AustLit

'Chucky is a great little kid. He is good mannered, fun loving and into everything. But when he makes a mistake, or things don't go his way, he tends to get angry and upset. With Dad's help, Chucky learns the healing powers of having a good cry.' (Publication summary)

'Join Lani and Oli as they explore Shellharbour’s natural wonders. Let’s go to magical places – From the mountains to the sea, come and explore Shellharbour with the me. Our Shellharbour is a visually stunning book that encourages children to explore the great outdoors and have fun. Sometimes a simple reminder to go and explore places can make all the difference.' (Publication summary)

'You are invited to immerse yourself in the serenity that is Planet Hope. Across these pages where words dance with art, Emma Cary's beautifully crafted poetry connects young minds with the power of positivity The story comes alive through the work of Australia's award-winning artist and illustrator Emma Stuart, portraying the diversity of the Australian landscape in her rich oil paintings. With beauty and hope on every page this is a book for readers of all ages. Planet Hope shines the way to a brighter tomorrow.' (Publication summary)

'Join Peewii as he adventures through the wonders of nature and discovers the importance of protecting our environment.'  (Publication summary)

'Villagers are terrified by a dragon's loud roars and fire breathing. But young Lily doesn't hear a fearsome dragon, she hears something else. One day, she sneaks out of her home and strides through the forest to face the huge beast. From there, Lily changes the dragon and the villagers' lives forever.' (Publication summary)

'Oliver doesn't like the word 'no'. The more he hears it, the more frustrated he gets. Lucky for Oliver, Mum has a solution - a pillow mountain that helps him release his big feelings. With Mum's loving guidance, Oliver learns that big feelings are normal, and so is he.'  (Publication summary)

''Red' rages through the bush and across the land, tearing through the country like a ferocious beast. Fire-fighters fight this dragon, but it is hard to conquer. From out of the flames and smoke an injured koala emerges. It is rescued and cared for and bought back to good health, and then returned to the wild. This moving story came about in part as a response to the horrific bushfires that raged in the Australian summer of 2020, and inspired by the heroic fire fighters and animal carers, and is also in honour of the increasingly endangered Australian native animal, the koala.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Lily wanders into her backyard to see a beautiful honey bee in full flight. Together, Lily and the bee explore the importance of bees to humanity and the wonderful work they do to provide us with delicious honey.' (Publication summary)

'When Lily meets a Monarch Butterfly on a beautiful spring day, she learns all about its life cycle and its importance for the food we love to eat.' (Publication summary)

'Karma, intrigued by his mother’s store’s name “Karma and Koo”, sets out on an adventure to find out who Koo is. Karma soon learns that Koo is not a who but a what, and is in-fact something special that we all have inside.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Jasper is a small boy who wants to be understood. In his day to day family routines, Jasper tries to communicate to his brother Lucas and parents what he wants to say. Sometimes babble comes out and words that do not make sense. Can Jasper say what he wants to say?

'A sensitive picture story about family relationships, speech and communication, ideal for ages 2-6 years.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A gentle and melodic verse that evokes the magical sound of the magpies warble through the still night air, the power of music to soothe and heal, and the beauty all around us, in the sights and sounds and scents of nature. Includes Notes for Parents and Teachers and simple activities.' (Publication summary)

'Mrs Mavis Marshmallow likes the colour yellow ? a lot!"Join Mrs Mavis and friends in this sunny rhyming book about a very colourful character ...So long as that colour is yellow!' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

'This book of wonderful rhymes came from an idea from my little (“I’m big”) five-year-old girl who ran into our bedroom one morning, yelled “There’s a Wombat in my Bed” and promptly ran back into her bedroom, where we found her under the bedcovers being “the wombat”. What else could I do but start making up these rhymes. With the help of “Uncle Phil”, the rhymes were transformed into the colourful images you see in the book. Joanna announced her approval by telling Uncle Phil, “You did really well, you didn’t even go out of the lines …”' (Publication summary)

'A colourful and creative story about the daily adventures of children told from the perspective of their silly, sneaky, soggy, slippery, stripy, spotty, scary, snuggly, stinky, smelly, sleepy socks' (publication blurb).

'At some point in time there was a wombat in my bed.

'The antics of his animal friends in my house were crazy. He went away on a walkabout and then came back. In this book wombat tackles sports and it’s a whole new ball game, or water game or whatever …

'Wild Woolly Wombat Sports – a new adventure!' (Publication summary)

'A creative account of what a little boy imagines when he is led to believe that a friendly but very mischievous and always hungry bickie monster lives in his house and how he comes to discover that what he was told was not entirely true.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Mary the airy fairy is coming to stay with Alice and her family. Is she a real fairy? Or is she just a free spirit who needs Alice’s help?' (Publication summary)