Crumbs by Phil Cummings
$24.99 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year
On a wintry city street, a one-legged bird dances for crumbs to eat ... but Ella has nothing to give. Then her father shows how a simple act of human kindness can spread joy to all. A captivating and universal story to warm the hearts of readers everywhere, from the award-winning creators of Boy and R ...Show more
Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (Chinese and English HB) by Alice Pung
$24.99 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year
From best-selling author Alice Pung and renowned illustrator Sher Rill Ng comes an extraordinarily powerful and moving book about how the past can shape the future. Xiao Xin believes he is a red fire warrior but his family are always telling him to be careful. They believe the world is a dangerous plac ...Show more
The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness by MATT OTTLEY
$40.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year
The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness is a groundbreaking, large-scale multi-modal project weaving together the worlds of literature, music and visual art in the poignant story of one boy’s journey into mental illness. Readers and listeners are offered a mesmerising visual and auditory tour ...Show more
What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say by Davina Bell
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year
I'm not brave enough today. Maybe next time. You're hurting my feelings right now. Want to join in? A warm and whimsical guide to negotiating life's little moments and big emotions with empathy, kindness and words from the heart. From award-winning and much-loved author Davina Bell and exciting new illu ...Show more
Frank's Red Hat by Sean Avery
$26.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year
A story about never giving up on your talents, because even though what you do may not be appreciated right now, it may be in time. Possibly by someone you’d least expect. Frank is a penguin with ideas. Mostly terrible ones. That’s why his fellow penguins are nervous when he shows them his strange new c ...Show more
11 Words for Love by Randa Abdel-Fattah
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year
There are eleven words for love, and my family knows them all. A family flees their homeland to find safety in another country, carrying little more than a suitcase full of love. As their journey unfolds, the oldest child narrates 11 meanings for love in Arabic as her family show, and are shown, all d ...Show more
My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
$25.99 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year
It goes without saying that all children believe their parents to be strange. Mine were unusual for a different reason...One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean when your parents are different? What shape does love t ...Show more
Where? by Jordan Collins
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year | Reading Level: near fine
A passionate, personal and political picture book that calls out racism from an important new voice, illustrated by the acclaimed artist of Feathers. 'Where are you from?' they say.What they mean is,'Why is your skin that colour?''Why does your hair look like that?'I am from the mountains,The seas and t ...Show more
When You're Older by Sofie Laguna
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Picture Book of the Year | Reading Level: near fine
Beautiful, warm and evocative, this stunning picture book reveals an older brother's hopes for the amazing experiences he will share with his new baby brother - when he's older. A triumph of illustration and storytelling. Baby brother, I can't wait until you're older. Just imagine the adventures that li ...Show more