$24.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin / ISBN:9781742378329
The Little Refugee
"Giant waves crashed down on our little boat. I was terrified but my mum hugged me tight and told me, 'Everything will be okay. Don't worry, it will be okay.' "
Younger readers can now follow the bestselling story told in The Happiest Refugee of Anh Do's story of his family's escape from war-torn Vietnam by boat, risking their lives to pirates, wild storms and starvation, to their struggle to make a living in Sydney, and Anh's difficulties making friends at school when speaking no English and having funny lunches. This is an inspiring and uplifting story, beautifully illustrated by Bruce Whatley.
Anh and Suzanne Do are donating all their profits to the Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program, based in Ho Chi Minh City, which provides shelter, food and education for disabled and destitute children.
CBCA Shortlist 2012 - Eve Pownall Award for Information
Playground: Listening To Stories From Country And From Inside the Heart
$39.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
With historical and contemporary photographs, artwork by leading Indigenous artists, and new colour illustrations throughout, this compilation of Indigenous stories gives a fascinating insight into Aboriginal childhood, ... Buy or find out more →
Fromelles
$18.99 – Paperback book / Black Dog Books Kids
The first shots were fired at 11 a.m. on the 19th of July 1916. The Battle of Fromelles lasted less than 24 hours. When the battle was over, more than 5000 Australian soldiers had been killed, wounded or taken prisoner -... Buy or find out more →
Bilby Secrets
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books
A narrative non-fiction picture book on the bilby, an Australian marsupial.
A beautiful narrative non-fiction book which follows the life of a bilby, an Australian marsupial. The story depicts a young bilby’s birth, habi... Buy or find out more →
One Small Island
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Penguin Books
Macquarie Island lies in the Southern Ocean, between Antarctica and New Zealand. ... Buy or find out more →
The Little Refugee
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
"Giant waves crashed down on our little boat. I was terrified but my mum hugged me tight and told me, 'Everything will be okay. Don't worry, it will be okay.' "
Younger readers can now follow the bestselling story told i... Buy or find out more →
Surrealism For Kids
$25.00 – Hardcover book / Queensland Art Gal.
Developed and written especially for children, and based on a selection of the word and image games once played by the surrealists, Surrealism for Kids is a beautiful 60-page publication exploring the ideas and approache... Buy or find out more →
Indie Award Winners 2012
All That I Am
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton
ABIA Book of the Year 2012
Winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award 2012
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2012
Read our Q&A with Anna Funder about All That I Am.
'When Hitler came to power I was in the bath. The... Buy or find out more →
The Street Sweeper
$32.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Read our Q&A with Elliot Perlman on The Street Sweeper.
How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away.
From the civil rights struggle in the United States to the Nazi crimes against humanit... Buy or find out more →
Worse Things Happen At Sea
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Hachette
WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA is about families, suburbs and homes, friends, love and day to day life written by bestselling author William McInnes and award winning filmmaker, photographer and animator Sarah Watt.
In Willi... Buy or find out more →
The Little Refugee
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
"Giant waves crashed down on our little boat. I was terrified but my mum hugged me tight and told me, 'Everything will be okay. Don't worry, it will be okay.' "
Younger readers can now follow the bestselling story told i... Buy or find out more →
