Once
Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad.
Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Morris Gleitzman
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2005
Teacher Resource
Amy and Louis
Amy and Louis live next door to each other, and their lives are closely intertwined. Theirs is a…
Year:
Primary, Year 1
Author:
Libby Gleeson
Illustrator:
Freya Blackwood
Publisher:
Scholastic Australia
Published year:
2006
Teacher Resource
The Lizard Gang
Meet Zed, Boo, Eliza and Zoro - a spirited gang of monitor lizards who are constantly trying to …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Kirra Somerville
Illustrator:
Grace Fielding
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2006
Teacher Resource
Speak Chinese, Fang Fang!
Fang Fang was born in China, but she and her parents came to live in Australia when she was very …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Sally Rippin
Publisher:
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Published year:
2006
Teacher Resource
The Silver Donkey
One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a …
Year:
Primary, Year 5, Year 6
Author:
Sonya Hartnett
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2007
Teacher Resource
The Peasant Prince
A moving and inspirational story based on the author's life that delights the young and the old…
Year:
Primary, Year 3, Year 4
Author:
Li Cunxin
Illustrator:
Anne Spudvilas
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2007
Teacher Resource
How to Heal a Broken Wing
In the busy city, no one sees the bird with a broken wing. No one, except a young boy named Will. …
Year:
Primary, Year 2
Author:
Bob Graham
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2008
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
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every …
Year:
Primary, Year 1
Author:
Aaron Blabey
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia, Picture Puffin
Published year:
2009
Teacher Resource
Pearl Verses the World
A powerful and moving illustrated novel about loss, grief and finding your place in the world…
Year:
Primary, Year 3
Author:
Sally Murphy
Illustrator:
Heather Potter
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2009
Teacher Resource