Slinky Malinki, a cheeky and friendly cat by day, is a master pilferer by night. Children will learn about rhythm and rhyme as they follow the hilarious antics of Slinky Malinki. 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. Quick View

"Arthur, eager as ever, busily helps everyone in his new home. However, his well-meaning efforts create havoc, until Grandpa and Melanie educate him." 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.

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The Very Ordinary Caterpillar lives in the Australian bush surrounded by magnificent, colourful animals and flowers. He realises just how ordinary he is and spins himself a cocoon to hide away in. But when he emerges, The Very Ordinary Caterpillar discovers that he is not so ordinary after all. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8.

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'Goodbye smelly old city, hello big blue sea!' Holidays at the beach mean camping, swimming, finding crabs, feeding the seagulls, walking, reading. Everyone has plans for things to do. Susie wants to catch a fish, but some people just aren't lucky at fishing. What she's lucky at is something quite unexpected and wonderful. Imaginatively illustrated. Suitable for children approx ages 3 to 8.

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Turtle's Song is a lyrical journey of the life of a Green Turtle from a hatchling beneath the sand of a coral beach, through wanderings at sea, to adulthood and returning to lay eggs of its own. Vivid and exquisite images. 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.

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"Stay close, take care", quaked Alexander's mother. But Alexander was a wayward duckling, he straggled behind and disappeared down a deep dark hole." 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. Quick View

Everyday, Antonio and his family eat together at the big wooden table. Antonio's mother is happy when everyone is there. Then each day for a week someone is missing from the table. 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.

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"With a big juicy bone from Samuel Stone, Hairy Maclary sets off for the dairy. His friends want to share it with him, but Hairy Maclary has other ideas". 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.

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"Hairy Maclary is busy chasing, bustling and hustling all the neighbourhood cats. But there is one particular cat he does not expect to meet." 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.

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Grandpa and Thomas go to the beach. It is an Australian summer. The sun is shining, the gulls are screeching and the sea is singing... What gently unfolds is the special relationship between a grandchild and grandfather. 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.

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Lucy shares the hug with everyone in her family. Along the way it becomes softer, sleepier, bigger, even peanut-buttery. But when the hug runs away, Lucy discovers that it's not so easy to get it back.. 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. Quick View

Most of the time, the only sign Jack sees of his Dad is a cold teabag left on the kitchen sink. But when they go on holidays, Jack sees an unexpected, fun, side of his Dad! 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.

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Hairy Maclary heard a strange sound, a yowling, a wailing that echoed around . . . What could be causing the caterwauling cacophony that brings Hairy Maclary and his friends running? 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.

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This is a story of a boy's dream to travel with the wild brumbies. In his travels through the top end of northern Australia he meets many animals, birds, reptiles in their own habitats. 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.

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One warm, sunny morning, a donkey, a cow, a pig, a sheep and a tiny little mouse decide to go for a row in a boat. An Australian classic! 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. Quick View

Annabella Jones decides that today she will be a proper little lady and sets off to play in her very best dress! But the Proper Little Lady runs into all sorts of adventures -- climbing trees, even playing football and arrives home looking a little less proper!

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.

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"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.

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Bob Graham tells the story of one family's camping holiday at the beach where they must share with a bus load of school kids and The Disciples of Death motorbike gang! 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.

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Michaelosaurus is at it again, with this next edition in his range of prehistoric books for kids! This time it’s the Ice Age, with some really ‘cool’ animals. It has mammoths, woolly rhinos, Neanderthal cave people, birds so tall they make emus seem like chickens and of course, sabre-toothed cats. This book even has some Australian Ice Age creatures like car-sized wombats and the marsupial lion, a fearsome beast which many people have never even heard of. Play the CD to experience the roars of animals and grunts of ancient humans in their natural environments. Written, illustrated and printed in Australia. Big Book size: 42cm x 30cm. 16 pages. Quick View

A visually beautiful and educationally informative version of a traditionally favourite ABC book. Unique handpainted silk illustrations shimmer from page to page. Informative tongue twisters written using alliteration will delight all ages. 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. Quick View

"Hairy Maclary's friends join him for a walk until, with a sudden yowl, a wail and a howl, they all run off. What could have caused such a scatter of paws?" 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.

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Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way. Pearl likes solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world. Charlie likes taking baths and watching his garden grow. 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. Quick View

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.

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The little boy climbed down from the train. 'Have you seen my grandmother?' he asked. 'There are only goannas here,' replied the station master. 'Is your grandmother a goanna?' An entertaining, heart-warming picture book. 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.

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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. Quick View