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animals

Banjo and Ruby Red

Banjo is an old farm dog and Ruby Red is a haughty chicken, and they never see eye to eye. Can they …

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

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Fox

A beautiful hardcover edition of the classic picture book to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2000

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DUCK!

A delightfully duckish picture book of farmyard disaster. Duck can see that something is falling …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Meg McKinlay Illustrator: Nathaniel Eckstrom Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2018

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Who Sank the Boat?

Who sank the boat? Was it the cow or the donkey or the sheep with her knitting? Surely it wasn’t …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Pamela Allen Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1982

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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 Australia 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 Australia Published year: 1978

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Frank’s Red Hat

A story about never giving up on your talents, because even though what you do may not be …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Sean E. Avery Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2022

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One Little Goat

It starts with one little goat. It ends with one little goat. But what happens in between is a…

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Illustrator: Andrew Joyner Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2017

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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 Random House 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 Random House Australia Published year: 1986

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