Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD, QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR AGES 3-5 AWARD 2023Spikes on the bottom boots,my favourite colour boots,making me too deadly.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBCA EVE POWNALL AWARD 2023WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AND CHILDREN, TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS 2025A beautifully illustrated title chock-full of fascinating animal facts from our bestselling, CBCA award-winning Tasmanian children's author/illustrator, Jennifer Cossins, that focuses on 25 animal species from Australia and around the world with intriguing migration journeys.

A somewhat factual introduction to the hoppy, crawly, wriggly, buzzy, fluttery critters that call your backyard home.

Slip on your overalls, pop on your hardhat and jump in the digger - let's build a backyard!

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATUREA CBCA NOTABLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARDThere are eleven words for love, and my family knows them all.

You have a choice as to whether you will make this world a better place, even in a small way.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

Meet Moose, an enormous, brave and solitary moose, with nothing to fear.

WINNER OF THE ABIA CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023A CBCA NOTABLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR BIRTH TO THREE AWARD 2023I'm not brave enough today.

Charlie loves the sea.

SHORTLISTED FOR NON-FICTION, ENVIRONMENT AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR AGES 5-8 AWARD 2023An accessible and reassuring picture book that teaches children about the specific challenges of climate change for Australia so they can be informed and make a difference.

'The rabbits came many grandparents ago.

This is a common pigeon.

BELLA, BE BRAVE.

SHORTLISTED IN THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2022 - EVE POWNALL AWARDBirds are curious creatures.

Do you know springtime in Tokyo is cherry blossom season?

A group of little bilbies are hunting for decorations to turn their Australian bush home into a magical Christmas wonderland.

Slip on your overalls, pop on your hard hat and jump in the digger - let's build a house!

Smudge has been Lucy's best friend since she was little.

A CBCA NOTABLE BOOK 2023From award-winning author and illustrator Mark Wilson, a stirring story of the women who first won the right to vote in Australia - inspired by real people and historical eventsIn 1890, Rose Birks and her stepdaughter, Nellie, two strong-willed and determined women, began writing letters and attending meetings to help improve the lives of women and children in their home city of Adelaide.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR AGES 8-10 AWARD 2023Growing up on a farm in country Victoria, all Rachel wants is to help people.

An accessible and reassuring picture book that teaches children what they need to know about bushfires so they can understand what's happening and be smart and prepared, not scared.

A curated cabinet of curiosities and collections from around the world.

Near bush and scrub and oceanfront, they tiptoe on their Easter hunt .

Did you know that a mother peacock is called a peahen and a baby peacock is called a peachick?

Did you know that a daddy gorilla is called a silverback and a baby gorilla is called an infant?

Be inspired and amazed by these incredible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander icons!

Fern lives in a colourless, lifeless city and has only ever seen trees as pictures in her books.

It's Christmas Eve, and Snap the sugar glider is practising his moves.

A family of birds stumble across an egg in the bush and take it home with them.

Joey lives on a farm with his mum, his grandad, and his best friend - Riley, a working dog.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST DESIGNED CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT SERIES ABDA AWARD 2020When a sloth's book becomes a snoozefest, a HERO with STYLE and PIZZAZZ has to take the lead.

There was a child,The sweetest ever,Until she learned these words:'NO!

A giant stands on the shore, watching the sea.

Deep in the heart of the Red Centre lived a mob of red kangaroos.

My unicorn is an icky, sticky disaster area, from his silly, sparkly horn to his polka dot bottom.

A beautifully illustrated, lyrical and informative story about dugongs, one of our most unique endangered animals.

Trees tell stories about places.

It's Fleur the flamingo's birthday and her friend Bo the hippo is sending her a present.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD: EARLY CHILDHOOD 2020Meek the possum and her sisters three are happy living in the sprawling paperbark tree - until the day Squabbles the bat moves in.

Difference is everywhere, just look and see.

An adorable and informative picture book from the 2017 CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins, author of A-Z of Endangered Animals and 101 Collective Nouns.

A little girl spots a piece of rope.

Let's count kissesEveryone's been fed.

This is a story about iconic Australian writer Stella Miles Franklin, namesake of two major literary prizes, during her brief but formative time as a governess in rural New South Wales.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR AGES 5-8 AWARD 2023'Winning and wondrous, this picture book is a compelling appreciation of neurodiversity' Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewWith the Curiosities, a whole world of wonders and possibles awaits .

Mr Mo was a little monster.

When two friends are playing cricket in their backyard, one hits the ball over the fence into the neighbours' yard.

Scout is an inventor, a dreamer, a do-er.

In this delightful Australian Christmas story, a group of little joeys - a red kangaroo, a numbat and a rock wallaby - are decorating the Christmas tree and getting ready for Santa's arrival.