Maisie is learning how to swim safely. With her Dad by her side she practices jumping waves and knowing when it's better to dive under them.
When Maisie hesitates to dive under a bigger wave, she discovers the strength of the water as it tumbles her about and dumps her. Maisie's fortunate that Dad's there to pull her to safety.
The glacier star of this story is a frozen, tall character depicted in an anthropomorphic cartoon form.
When the glacier packs his bags and leaves determined to explore new places and enjoy the world.
One place he wants to visit is the beach, and to get there he will go through different kinds of environments.
As he travels, he becomes impatient with how glacially slow the pace is. The glacier tries various methods to go faster, including a pair of skis, express post, and train.
In this story the birds might look like those you've seen before, or perhaps not. They might act somewhat differently, too.
Galahs have a reputation for being silly and funny. Like a silly galah. But Greg is a galah who isn’t like that at all.
Greg is incredibly polite and introverted. He never makes jokes, and he’s shy.
Bruce the budgie is Greg’s best friend and quite the opposite. Bruce makes silly noises, loves dancing and trying new things.
In Ethel the Penguin, with its rhyming text and bright pictures, you’ll
met a penguin who lives in a semi-detached iceberg next door to her best friend.
Ethel goes to school and often does what’s least expected.
When Ethel decides she wants to ride a ferris wheel, and takes off without eating dinner, her parents can’t believe it. When they find her atop the ferris wheel Ethel doesn’t want to come down. She loves it.
Starting with a brief overview of nature's 'microscopic to monstrous' world, Mini to Maxi moves on to look at cells and the minuscule DNA that's a part of us all.
Each double-page spread leads into the next, with featured organisms and animals growing in size as the book progresses.
Myke Mollard's stunning illustrations are the centrepiece of his books, and what make them so special. Mini to Maxi is no different.
With detailed, coloured drawings and and labelled cross-sections, you'll delve deep into the world around you.
Featuring a cast of cute Australian animals – wombat, kangaroo, echidna, platypus – it’s a story about their Christmas traditions.
Mrs Roo holds a festive lucky dip and the animals each receive musical instruments. There’s a wooden flute, shaker, triangle, tambourine, harmonica, drum, and horn.
The animals take a musical march to the beach for a Christmas party with food and games.
The only thing missing is a Christmas tree, but with some dressing up they find a unique solution for that, all while cleaning up the beach.
A bilby, one of Australia’s endangered animals, comes to the rescue when Santa gets tangled in tinsel and hurts himself.
Santa sends for his friend the Easter Bilby, who is excited about being able to help get Christmas presents delivered to Australian children in time for Christmas morning.
Bilby is confident in being able to succeed. She’s also curious about some of the buttons in Santa’s sleigh and gets a bit sidetracked. Watch out for sleighs doing a giant loop in the sky!
It's a beautiful non-fiction book by award-winning author-illustrators Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch.
Both Alison and Coral have visited Antarctica more than once, including as Arts Fellows and tourists. Their stunning artwork is an important centrepiece for Into the Ice.
From paintings, sketches and working drawings, to pen and ink and watercolour drawings, children's picture book illustrations and photos, this is a cornucopia of the great, ice-covered continent south of Australia.
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Perfect Pet is advice in the form of a light-hearted picture book, narrated by an unnamed young girl who clearly loves animals.
Animals of all kinds are presented in vibrant colour and active poses, with information about their potential suitability to different personalities, or not.
Tigers, for example, are cuddly and love playing hide-and-seek. While rhinos are very handy, with their horn making a great hanger for hats and bags.
When the Lights Went Out, written by Lian Tanner and illustrated by Jonathan Bentley, shows just how that can happen, and the value of community.
A power outage, which might be scary for young children, becomes a candle-lit, song-filled exploration of the neighbourhood and a chance to meet and share a happy time with other people.
It might be chilly, but a woman who plays guitar leads everyone in singing "brave songs and sad songs" and dancing.
Animals join the exuberance and there is a sense of joy permeating the neighbourhood.
With a two-way conversation between two mostly unseen characters, as you read you’ll learn what it is that makes a dragon.
From wings so they can fly, to breathing fire, even if they are friendly.
Baby dragons, underwater dragons, and firefighting dragons. They're pretend dragons, but they all must breathe fire.
Real dragons do exist, though.
The stars of Kung Fu Roo are three friends: Kai, Harry and Charley. They love martial arts and are on the way to compete in a kung fu competition when the train they're travelling on is hijacked.
Then the train is hit by a meteor. Yet stranger events are still ahead!
After awakening in hospital, Kai returns home to discover he has a new desire to eat salads, and even a sudden hankering for grass. What's happened?!
Kai, Harry and Charley work out that weird purple goo from the meteor had a special effect.
People who were on the train when the meteor hit werehave taken on the characteristics of zoo animals and pets which were also on the train!
It's part of a First Knowledge series for younger readers, and based on award-winning adult books.
Illustrations are by Blak Douglas, a Dhungutti man who is an illustrator and designer, and who has won the Archibald Prize. His work here showcases design fantastically, with lots of colour and a unique look and feel.
It's a beautiful, fairytale-like story about a young girl named Claudia, who loves to visit the glassblower's shop on her way to school. The glass animals fascinate her and inspire her imagination.
One day the glassblower gives Claudia a glass winged horse, whose wings are broken. It hides a secret.
Much as Claudia loves the glass horse, she's disappointed at its broken wings.
Kev and Trev are best friends, a cockatoo and a marine iguana, who live on a houseboat.
You'll meet them in Kev and Trev: Snot Funny Sea Stories! the first in a graphic novel series.
Kev and Trev have decided to write a book, and Snot Funny Sea Stories! is their immersive journey to literary stardom. At least that's what Kev and Trev hope will be the result.
Amongst the side trips, is a lesson in surfing, with Kev explaining some of his favourite surfing positions, like the starfish and the bottle flip.
There are stories within stories, too. Like Cob Fish, Santa Ray, and Turtle (Nude).
Snot Funny Sea Stories! is packed with rhyming, puns, and strange situations, dreamt up by Kev and Trev and their wild imaginations and inspired by their sea adventures.
Say hello to Memory Kid, Jigsaw Girl, and Story Boy.
When the key to the school sports shed goes missing, most of the students are upset because they will have to do extra maths instead of playing sport.
Max, Daniel and Natalie don't mind. They prefer maths over sport, and are a bit different to the others at school, because they have autism.
Max says they have superpowers. Not like super strength or super speed. They've got other strengths.
Max, for example, has an amazing memory. He can read and remember things better than anyone else.
And Natalie is great at solving puzzles, identifying and fitting patterns together.
Superheroes for a Day is a short, fast-paced story, about how Max, Natalie and Daniel save the day, and shows how their strengths are as valuable as everyone else's.
Did you know that like bees, there's a hierarchy in the dung beetle community?
Dung Beetle on a Roll is written and illustrated by Sandra Servergnini. It's a narrative non-fiction exploration of the dung beetle world.
It explains what dung is and why dung beetles love it. Detailed, realistic illustrations help expose some of the minutiae of life as a dung beetle, from rollers to tunnellers to dwellers.