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What Do You Call Your Dad? (Ashleigh Barton, illus Martina Heiduczek, ABC Books)
Released July 2024
What Do You Call Your Dad? is a love letter to fathers by writer Ashleigh Barton (Freddie Spector, Fact Collector: Space Cadet) and illustrator Martina Heiduczek (Spies in the Sky), the... Read more
The Book Star (Bec Nanayakkara, illus Joanna Bartel, Affirm)
Released July 2024
The Book Star is a fun and engaging story about the importance of being yourself and following your interests. Centred around Book Week, this picture book offers a relatable situation... Read more
Raymaŋgirrbuy dhäwu, When I was a little girl (Kylie Gatjawarrawuy Mununggurr, Magabala)
Released July 2024
This beautiful book is written in dual languages: Dhuwal, also known as Djambarrpuyŋu (widely understood in north-east Arnhem Land), and English. The artworks/illustrations by author Kylie Gatjawarrawuy Mununggurr depict family... Read more
Wild About Book Week (Sarah Speedie, illus Kruti Desai, Larrikin House)
Released July 2024
Wild About Book Week is a meta-tale of sorts, which celebrates what has become an annual tradition for many families: dressing up for Book Week. The protagonist, a pigtailed child,... Read more
Spiro (Anna McGregor, Scribble)
Released July 2024
Spiro is a humorous new picture book by Anna McGregor, the multi-award-winning creator of Anemone Is Not the Enemy. The protagonist is Spiro, a determined little spider on a mission to catch... Read more
Hide & Seek Beautiful (Nicki Esler Gill, illus Jedda Robaard, Scholastic)
Released June 2024
Hide & Seek Beautiful by Nicki Esler Gill explores a tender and heart-warming story of friendship and the little things in life. Best friends since birth, Annie and Boo find... Read more
The Real Cowgirl (Isabelle Duff, illus Susannah Crispe, EK Books)
Released June 2024
The Real Cowgirl tells the story of young Sal, who wants to be a ‘real’ cowgirl, ‘with boots and a hat just like Dad’s’, but doesn’t yet have confidence in... Read more
The Very Polite Knight (Ian Smith, Affirm)
Released June 2024
Finn is not like other knights in the kingdom. While Boris, Ethel and Walter are busy with scaring, fighting and stealing, Finn prefers gardening and reading. He is quiet, kind... Read more
Good Hair (Yvonne Sewankambo, illus Freda Chiu, Walker)
Released June 2024
Good Hair is a sweet picture book all about celebrating diversity—through hair. When Birungi is reluctant to go to school after struggling to do her hair, she declares she hates... Read more
Lights Out, Little Dragon (Debra Tidball, illus Rae Tan, HarperCollins)
Released June 2024
Lights Out, Little Dragon is an interactive bedtime book for toddlers aged 3+ and their caregivers, with a cute and relatable character that is just too busy to go to... Read more
How Babies Are Made (Philip Bunting, Scholastic)
Released June 2024
An engaging first look at human reproduction, How Babies Are Made features Philip Bunting’s signature friendly illustration style and the sense of humour common to both his fiction and nonfiction... Read more
Magic Counting (Nabeel Khan, illus Tete Garcia, Scribble)
Released June 2024
Magic Counting is a beautifully illustrated book that goes beyond the basics of counting, exploring the magic that can be found in the world of numbers. While counting from one... Read more
Drop into the Ocean (Karen Wasson, illus Marta Tesoro, Hardie Grant Explore)
Released June 2024
Drop into the Ocean: A tour of the world’s oceans and seas is exciting, colourful, entertaining and insightful. Packed with fun facts and well-researched information, it’s the type of book... Read more
What’s That? Australian mammals (Myke Mollard, Woodslane)
Released June 2024
This educational picture book for young children begins by telling us that every modern mammal descended from a common ancestor from around 180 million years ago, and that it’s up... Read more
Book of Hours (Clare McFadden, Walker)
Released May 2024
Book of Hours, written and illustrated by Clare McFadden (The Flying Orchestra), tells a life story in a series of dreamy vignettes. These postcard moments capture memories by the sea—of... Read more
Boots (Elizabeth Pulsford, illus Krista Brennan, Wombat Books)
Released May 2024
The idea of walking in someone else’s shoes to evoke understanding and empathy is not a new concept, but Elizabeth Pulsford takes it further in her debut picture book, Boots,... Read more
Cheer Up, Blobfish! (Julie Murphy, illus Rachel Tribout, Affirm)
Released May 2024
It’s time for The Festival of the Fish and everyone is excited, but the blobfish looks sad, and none of the sea creatures can cheer him up. This fun, rhyming... Read more
What Stars Are For (Margeaux Davis, Affirm)
Released May 2024
What Stars Are For is the first picture book by sewing pattern and soft toy designer Margeaux Davis. The emerging children’s book illustrator’s love for the natural world is informed... Read more
The Land Recalls You (Kirli Saunders, illus David Cragg & Noni Cragg, Scholastic)
Released May 2024
The title of multi-awarded Gunai poet Kirli Saunders’s picture book The Land Recalls You honours the Stolen Generations and their descendants, as well as others who have been taken from Country, in a story... Read more
Our Flag, Our Story (Bernard Namok Jnr & Thomas Mayo, illus Tori-Jay Mordey, Magabala)
Released May 2024
Reading Our Flag, Our Story: The Torres Strait Islander Flag by Bernard Namok Jnr and Thomas Mayo on so-called Australia Day feels incredibly poignant. In October 2023, Australians voted against establishing the... Read more
