Australian wildlife in children's books

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Welcome to My Country

Laklak Burarrwanga,Family

Laklak Burarrwanga and family invite you to their Country, centred on a beautiful beach in Arnhem Land. Its crystal waters are full of fish, turtle, crab and stingray, to hunt…

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Wombat Warriors

Samantha Wheeler

Can Mouse find her voice in time to keep her furry friends safe?

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Mister Cassowary

Samantha Wheeler

City boy Flynn is taken to Mission Beach by his dad to ready his Grandad Barney’s banana farm for sale.

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Kakadu Calling: Stories for Kids

Jane Garlil Christophersen

From Dinky the Dingo to Finding My Way Home, Jane Christophersen presents an engaging collection of short stories for young readers. Jane reveals the wonders of daily life in the…

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Rockhopping

Trace Balla

Join Clancy and Uncle Egg on a rambling, rockhopping adventure in Gariwerd (the Grampians), to find the source of the Glenelg River. A story about following your flow, and the…

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Shallow in the Deep End

Jared Thomas

Erica wants a dog. So dad brings home a new pet… a baby water buffalo! Shallow the buffalo and her friend Bruno the dog have a lot of fun, get…

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Fog a Dox

Bruce Pascoe

Albert Cutts is a tree feller. A fella who cuts down trees. Fog is a fox cub raised by a dingo. Hes called a dox because people are suspicious of…

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Rainforest Camp: Juliet, Nearly a Vet (Book 12)

Rebecca Johnson

Winner of the Environment Award for Children’s Literature (Fiction category) 2017

‘Hi! I’m Juliet. I’m ten years old. And I’m nearly a vet! We’re off on a school camp to…

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Rivertime

Trace Balla

A gentle and beautiful book about slowing down and growing up, set on Australia’s Glenelg River and featuring a ten-year-old boy and his uncle. Ages 8-12.

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Australian Birds

Matt Chun

It took millions of years of isolation and a diverse range of habitats for Australian birds to evolve the way they did. The result is many of the world’s most…

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My Girragundji (20th Anniversary Edition)

Boori Monty Pryor,Meme McDonald

The 20th anniversary edition of the award-winning, much loved story that tells how a little tree frog helps a boy find the courage to face his fears.

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Our Birds: Nilimurrungu Wayin Malanynha

Siena Stubbs

A delightful gift book of birds from around Yirrkala, which is Siena’s home in North-east Arnhem Land.

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Black Cockatoo

Carl Merrison,Hakea Hustler

Finalist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize 2019

Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture.

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Turtle Trackers

Samantha Wheeler

From the beloved author of Wombat Warriors, Mister Cassowary and Smooch & Rose comes another thrilling adventure about Australia’s endangered animals.

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Yinti, Desert Child

Pat Lowe,Jimmy Pike

The first book in the Yinti series of three books. The stories are linked in a sequence that shows Yinti’s development from a young bushie to a competent station worker…

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A Hollow is a Home

Abbie Mitchell

Take a peek into the world of tree hollows and the Australian animals that call them home.

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Wombat, Mudlark & Other Stories

Helen Milroy

From a falling star to a lonely whale, an entertaining lizard to an enterprising penguin, these Indigenous stories are full of wonder, adventure and enduring friendships.

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Brindabella

Ursula Dubosarsky

From an extraordinary novelist and an award-winning illustrator comes this lyrical and unforgettable story about a boy and the untameable wildness of a hand-reared joey.

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Ninja Bandicoots and Turbo-Charged Wombats

Hazel Flynn

Why does each koala in a zoo need 1000 trees? How do you check a Tree-kangaroo’s pouch for joeys? Why is a wombat’s poo square-shaped? And how do dogs help…

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