Theme

the environment

Bindi

Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into maths but LOVES art class and playing hockey. Her …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Kirli Saunders Illustrator: Dub Leffler Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2020

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The ABC Book of Australian Poetry

'I am the river, gently flowing, as I wind my way to the sea.' (Mary Duroux) Follow the river of …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Libby Hathorn Illustrator: Cassandra Allen Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2010

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The Feather

‘Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul’ – Emily Dickinson This is a …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2018

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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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Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-Up

An environmental tale for Early Childhood and Lower Primary readers that shows how animals are …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Sally Morgan Illustrator: Ambelin Kwaymullina Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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Limelight

Age is no barrier to creating poetry that inspires social change and positive action. Award-winning …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Solli Raphael Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2018

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The Yield

Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tara June Winch Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2019

Here On Earth

"We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature – of our true abilities and …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Tim Flannery Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2010

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Blueback

Abel Jackson has lived by the sea at Longboat Bay ever since he could remember. He helps his mother …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Tim Winton Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1997

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The Deep: Here Be Dragons

From Tom Taylor (Star Wars: Blood Ties, 2000AD, The Authority) and James Brouwer (Justice League …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Tom Taylor Illustrator: James Brouwer Publisher: Gestalt Publishing Published year: 2011

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