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animals

Crocodile Beat

Down by the river in the heat of the day the crocodile sleeps and awaits his prey. Zzzzzzzzzz …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Gail Jorgensen Illustrator: Patricia Mullins Publisher: Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia Published year: 1995

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Tjarany Roughtail

The mysteries of the Dreamtime with the cultural history of the Kukatja people of the Kimberley …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Gracie Greene Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 1992

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Mad Magpie

Mad Magpie is the third book in this successful series of morality tales from Gregg Dreise. Inspired…

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Gregg Dreise Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2016

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Banjo and Ruby Red

Illustrated by Freya Blackwood. Published by Little Hare 2013. Banjo is a hard-working farm dog …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Libby Gleeson Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Hardie Grant, Little Hare Published year: 2013

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Desert Lake

It's raining up north and soon everything will change for the desert lake. The dry salt bed of Kati…

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Pamela Freeman Illustrator: Liz Anelli Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 2016

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One Dragon’s Dream

A reissue of the classic Australian fantasy counting picture book which follows one dragon's dream …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Peter Pavey Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 1978

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The Terrible Plop

Here is the story of the Terrible PLOP, with a bear and a rabbit, and a hop hop hop. But what is …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Illustrator: Andrew Joyner Publisher: Penguin Australia, Picture Puffin Published year: 2012

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Taronga

The great dome of the sky, black, star-sprinkled, arched above him, appearing at that moment so …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Victor Kelleher Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 1986

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