Literacy, Books and CDs
- Collecting Colour CD and BookProduct Code: 25886Price $47.19 $42.90
"Rose and Olive spend a day out bush helping to gather the pandanus leaves for making bags and baskets...They collect the colour that the bags will be, from special plants and berries. It is a hard day's work but worth it!" Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available.
Learn More - Collecting Colour CD and 4 Book SetProduct Code: 26023Save 15%Regular Price $128.59 Special Price $108.79 $98.90"Rose and Olive spend a day out bush helping to gather the pandanus leaves for making bags and baskets...They collect the colour that the bags will be, from special plants and berries. It is a hard day's work but worth it!" Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available. Learn More
- The Shack That Dad Built CD and BookProduct Code: 25945Price $47.19 $42.90
When Elaine Russell was five, her dad built the family a shack just outside the Aboriginal mission at La Perouse in Sydney. Elaine illustrates what life was like for an indigenous kid on the urban fringes. Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors, carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page. Australian voices provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available.
Learn More - Walking With The Seasons In Kakadu CD and 4 Book SetProduct Code: 26034Save 15%Regular Price $128.59 Special Price $108.79 $98.90
This sumptuous book invites us to closely observe the birds, plants and animals that inhabit the unique environment of Kakadu, through an understanding of the six Aboriginal seasons. Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available
Learn More - You and Me Murrawee CD and 4 Book SetProduct Code: 26048Save 15%Regular Price $128.59 Special Price $108.79 $98.90"We walk this same brown earth" In this, picture book, we see through the eyes of a young Aboriginal girl into life as it would have been two hundred years ago. Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page. Australian voices - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available. Learn More
- Ernie Dances To The Didgeridoo CD and 4 Book SetProduct Code: 26055Save 15%Regular Price $128.59 Special Price $108.79 $98.90
Ernie is going to live in Arnhem Land. He flies above the desert, travels over floodplains and arrives at his new home. Here are Ernie's letters describing his new life. Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page. Australian voices - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available.
Learn More - Walking With The Seasons In Kakadu CD and BookProduct Code: 25946Price $47.19 $42.90
This sumptuous book invites us to closely observe the birds, plants and animals that inhabit the unique environment of Kakadu, through an understanding of the six Aboriginal seasons. Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available
Learn More - You and Me Murrawee CD and BookProduct Code: 25907Price $47.19 $42.90
"We walk this same brown earth" In this, picture book, we see through the eyes of a young Aboriginal girl into life as it would have been two hundred years ago. Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page. Australian voices - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available.
Learn More - Ernie Dances To The Didgeridoo CD and BookProduct Code: 25910Price $47.19 $42.90Ernie is going to live in Arnhem Land. He flies above the desert, travels over floodplains and arrives at his new home. Here are Ernie's letters describing his new life. Designed to be both entertaining and educational at the time when language skills and expanding vocabulary form an important part in a child's development. Classic Australian picture books by well known authors. Carefully selected for their use of language and humour. Sound signals appropriate to the story, to indicate when to turn the page. Australian voices - provide excellent role models for expression in language and the function of punctuation. Illustrated covers, so even non-readers can identify the story. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8. Extra books also available. Learn More
- Indigenous Small Books Set of 6Product Code: 25005Price $186.89 $169.90
This new set of 6 indigenous small books includes a wonderful range of illustrated and photographic books. From the beautiful indigenous people of the Torres Strait, to the different kinds of bush tucker found in the Australian mainland, to mesmerising indigenous artworks featuring Australian animals and Dreamtime stories, this pack is bursting with indigenous Australian culture. This small books pack includes 6 titles, each 29.5cm x 21cm with 16 pages.
Includes:
- Animals around the Billabong Small Book
- Let's Learn about the Dreamtime Small Book
- Let's Learn about Bush Tucker Small Book
- Let's Learn about the Torres Strait Islands Small Book
- Indigenous Sea Creatures Small Book
- Birds around the Billabong Small Book
Individual titles not sold separately.
Learn More - My Australian Picture Alphabet BookProduct Code: 25514Price $31.79 $28.90
A simple and brightly illustrated Alphabet book for 3-8 year olds. Each page is decorated with a number of wonderful Indigenous pictures and Aussie animals relating to the alphabet letter. No sentences, just simple words. 22 pages. Measures 21cm x 29.5cm.
Learn More - Yarn About Let's Compare BookProduct Code: 25028Price $32.89 $29.90
An informative and entertaining book, comparing the way most Australians live today with how Aboriginal and TSI people lived before European settlement. 22 pages. Measures 21cm x 29.5cm. Suggested ages 4 to 10 years.
Learn More - This is a Bandhaar BookProduct Code: 25029Price $26.29 $23.90
Simple first reader featuring Wiradjuri language words "This is a Bandhaar. This is a kangaroo". Pronunciations provided. Suggested ages 4 to 8. 12 pages. Measures 21cm x 29.5cm.
Learn More - First Indigenous Alphabet BookProduct Code: 25030Price $32.89 $29.90
An A to Z book with detailed and beautiful illustrations and an informative sentence for each letter on each page. Suggested ages 5 to 8 years. 27 pages. Measures 21cm x 29.5cm.
Learn More - I've Seen Painted People Dance BookProduct Code: 25031Price $26.29 $23.90
A beautifully illustrated book celebrating Indigenous culture based on a lyrical poem about the history of Indigenous Australia. Suggested ages 5 to 12 years. 17 pages. Measures 21cm x 29.5cm.
Learn More - Gubbi Gubbi Animal Friends BookProduct Code: 25045Price $19.69 $17.90
Gubbi Gubbi Animal Friends is an Aboriginal language children’s book that teaches the language and culture of the Gubbi Gubbi people. Gubbi Gubbi Animal Friends tells a story of a boy and his father and the Australian native animals. The book contains Gubbi Gubbi language words that are easy to learn alongside picture associations in a storytelling format about the Australian animals. The artwork showcased in Gubbi Gubbi Animal Friends is by local Sunshine Coast artist Bianca Clark.
- Authors: Christine Stuart and Susan Clark
- Illustrator: Bianca Clark
- 10 pages
- Size of the book: 25cm by 17.5cm
- Gubbi Gubbi Bush Tucker Girl BookProduct Code: 25046Price $19.69 $17.90
Gubbi Gubbi Bush Tucker Girl is an Aboriginal language children’s book that teaches the language and culture of the Gubbi Gubbi people. Gubbi Gubbi Bush Tucker Girl tells a story of a girl and her mother and the Australian native bush tucker. The book contains Gubbi Gubbi language words that are easy to learn alongside picture associations in a storytelling format about bush tucker. Gubbi Gubbi Bush Tucker Girl includes illustrations by artists Bianca Clark and Gabrielle Cloutier. Both artists joined together their talents to create a modern day illustration of the Gubbi Gubbi people.
- Authors: Christine Stuart and Susan Clark
- Illustrators: Bianca Clark and Gabrielle Cloutier
- 10 pages
- Size of the book: 25cm by 17.5cm
- Tales of My Grandmother's DreamtimeProduct Code: 25040Price $27.39 $24.90
Beautifully illustrated 44 page hard-cover (26cm x 26cm) book of Australian Aboriginal stories. The author, Naiura, has faithfully recorded stories told to him as a child by his Grandmother. Every story is illustrated by colourful artwork, along with an explanation of symbols commonly used in aboriginal art. Teach children the tales of indigenous Australians and gain an appreciation of their art. The first in a series of three books.
- #25041 More Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime
- #25042 Even More Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime
- More Tales of My Grandmother's DreamtimeProduct Code: 25041Price $27.39 $24.90
Beautifully illustrated 44 page hard-cover book of Australian Aboriginal stories. The author, Naiura, has faithfully recorded stories told to him as a child by his Grandmother. Every story is illustrated by colourful artwork, along with an explanation of symbols commonly used in aboriginal art. Teach children the tales of indigenous Australians and gain an appreciation of their art. The second in a series of three books. Book size: 26cm x 26cm.
- #25040 Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime
- #25042 Even More Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime
- Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime - 2 Book SeriesProduct Code: 99900Save 11%Regular Price $54.78 Special Price $48.95 $44.50
Two beautifully illustrated 44 page hard-cover books of Australian Aboriginal stories. Each book measures 26cm x 26cm.
- #25040 Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime
- #25041 More Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime
The author, Naiura, has faithfully recorded stories told to him as a child by his Grandmother. Every story is illustrated by colourful artwork, along with an explanation of symbols commonly used in aboriginal art. Teach children the tales of indigenous Australians and gain an appreciation of their art.
Learn More - Book 'Waterlilies'Product Code: 26016Price $26.29 $23.90
Australian picture book by the author of Walking with the Seasons in Kakadu. Beautifully illustated by Colwyn Cambell, and a wonderful Aboriginal teaching resource book. A story that traces a young boy's instruction in food gathering. With his mother he learns from their indigenous family how to collect the edible seeds of lilies and how to prepare them. For ages 3-15yrs.
Learn More - Big Book 'Indigenous Sea Creatures'Product Code: 24946Price $65.89 $59.90
This big book is all about the indigenous wildlife that can be found in the waters of Australia, displayed in big, beautiful aboriginal artwork. In the making of this book, Mike’s 16-month-old daughter Annabella, wouldn’t leave him alone. She wanted him to read it to her again and again. Annabella loves the clown fish, the “ark” (shark), the "gong-gong" (dugong) and the naughty fish (anglerfish). Like Annabella, this book will teach other kids to name sea creatures as impressive as dugongs, whales and more! Written, illustrated and printed in Australia. Big Book size: 42cm x 30cm. 16 pages.
Learn More - Big Book 'Let's Learn About The Dreamtime'Product Code: 24947Price $65.89 $59.90
According to Aboriginal belief, all life as it is today - human, animal, bird and fish is part of one vast unchanging network of relationships which can be traced to the great spirit ancestors of the Dreamtime - stories that explain how things came to exist. In this indigenous educational big book, you will meet the lightning brothers, who are the creators of storms, lightning and bushfires. You'll discover the mysterious Mimi spirits, who taught the Aboriginal people how to do rock-paintings. You'll read about Ginga the crocodile man, and how he formed Kakadu. You'll see the rainbow serpent and the fertility mother, learn how the sun was made and more! Written, illustrated and printed in Australia. Big Book size: 42cm x 30cm. 16 pages.
Learn More - Big Book 'Gathering Bush Tucker'Product Code: 24920Price $65.89 $59.90
This extraordinary book is a visual masterpiece, an enchanting journey into the heart and soul of Indigenous cultures, through the Australian outback as you learn about all different types of Bush Tucker including everything from honey ants to emu eggs. Beautifully illustrated and written by the talented Aboriginal artist Kiz Costelloe. Measures 42cm x 30cm. 16 pages - 300gsm gloss celoglaze covers and 200gsm satin pages.
Learn More - Big Book 'Animals From Land Country'Product Code: 24921Price $65.89 $59.90
Embark on a captivating journey through the vibrant world of Indigenous art in our new big book "Indigenous Art Animals from Country." This stunning book invites you to explore the rich variety of Australian animals and Indigenous cultures through the beautiful artistic illustrations by Aboriginal artis Kiz Costelloe.
From the shy echidna to the elusive grace of the kangaroo, each page unveils a breathtaking depiction of native animals rendered in the distinctive styles of Aboriginal art. These animals are not mere subjects; they are bearers of ancient wisdom, custodians of the land, and symbols of profound spiritual significance.
Written and illustrated by the talented Aboriginal artist Kiz Costelloe.
Measures 42cm x 30cm. 16 pages - 300gsm gloss celoglaze covers and 200gsm satin pages.
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