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Mr Chicken All Over Australia

Australia is big, but so is Mr Chicken. He can't wait to go everywhere, see everything and meet …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Leigh Hobbs Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2019

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The Garret: Alison Lester

Reading Australia presents this Alison Lester podcast, with permission from The Garret Podcast…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Alison Lester Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2018

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The Garret: Ursula Dubosarky

Reading Australia presents this Ursula Dubosarky podcast, with permission from The Garret Podcast…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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Loyal Creatures

Like many of his mates from the bush, Frank Ballantyne is keen to join the grand adventure and do …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Morris Gleitzman Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 2014

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The Garret: Morris Gleitzman

 Morris was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1969. He started his career as writer…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Morris Gleitzman Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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The Garret: Leigh Hobbs

Leigh Hobbs is the 2016-2017 Australian Children's Laureate. The theme for Hobbs’s term as …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leigh Hobbs Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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One Small Island

Macquarie Island lies in the Southern Ocean, between Antarctica and New Zealand. A speck of green in…

Author: Alison Lester Illustrator: Coral Tulloch Publisher: Penguin Australia, Viking Published year: 2011

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Once

Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Morris Gleitzman Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 2005

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Walking the Boundaries

Martin lives in the city with his mum. He's come to walk the boundaries of the farm that's been in …

Author: Jackie French Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2006

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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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