Thinking Together shows how story-based material can be used to help children raise philosophical puzzles and problems that will set them thinking. It shows how to build a community of inquiry in the classroom, and how to use questioning techniques,...

Thirty years ago, a bomb landed in the field of Australian consciousness of itself and its land in the form of Eric Rolls' A Million Wild Acres. The ensuing explosion has caused extensive and heated debate ever since amongst historians, ecologists,...

Follow along as One Little Dung Beetle counts all kinds of fascinating creepies and crawlies. How many can you see?

The evacuation from Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand troops was a logistically incredible undertaking. The exhausted young men were to slip away by ship in the dead of night. But… Someone needed to remain behind to cover for their fellow...

The students of Mount Mayhem Primary are on their school trip to Canberra. Their teacher, Ms Sparks says they will visit places of National Significance and learn about Australian History and Government. Who knew Canberra could be so interesting!

Fire trucks, police cars and ambulances too!Here come the vehicles to rescue you!A delightful picture book about the people who keep us safe and the vehicles getting them where they need to be.

The Earth’s climate is changing. It’s getting hotter. In Australia over the past 50 years, maximum temperatures have been creeping higher. There have been record droughts, floods and bushfires. Why is this happening and what can we do to stop it getting...

Matthew Flinders was a country boy who wanted to be a sailor. He lived at a time when ocean voyages took months, sometimes years. His life at sea was full of adventure and danger. He was the first to sail all the way around Australia. He drew the first...

Little Lon scrapes back the layers of history to show how people lived and worked in a post settlement Australian city. Behind the grand buildings of the big streets was Little Lon. A working-class district of little houses and narrow lanes, bursting...

Australia is a big place. It covers 7.7 million square kilometres. You would think it would be easy to find, but it stayed hidden from everyone but its First People for a very long time. Australia’s coastline was discovered piece by piece. Mapping the...

Collaborating with artist Anna Pignataro, we have created a calendar for 2025 called Champignons, introducing a gorgeous mushroom illustration each month.

A Parisian dream... We have created this beautiful Calendar called A Secret World in collaboration with Elise Hurst.

Age range 5 to 9Claire's family has moved from Australia to Vietnam and the little girl finds herself lost in the busy, bustling streets of Hanoi, until she finds the red bridge and a new friend to show her the way.Kylie Dunstan's stunning collage...

Age range 5+ Annoying, bored, creative and daring, AlphaKid is every kid-at their best (kind, loving), worst (impatient, unreasonable) and in between (smelly, odd). Packed with heart and humour, kids of all ages will smirk and titter at this A...

Age range 6 to 9 There are as many mistruths as there are truths about James Co ok and his famous first Voyage of discovery, including his secret orders to find the mythical 'Great Southern Continent'.This book shows a new side to this voyage...

Age 5 to 12From the oceans and coastal plains to the African Veldt, we share thisearth with many unique and wonderful creatures. This book celebrates MarkWilson's lifelong passion for endangered wildlife and the preservation ofhabitat. A New...

Age range 3 to 6The big day is almost here. The invitations are sent, the presents made pretty...there's some fun to prepare!Peek inside the homes of these adorable animals as they celebrate charming birthday traditions - from party hats and piatas to...

Age range 6+ Bessie's War takes a look at the part women on the home front played in World War 1. Bessie is frustrated because her brothers and father are off fighting the war and she is stuck at home feeling like she can offer no help...

Age range 5 to 9Butterfly Girls follows the adventures of two friends who share a special secret. In their sleepy seaside village of St Ives there's a park and in the park, under the Eucalypts, there's a clover patch and inside the clover patch there's...

Age range 6 to 9Butterfly Girls follows the adventures of two friends who share a special secret. In their sleepy seaside village of St Ives there's a park and in the park, under the Eucalypts, there's a clover patch and inside the clover patch there's...

Age range 5+When Aidan Jackson, known as "Jack", leaves his parents' farm to fight overseas in World War I, he is excited by the promise of travel, adventure and new friends. Although Jack's bugle is brought home from the war by his best friend, it lies...

Age range 3 to 6 Dad doesn't always get the small things right! But then, it's not always the small things that matter. When it comes to big things...well, Dad has his own brand of superpowers to call on.

In the hollow of an ancient tree, a black cockatoo chick relies on its parents for survival. But as spring turns to summer, only the young cockatoo can save itself from the deadly heat.A story about the magnificent black cockatoo, how they begin their...

Little Francie feels capable and confident in the water, so when she watches her bigger cousins diving like gannets from the diving boards at the local pool, she wants to do it too. But can she be a gannet if she cannot even dive? Like A Gannet is a...

In the central desert of Australia north of Alice, Warla, a tiny shy mala sat under a bush. What was that ? Danger!" The Marla is a small nocturnal marsupial that inhabits the spinifex and hummock grasslands of the central desert. The numbers of...

Age range 0 to 3Howl to the moon Stamp your feet. Roar from your belly GO WILDGo Wild encourages children to feel free to express themselves and have fun. Following on from Anna's previous board books Love Green and Chill Out, these books encourage young...

Age range 4 to 6Little Max has little legs, little feet and little steps. When Rosie, Izzy and Georgi go cubby hunting, little Max wants to go too but he can't keep up with his friends. Max soon finds himself lost and alone. But what else will he...

Age range 0 to 4If a monkey goes oo-ooand a lion goes, ROAR!What noise does the baby make?This wonderfully noisy book will delight readers with all the different sounds animals make from the common to the unexpected.

A series of luxury blank journals featuring eight different designs by award winning Australian illustrator Shaun Tan. Collect all eight journals! 128 plain pages are ideal for notes, a travel journal or sketches. Matt laminated cover with cloth spine...

A series of luxury blank journals featuring eight different designs by award winning Australian illustrator Shaun Tan. Collect all eight journals! 128 plain pages are ideal for notes, a travel journal or sketches. Matt laminated cover with cloth spine...