Year Published

2009

A Ghost in my Suitcase

An award-winning magic realism story for 10+ readers about finding yourself, ghost-hunting, Chinese …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Gabrielle Wang Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource

Father’s Day

Tony Birch has an eye for life lived at the margins and in Father’s Day he brings the streets of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tony Birch Publisher: Hunter Publishers Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource

Isabella’s Garden

A lyrical board book for small hands that explores the growth and continual change that goes on in …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Glenda Millard Illustrator: Rebecca Cool Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource

Just Macbeth!

The series that began the creative partnership between Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, which now …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Andy Griffiths Illustrator: Terry Denton Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay

Look Who’s Morphing

Look Who's Morphing is a collection of bizarre, funny, often menacing fictions in which, along with…

Year: Tertiary Author: Tom Cho Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2009

Essay

Maralinga, the Anangu Story

An extraordinary illustrated history told from the Indigenous perspective and created through a …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, Christobel Mattingley Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way…

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Aaron Blabey Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia 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

The Boat

Brilliant, daring, and demonstrating a jaw-dropping versatility of voice and point of view, The …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay

The Colony: A History of Early Sydney

The Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It …

Author: Grace Karskens Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009