'Have fun with Maggie and her animal friends. One of the first four books in a series of levelled readers designed to provide young Indigenous and non-Indigenous children with engaging, enjoyable and meaningful experiences with print that will support their reading skills and their desire to read.' (Source: Publishers website)

'Have fun with Maggie and her family on their beach adventure. One of the first four books in a series of levelled readers.The series has been carefully designed to provide young Indigenous and non-Indigenous children with engaging, enjoyable and meaningful experiences with print that will support their reading skills and their desire to read.' (Publication summary)

'The Sugarbag is the adventure story of Jimmy and Max, two young brothers, who are on their way to visit their grandfather. Walking through the bush, they encounter an Australian native stingless bee buzzing around their heads. This gives Jimmy the opportunity to teach little Max all he has learned from his

grandfather about hunting for 'sugarbag'. Sugarbag is the European word for the honey produced by the stingless bee.

The boys go racing through the bush in pursuit of the bee hoping it will lead them to its hive. This is Max's first encounter with hunting for sugarbag and he doesn't really understand what they are searching for, preferring to imagine some sort of bush treasure trove filled with sweets.

'Sugarbag is a favourite treat for Aboriginal people. We call it ngarruu.

When Grandfather was a little boy, he went hunting for ngarruu with his father,' Jimmy explained proudly. Max imagined bags of sweets piled up high. 'Mmmm, sugarbag sounds yummy,' he rubbing his belly' (Publisher blurb).

'Sarah Gibson sat in her faded but comfortable old chair and looked fondly down at her 6 beautiful grandchildren seated on the ground in front of her. Sarah could see they were all very curious and itching to know why she had a long, pointy stick and a large pile of sand near her feet.

'The children all waited eagerly for Sarah to take them on a cultural journey with one of her beautiful stories' (Source: publishers website)