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Australian Children's Laureates

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The gripping first instalment in Morris Gleitzman's multi-award-winning Felix series, followed by …

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

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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

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Andy Griffiths and Jill Griffiths are a unique writing partnership. Along with illustrator Terry …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Andy Griffiths Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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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 Random House Australia, Viking Published year: 2011

OUT OF PRINT Fang Fang was born in China, but she and her parents came to live in Australia when …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Sally Rippin Publisher: Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

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Tiwi Girl, written by the students of Tiwi College (Tiwi Islands, NT) with Alison Lester, is about a…

Author: Tiwi College, Alison Lester Publisher: Indigenous Literacy Foundation Published year: 2016

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

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

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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 Random House Australia Published year: 2014

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Ursula Dubosarsky is the author of more than fifty books for children and young adults. …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2018

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