Sara Acton
Sara Acton is an award-winning author and illustrator who grew up in the Cotswolds in England and now lives in a small seaside village on the Central Coast of NSW. She has always loved drawing, especially people and other strange creatures. She …
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Sarah Davis
Sarah Davis grew up in New Zealand, wearing gumboots and falling in rivers. She worked as a secondary school teacher before moving to Sydney. Sarah is a very busy, award-winning illustrator who has collaborated with a number of leading authors in …
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Scaly-tailed Possum and Echidna
A traditional Dreamtime story that features the scaly-tailed possum only found in a remote part of …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Cathy Goonack
Illustrator:
Marlene, Myron and Katrina Goonack
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2010
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Scot Gardner
Scot wasn't born reading and writing; in fact he left school in year eleven to undertake an apprenticeship in gardening with the local council. His first fiction for young readers, One Dead Seagull, was published after he attended a writing …
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Sean E. Avery
Sean E. Avery is a teacher, writer-illustrator, sculptor and designer born in South Africa; living in Perth, Western Australia. Locally, he’s best known as the writer-illustrator of well-loved children’s picture book, All Monkeys Love Bananas, …
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Searching for Cicadas
This lovely story about a child and their grandfather searching for cicadas is part of the award-…
Year:
Primary
Author:
Lesley Gibbes
Illustrator:
Judy Watson
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Published year:
2022
Selected Essays
A new selection of the essays Charmian Clift wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald during the 1960s. …
Author:
Charmian Clift
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2001
Seven Little Australians
'Without doubt Judy was the worst of the seven, probably because she was the cleverest.' Her father…
Year:
Primary, Year 5, Year 6
Author:
Ethel Turner
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
1894
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Shake A Leg
A unique picture book collaboration about having fun, sharing culture and the power of story and …
Year:
Primary, Year 4
Author:
Boori Monty Pryor
Illustrator:
Jan Ormerod
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2010
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Shane Maloney
Shane Maloney is one of Australia’s most popular novelists. His award-winning and much loved Murray Whelan series – Stiff, The Brush-Off, Nice Try, The Big Ask, Something Fishy and Sucked In – is characterised by a strong sense of humour and …
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