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
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
Shadow Catchers by Kirsty Murray
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2024 Notables Early Childhood
A delightful picture book that celebrates the joy of young children trying to catch their shadows - from the creators of CBCA Honour Book When Billy was a Dog and Puddle Hunters. On sunshiny mornings, we go shadow catching. Inside, outside, in our home and in our neighbourhood, shadows dance around us f ...Show more
We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis
$20.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2024 Notables Older Readers
A wonderful emotional rollercoaster of a novel about two young men, each on a journey of discovery. It's part coming-out story, part falling-in-love story, part relationship breakdown story, part extended Greek family story. It's warm and funny, a little bit heartbreaking, and completely satisfying. Sev ...Show more
The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2024 Notables Older Readers
Magic, romance, and slumbering gods clash in the start of a riveting fantasy series that spans gangsters' dens, forgotten temples, and the high seas from the New York Times bestselling author of the Aurora Cycle. When Selly's father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention ...Show more
Polly's Grand Party Plan by Jane Godwin
$20.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Early Childhood
Polly's sixth birthday would be here any day (Well actually thirty-five sleeps away)She was counting down till the thirteenth of May. There'd be a party! Yippee! Hooray! Polly was making a plan ... For dreamers and party planners everywhere comes a relatable picture book about throwing the perfect birt ...Show more
Rainbow Days by Margaret Hamilton
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Early Childhood
Seven rainbow colours, a week has seven days. Counting through them one by one, in seven different ways. A warm and colourful tour through the days of the week from bestselling children's book creators Margaret Hamilton and Anna Pignataro.
Please Handle with Care by Coral Vass
$27.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Early Childhood
Age range 3 to 6 Bear is having a bad day. Nothing is going right, and he wishes he was somewhere else … a long way from home.What will it take for Bear to feel better?An uplifting tale about a bear discovering what truly matters at the end of the day.
Ship Ahoy! Box Boy by Mal Webster
$27.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Early Childhood
Age range 3 to 6 There was a boy who loved making things with boxes.Limited by the space in his backyard and a few cardboard boxes, ‘Ship Ahoy Box Boy’ shows what’s possible with some clever ingenuity and an unlimited imagination.Ship Ahoy! Box Boy is the latest book from Mal Webster and follows on from ...Show more
Market Day: CBCA Shortlisted Book by Carrie Gallasch
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Early Childhood
When a girl is given a coin to spend at the market, she thinks carefully about what to buy. She is tempted by the towering stacks of fruit, spinning rides and glass jars filled with sweets.But it isn’t until a stranger gives something to her, without expecting anything in return, that she knows exactly ...Show more
The Echidna Near My Place by Sue Whiting
$27.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Eve Pownall Award | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
DOWNLOAD CLASSROOM IDEAS A delightful addition to the Nature Storybooks series, The Echidna Near My Place tells the story of a child and their nana, and the echidna they love to follow around Nana and I walk through the paddock most days. And you know what? An echidna lives here. We don’t always see i ...Show more
The Garden on Red Gum Road by Phil Cummings
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2023 Early Childhood
An ode to the joys of working outdoors, and the special relationship between grandmother and grandchild. There's a special place for Nonna and me, for friends, for pets, for family. When we go, it's a busy day, we talk, we dig, plant seeds and play. We join our friends, share the load, in the community ...Show more