Peter Carnavas
Peter Carnavas writes and illustrates books for children. He has made many picture books, such as The Children Who Loved Books, Last Tree in the City and A Quiet Girl. His novel The Elephant won a Queensland Literary Award and was shortlisted in four…
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My Brother Ben
A timeless story of brothers, boats and birds, from an award-winning storyteller.
Luke and his …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Peter Carnavas
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2021
Evelyn Araluen
Evelyn Araluen is a poet, researcher and co-editor of Overland Literary Journal. Her widely published criticism, fiction and poetry has been awarded the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, the Judith Wright Poetry Prize, a Wheeler …
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Dropbear
An innovative collection of poetry and prose from a vibrant new Indigenous voice on the Australian …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Evelyn Araluen
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2021
Aśka
Aśka is creative dynamite. She’s an award-winning graphic novelist, an ex-quantum physicist, and a big fan of the little doovalacky above the ‘s’ in her name (which you pronounce ‘Ash-ka’).
A hugely engaging and popular presenter, Aśka…
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Stars in Their Eyes
Maisie has always dreamed of meeting her hero, Kara Bufano, an amputee actor who plays a kick-arse …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Jessica Walton
Illustrator:
Aśka
Publisher:
Fremantle Press
Published year:
2021
Our Dreaming
Award-winning storytellers, Gunai woman Kirli Saunders and Bigambul man Dub Leffler, explore a …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Kirli Saunders
Illustrator:
Dub Leffler
Publisher:
Scholastic Australia
Published year:
2022
Be Careful, Xiao Xin!
From best-selling author Alice Pung and renowned illustrator Sher Rill Ng comes an extraordinarily …
Year:
Foundation, Primary
Author:
Alice Pung
Illustrator:
Sher Rill Ng
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2022
The Boy and the Elephant
The powerful new picture book from Greenaway Medallist and seven-time CBCA winner, Freya Blackwood…
Year:
Primary
Author:
Freya Blackwood
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Published year:
2021
Lian Hearn
One of Australia's most internationally successful writers, Lian Hearn's books have been translated into 42 languages and have sold millions of copies. Nine of her books are set in a mythical country based on medieval Japan: these are the five Tales …
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