Outdoors with children — Readings Books

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Outdoor Activity Lab: Exciting Stem Projects for Budding Scientists

Robert Winston

This fun, fact-filled book is brimming with exciting outdoor experiments to help budding boffins explore the science in their own surroundings. Using household items, construct a water rocket and blast…

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Hello Nature Activity Book: Explore, Draw, Colour and Discover the Great Outdoors

Nina Chakrabarti

Discover the Great Outdoors in this fantastic nature activity book from Nina Chakrabarti.

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Australian Geographic Camping & Outdoor Family Activity Guide

Cathy Proctor

Engagingly illustrated, this book is packed with of hundreds of outdoor and camping activities you can enjoy as a family when camping, visiting your local park…or even just in your…

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Outdoor School Essentials: Survival Skills

Odd Dot

All the essential survival skills visually explained in a waterproof and tearproof book that fits inside your pocket.

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Pip and Posy: Outdoor Explorers

Nosy Crow

Join in the fun with Pip and Posy and their friends as they have outdoor adventures, look and find out and about and have lots of fun playing and exploring…

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Outdoor Activities

This book jump-starts children to get out of the house, enjoy outdoor activities, and get in touch with nature.

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Harriet’s Hungry Worms

Samantha Smith, Melissa Johns (illus.)

This funny, engaging eco story invites young readers to follow the adventures of Harriet’s ravenous compost worms as they munch their way through their wide and wonderful weekly menu, eventually…

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Growing Green: A First Book of Gardening

Fifteen simple step-by-step edible gardening projects for young children.

From strawberries in welly boots to herbs in recycled tin cans, this easy-to-follow gardening book contains 15 simple, edible projects for…

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Grow

Rizanino Reyes, Sara Boccaccini Meadows

Discover 15 plant ‘heroes’, explore their superpowers and learn how to grow them.

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Walking in Gagudju Country

Diane Lucas,Ben Tyler

Walk with us through one of the Top End’s magnificent monsoon forests, in Kakadu National Park, learning about the plants, animals and Kundjeyhmi culture along the way.

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Let’s Eat Weeds!: A Kids’ Guide to Foraging

Annie Raser-Rowland,Adam Grubb

From salads to main dishes, edible weeds are delicious! Find out how to identify them, where and when to find them, and how to cook them.

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Easy Peasy: Gardening for Kids

Bradley

An introduction to easy gardening so you can grow everywhere and anywhere. Make your home green with fascinating activities for kids and you!

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The Muddy Chef

Penny Whitehouse, Emma Bear

This is a recipe book, but instead of food you’ll find unlickable lasagna, mud and seed cupcakes and nature’s nachos!

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Little Country Cottage: An Autumn Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom

Angela Ferraro-Fanning

An Autumn Treasury (Little Country Cottage) offers nature-based crafts, bakes and gardening projects in a celebration of self-sufficient, eco-friendly, country cottage-style life.

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Let’s Play Outdoors!: Exploring Nature for Children

Catherine Ard

A book that encourages children to go and play outside and discover what nature has to offer.

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Slow Down and Be Here Now

Laura Brand, Freya Hartas

Come into the present moment with everyday nature that makes you stop, watch and be amazed by the tiniest things.

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A Is for Australian Reefs

Frané Lessac

A new dive into fascinating facts from best-selling, multi-award-winning author/illustrator Frane Lessac.

Along the coastline of Australia, underwater reefs are bustling with the most amazing sea creatures living on the…

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Amazing Animal Journeys

Jennifer Cossins

A beautifully illustrated title chock-full of fascinating animal facts from our bestselling, CBCA award-winning Tasmanian children’s author/illustrator, Jennifer Cossins, that focuses on 25 animal species from Australia and around the…

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Pollination

Christopher Cheng, Danny Snell (illus.)

Discover the different ways that pollination happens in our gardens and backyards.

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The Magic of Flight

Nicola Davies & Lorna Scobie (illus.)

Our skies are full of life! From bats and birds to bees and beetles, the air around us is buzzing with amazing flying creatures. Explore how and why animals fly…

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Wonderful Wasps

Katrina Germein, Suzanne Houghton

Brings the beauty of native wasps to life and explores the important environmental role they play.

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It’s the Journey not the Destination

Carl Honore with Kevin & Kristen Howdeshell (illus.)

Take time to connect with the world as you embark on 40 slow adventures.

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Lore of the Land

Claire Cock-Starkey & Samantha Dolan (illus.)

The Lore of the Land is a treasury of fascinating tales and ancient wisdom, unearthing the folklore of the worlds wildest places.

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Looking After Country with Fire: Aboriginal Burning Knowledge With Uncle Kuu

Victor Steffensen & Sandra Steffensen (illus.)

A young reader’s edition for 5 to 10 year olds, which follows Victor Steffensen’s bestselling book Fire Country

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5 Minute Nature Stories

Gabby Dawnay & Mona X (illus.)

Discover the interconnectedness of nature with this tabbed, non-fiction story collection.

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The Tiny Explorers

Kat Macleod

Join the Tiny Explorers on a treasure hunt through the garden!

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Wilam: A Birrarung Story

Aunty Joy Murphy,Andrew Kelly

Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly joins award-winning picture book duo Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne’s beautiful Yarra River, from its source…

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Somebody’s Land

Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing, David Hardy

An accessible picture book for young children that introduces First Nations history and the term ‘terra nullius’ to a general audience, from Australian of the Year, community leader and anti-racism…

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Big Book of Stars and Planets

Emily Bone

Illustrations: Full colour throughout

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Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature

Dara McAnulty

Take a nature walk with Dara McAnulty and learn all about our native birds, animals, trees and flowers.

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Nice and Slow

Sarah Ayoub

The perfect book for families who all need a slow day every now and then …

Let’s take today nice and slow,
have a break from the go-go-go.

We can…

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The Honeybee

Kirsten Hall

Buzz from flower to flower with a sweet honeybee in this timely, clever, and breathtakingly gorgeous picture book from critically acclaimed author Kirsten Hall and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault.

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The Art in Animals: A Numbers and Words Treasury

Bronwyn Bancroft

A treasury of four books by Bronwyn Bancroft.

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Animals All Around Us

Melanie Hava

Discover the animals of Australia through the incredible artwork of Aboriginal artist Melanie Hava.

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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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Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!

Tim Flannery

The first book for children from renowned author and scientist Professor Tim Flannery, exploring the world’s weirdest and most fascinating animals in all their bizarre glory!

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See Inside The Universe

Alex Frith

Discover planets, stars and galaxies and explore intergalactic space. Curious young minds will be fascinated by this detailed space book, packed with flaps to lift to reveal answers to some…

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Lift-the-Flap Very First Questions and Answers: What are Stars?

Katie Daynes

We see them twinkle in the night sky, but what ARE stars? Are they really star-shaped? What patterns do they make and which star is the nearest? This charming book…

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Sea Country

Aunty Patsy Cameron

In this delightful children’s picture book, Aunty Patsy Cameron generously shares the stories and traditions from her family’s seasonal island life in Tasmania.

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The Big Book of Bugs

Yuval Zommer,Barbara Taylor

Explains that bugs live nearly everywhere on Earth and give tips on how to become a young bug spotter. This book is divided into key groups of bugs, including beetles…

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The Mysteries of the Universe

Will Gater

From planets and asteroids to black holes and galaxies, every page will captivate young readers as they journey through the vastness of the Universe.

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The Tiny Seed

Eric Carle

When the tiny seed is blown away from its parent plant, it travels a very long way - over seas, deserts and mountains. The tiny seed survives the hazards of…

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Plantastic!: A to Z of Australian Plants

Catherine Clowes

A gorgeous A to Z exploration of some of Australia’s most unique and incredible native plants.

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Have You Ever Seen a Flower?

They All Saw a Cat meets The Wonderful Things You Will Be in this book that redefines what it means to be a flower, what it means to be a…

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Diary of a Young Naturalist

Dara McAnulty

The globally successful, Wainwright Prize-winning memoir by Irish teenager Dara McAnulty, now available in paperback format.

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The Secret Life of Stars

Lisa Harvey-Smith

For those whose curiosity takes them far beyond Earth’s atmosphere, The Secret Life of Stars offers a personal and readily understood introduction to some of the Galaxy’s most remarkable stars.

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Slow Down: Bring Calm to a Busy World with 50 Nature Stories

Rachel Williams

Bring calm to a busy world with 50 nature stories.

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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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