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Celebrate the culture of First Nations Australians with these beautiful picture books.
Sally Morgan
In this collection of four vibrant books, Sally Morgan celebrates Australian animals and the habitats in which they live.
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Cheryl Leavy, Christopher Bassi (illus.)
Yanga Mother is a timely and poetic celebration of First Nations languages. This powerful bilingual story honours connection to Country and the unbreakable bonds of never-ending motherly love.
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Lisa Fuller, Samantha Campbell (illus.)
Big, Big Love is filled with beautiful illustrations and a soft, lilting text that is easy for children to follow along. It is a tender story for early childhood readers…
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Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler, Emma Long (illus.)
A breathtaking encounter with the magnificent rock country of Australia's iconic Kakadu National Park, from the highly acclaimed creators of Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest.
Aunty Munya Andrews, Charmaine Ledden-Lewis (illus.)
Ask Aunty: Seasons is a delightful and educational picture book for children aged 5 to 10 years that introduces First Nations seasonal calendars.
Melissa Greenwood
A soothing bedtime story from mum to baby
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Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson, Cheryl Davison (illus.)
Take a walk on Country. A delightful exploration of everything Country is.
Dick Roughsey
Celebrating fifty years - a timeless classic from the Dreamtime.
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Marlee Jade Silva, Rhys Paddick (illus.)
For 60,000 years, as sure as the sun rises and rests, our people have thrived and survived.
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Dujuan Hoosan, Margaret Anderson, Carol Turner, Blak Douglas (illus.)
This is the story of Dujuan Hoosan, a 10-year-old Arrernte and Garawa boy. A wise, funny, cheeky boy. A healer.
Aunty Joy Murphy, Lisa Kennedy (illus.)
This multi-award-winning picture book is an expansive and generous Welcome to Country from a most respected Elder, Aunty Joy Murphy, beautifully given form by Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy.
Welcome to…
An ode to happy days spent by the ocean, from Gumbaynggirr artist Melissa Greenwood, the creator of the heart-stirring picture books Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth and My Little Barlaagany.
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Another simple, universal story from Sally Morgan and Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr, this time, a beautifully illustrated celebration of rain.
Annaliese Porter
Captures the Australian outback in all its moods. This bush ballad about the country’s vast interior depicts recognisable Australian landscapes and animals such as Uluru, dingoes, cockatoos, snakes and goannas.
Renee Fogorty
Mary, a young Aboriginal girl, lives on a red and dusty cattle station. Shunned by the other girls because of her fair skin, Old Ned, one of the community elders…
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Blaze Kwaymullina, Sally Morgan
When Little Star falls off the edge of Night Sky, he meets Python, Dingo and Kangaroo. Will his new friends be able to help him get home?
A sweet, vibrantly…
Trina Saffioti,Norma MacDonald
Stolen Girl is a fictionalised account of the now universally known story of the Stolen Generation and tells of an Aboriginal girl taken from her family and sent to a…
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Titta Secombe
This fictionalised story of Marngrook takes place at the foot of Duwul, the highest mountain in the spectacular Grampians region of north-west Victoria, the traditional country of people from the…
Tracey Holton-Ramirez
The Little Corroborree Frog is a wonderful children’s story that gently introduces the serious plight of one of Australia’s most endangered species.
Jet the corroboree frog is happily taking care…
Venetia Tyson
Age range 3 to 8 First published in 2015, this title now has a new cover and the format has been increased to 200 x 230 mm. Young children will…
Beryl Webber
Age range 3 - 8 Big Fella Rain is a celebration of northern Australia as animals, birds, trees and a parched earth await the first rain.
Gregg Dreise
Way back, before once-upon-a-time, there was the Dreamtime when all the birds were white. One of those white birds was a crow called Waan.
A charming morality tale, this book tells the tale of the Rainbow Serpent and the creation of the Darling/Barka River.
Kylie Gatjawarrawuy Mununggurr
An artistically stunning story of Kylie Gatjawarrawuy Mununggurr's life growing up on her grandmothers Country in Raymangirr, a remote Yolu homeland in North East Arnhem Land in the Top End…
Katrina Germein
Everyone and everything is waiting for the rain. Rosie’s kids, the panting dogs, the fat green frogs, and Old Stephen - for he predicts its arrival. But when will the…
Archie Roach
Took the Children Away is a moving indictment of the treatment of indigenous children from the Stolen Generation’ and a song which struck a chord’ not only among the wider…
Oodgeroo Nunukul ,B Bancroft
A new edition of this classic title.
Jan Ormerod,Boori Monty Pryor
From pizza shop to bora ground, here is a joyous celebration of food, dance and cultural understanding. When three young boys go to a pizza parlour and meet an Aboriginal…
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Paul Seden
A lively and endearing story about a child in an Indigenous community getting ready to play his favourite game - footy!
Nina Lawrence
Clever Crow is an endearing and witty tale that follows the exploits of a hungry and very clever crow.
Vincent Namatjira
Award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira tells the life story of his great-grandfather, Albert Namatjira, one of Australia’s most iconic artists.
Jacki Ferro, Rhonda Collard-Spratt (illus.)
On the spiritual place of Wadjemup, Rottnest Island, tourists are injuring the animals and making them sick. Its time to make a stand.
Various Authors
The nine stories in this book come from nine different regions in the Northern Territory. They are written in the language spoken in that region and they are a mix…
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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Melanie Prewett
Two Mates is the true story of the special mateship between two young boys who have grown up together in the coastal town of Broome in Australias north-west. Jack is…
Coral Vass
There was a hum of excitement. Flags flickered in the breeze as Maggie’s heart danced with delight. ‘This is a very special day!’ her mother said.
This remarkable book is more than an A to Z of Australian animals. It is a spectrum of every feeling under the sun - from wonder to vanity, from weariness…
Maree McCarthy Yoelu
Brother Moon is a powerful story lovingly told by a great-grandfather to his great-grandson. Beneath the dark sky of the Northern Territory, Hippy-Boy is captivated when Great-Grandpa Liman tells him…
Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O'Keefe
Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O'Keefe grew up in the remote community of Ali Curung in the NT. Her family lived a bush life. They didn’t own much but her mother had…
Shirley Purdie
World-renowned Gija artist Shirley Purdie shares her artwork and life story in a stunning new children’s picture book.
Bronwyn Bancroft
In this magnificent celebration of country, Bronwyn Bancroft uses colours, shapes, patterns and words to explore the awe-inspiring beauty of the Australian continent, and to express the depth of her…
Deep love of country inspires Bronwyn Bancroft’s poetry and the richly layered hues of Colours of Australia. Each line speaks a different voice, each image stirs a different mood, and…
David Hardy
This delightful story follows Alfie on a journey in search for his destiny. He leaves home, travels high and low and, after his long adventure, realises he belongs back at…
Aimed at ages 5+, this book represents a series of Australian landscapes and habitats, including the rainforest, desert, waterhole, coastal/ocean, bush, river, sky, wetlands, night-time and wildflowers in patterns…
Anita Heiss, Samantha Campbell (illus.)
Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of Gundagai in 1852, told through the eyes of a young girl who is rescued…
Trevor Fourmile, Jingalu (illus.)
Based on a traditional story from the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji First Nations people of Cairns, it has been told by many generations.
Sally Morgan,Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr
Another simple, universal story from Sally Morgan - this time a beautifully illustrated celebration of the life of the river.
Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing, David Hardy (illus.)
Inspired by the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Walk With Us is an invitation to go on a journey of learning and appreciation - with family, with friends, and with…