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Australian Children's Laureates

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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The Big Book of Old Tom

Angela Throgmorton lives alone and likes it that way. One day she finds an unusual bundle on her …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Leigh Hobbs Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2014

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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: 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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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: 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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The Red Shoe

The earth smelt strong to Matilda and full of things growing and dying all at the same time. She …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2006

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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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Tiwi Girl

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

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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