Books
An exciting addition to the narrative non-fiction series Nature Storybooks, about an Eastern Quoll.
Author: Christopher Cheng
The blue-black sky is painted with glistening stars. Quoll has woken. It's playtime here in the moonlit night.
Join a female Eastern quoll and her playful pups as they venture through the forest and fields on their nightly hunt for food.
Discover the beautiful native Australian birds that take part in the dawn chorus each morning.
Author: Sarah Speedie
Each day the Great Dawn Choir
greets the morning sun.
Together in the growing light,
their voices join as one.
The Great Dawn Choir celebrates the dawn chorus and the beautiful native Australian birds that take part in it each morning.
Discover the chorus members, and find out what inspires them to sing and call with such passion as the sun rises on a new day.
In the north of Western Australia, where the desert meets the sea, lies one of the last great wild regions on earth. The First Peoples of the region call it Nyinggulu. The rest of the world knows it as Ningaloo.
Author: Tim Winton
Join award-winning author and passionate conservationist Tim Winton and watercolourist Cindy Lane as they dive into this incredible part of the world. From enormous whale sharks to minuscule Cape Range Millipedes, and from colourful coral reefs to muddy mangroves, the biodiversity and interconnectedness of each distinctive ecosystem will fill young readers with wonder and awe.
Most importantly, as the next generation of custodians of Ningaloo, they’ll discover how to support and protect the region in the years to come.
A stunning addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Great White Shark tells the real story about one of the planet's most fascinating and misunderstood creatures.
Author: Claire Saxby
The great white shark swims on.
Her tail sways side-to-side;
her fins keep her balanced.
She travels the fast lane
where she can, cruising
invisible seaways
In Great White Shark we follow a female shark on her way to warmer waters to give her pups the best chance of survival. Set in a stunning underwater world, Claire Saxby's signature poetic prose and Cindy Lane's sublime illustrations showcase the grace, majesty and power of one of the ocean’s top predators.
As night-time nears, a world of creatures comes alive in our oceans.
Author: Vanessa Pirotta
Settle in and explore the wonderful world under the waves, and see what animals do from sunset to sunrise. From penguins to sharks, giant squid and plankton, discover the fascinating after-dark lives of ocean creatures.
Oceans at Night showcases the beauty and wonder of life below the sea, so dive deep and discover what happens while you sleep!
Stand on your head with Sally Murphy, explode some dynamite with Cristy Burne or shoot some hoops with Cheryl Kickett-Tucker. Hatch out of a Dragon Egg with Rebecca M. Newman. Grow a poet-tree with Meg McKinlay or take a swim with Cindy Lane and watch a bit of Stink-o-Vision with James Foley. These and loads more poems by Australian poets are there to discover in Right Way Down. With striking illustrations by Briony Stewart, these poems will have you laughing, thinking, and playing with words – whichever way up you read them.
Chosen by: Rebecca M. Newman and Sally Murphy
Illustrator: Briony Stewart
