Maudie and Bear
Author: Jan Ormerod

Children's Book Council of Australia - Winner 2011- Early Childhood

Maudie's world revolves around Maudie. Bear's world also revolves around Maudie - he is as patient and solid as a rock. Maudie is so confident of Bear's love she makes little effort to deserve it. Bear's remedy for loving Maudie is to love her some more.  ...read more »

Feathers for Phoebe
Author: Rod Clement

Selected book for National Simultaneous Storytime- 2011

Phoebe is small, grey, and ordinary - very ordinary. I want to get noticed! she declares. Zelda is glamorous, talented and famous - and she runs the most popular beauty salon in the forest. And she's only too happy to help Phoebe become the bird she's always wanted to be.  Ages 3 - 8.  ...read more »

Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Retold by : Harriet Castor

Beautifully illustrated edition of the children's classic

Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice for magical adventures in the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland. Here, rabbits can talk and playing cards walk and cats can vanish at will. You will never meet a more baffling bunch or eat a more curious cake! So open up these covers now and fall into the land of your dreams ...  ...read more »

Fearless
Author: Colin Thompson

Picture Book WINNER, COOL Awards (ACT), KROC Awards (NT), YABBA Awards (VIC) 2010

When a new baby is born its difficult to tell if it will grow up to be big or small or brave or scared of the dark and spiders. sometimes babies get the wrong name. Its the same with dogs. So when the Claybourne-Willments, who should have been called the Smiths, got Fearless as a little puppy, it seemed a good name for him Except Fearless wasnt..  ...read more »

The Great Big Enormous Book of Tashi
Authors: Anna and Barbara Fienberg, Kim Gamble

Recommended

Tashi comes from a place very far away. He escaped from a warlord and flew to this country on the back of a swan. He's as brave as he's clever, and he tells the best stories ever! Tashi is always ready for anything. Now all his stories are rolled into one enormous book. That's 32 daredevil adventures!...  ...read more »

Cookbooks for Kids

A range of cookbooks for kids with simple recipes for meals, snacks, lunchboxes and desserts. There are also specialty books featuring recipes from around the world, vegetarian meals, first books for preschoolers, and nutrition books for teens.  ...read more »

Bear and Chook by the Sea
Author: Lisa Shanahan 

Children's Book Council of Australia 2010 Winner - Book of the Year, Early Childhood 

Bear and Chook are unexpected friends. Bear likes adventure and Chook would much rather have the quiet life! One day they decide to go and visit the sea. Chook is worried that they don't know the way and will get lost, but Bear is confident they will find it just around the pond, under the bridge, through the forest and over the mountain!...  ...read more »