An extraordinary, inspiring and hope-filled graphic novel from the multi-award-winning creator of Rivertime, Rockhopping, Landing with Wings and Leaf-light, Trace Balla's stunning memoir reveals her personal and life-changing experiences of place, her understanding of the natural world and her relationship to Country.Ever since I was a kid my favourite place has always been up a tree where everything I notice feels like a part of me. Every bir...

This beautiful graphic novel is a stand-alone companion to Landing with Wings by CBCA award-winning author Trace Balla. Join Miri on her quest to help a rescued baby emu find its feet in the world, and as she connects to her community in joyful and unexpected ways. From the multi-award-winning creator of Rivertime andRockhopping comes a beautiful ode to working together to make the world a better place.NOTABLE BOOK: 2024 CBCA Book...

WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2017Join 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 unexpected places you may go.Praise for Rivertime:'The drawings and text teem with vitality and wonder. Verdict: enchanting.' Herald Sun'A reminder for mid-primary school kids that communing with nature has its own r...

Miri's been on the move and now she's finding her feet, her freedom, her community and her home, treading lightly all the way.A story about spreading your wings and putting down roots in an ancient land.From the much-loved creator of Rivertime (WINNER: Readings Prize and Wilderness Society Award) and Rockhopping (WINNER: CBCA Awards).'Another lovely adventure from Trace Balla. Rich in country and family, deep in care for the future.' BRUCE PASCOE

A story for the very young about loss and the everlasting power of love. From the maker of Rivertime.

A tender and beautifully illustrated tale of a boy and his bird-watching uncle, on a paddling trip on Australia's Glenelg River. A story about slowing down, growing up, and connecting with the land and its creatures.Short-listed for theCBCA Picture Book of the Year 2015 and the CBCA Book of the Year, Crichton Award for New Illustrators, 2015'All children need an Uncle Egg to open up the magical world of nature. We all need to get outside, away from television, computers and...

Winner of the Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Award, this acclaimed, multicultural book about a biracial boy with a passion for science will resonate with children everywhere who can’t—or won’t—be defined by categories.Ten-year-old Brendan Buckley is a self-declared scientist: asking questions and looking for answers, but most of all struggling against the overprotective behavior of his parents. Up until now, he has never even met his grandfather—the g...

Blizz Richards and his band of wacky cryptids are back for another illustrated adventure!Everyone thinks the Loch Ness monster is one-of-a-kind. But that just means Nessie's lonely. And only yeti Blizz Richards and his team of cryptozoologists can help her find a friend just like her. With a little help from a time-traveling leprechaun, the gang travels back 65 million years to the age of dinosaurs to begin the search. But they aren't ready for the dangers that wait for them: monst...

Rediscover familiar tales and find new favorites in this irresistible fifth You Read to Me, I'll Read to You book from former children's poet laureate Mary Ann Hoberman**, which adds Aesop's fables to the New York Times bestselling series.**Award-winning creators Mary Ann Hoberman and Michael Emberley bring you classic characters—from wise ants and kind mice to sly foxes and hungry wolves—as you've never seen them before! With clear, color...

Sick jokes, yucky jokes, crazy jokes, cool jokes – more than 400 hilarious gags and riddles collected from children all across Australia.

Exactly as it says on the cover this is a collection of 200 silly, corny, groan-out-loud riddles of the kind that kids just love. Indulge them, or yourself, and prepare for your ears to be assaulted by silly riddles. What kind of flower has a name that sounds like a person’s name? Daffodil (Daff O’Dil) What kind of worm is good at measuring things? Tapeworm How does an alligator eat cookies? By eating the person who ate the cookie

The story of an Aboriginal boy whose house is invaded by a Hairyman - a spirit the old people call a Quinkin. When a little green tree frog lands on his windowsill, he knows she has been sent by the ancestors to help him face his fears.BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13'I wake with a start. The doorknob turns. It's him. The Hairyman.'There's a bad spirit in our house. He's as ugly as ugly gets and he...