strange to her, she no longer feels like herself. This …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Irena Kobald Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing, Little Hare Published year: 2014

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