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A is for Aunty by Elaine Russell
$16.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices
More than just an alphabet book, this title uses the letters A-Z as a framework to tell us about growing up on a mission in northern New South Wales. It is a first alphabet book with an Aboriginal theme and describes daily routines and incidents in and around the mission - including billycart racing and ...Show more
Aunty's Wedding by Miranda Tapsell; Joshua Tyler
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices
A Tiwi-Island girl prepares for Aunty's wedding with help from her maningawu in this vibrant picture book by the popular actor and writers of Top End Wedding and the highly acclaimed illustrator of Alfred's War. Everyone on the island is getting ready for Aunty's wedding.Maningawu puts on her best hat ...Show more
Baby Business (HB) by Jasmine Seymour
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: New Illustrator
Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing -- it will protect the baby and remind them that they belong. This beautiful ritual is recounted in a way young children will completely relate to. Jasmine Seymour is a Darug woman and a des ...Show more
Coming Home to Country by Bronwyn Bancroft
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices
Run to the creek, perch on a rock, slip into clear crystal water. An visual and lyrical depiction of coming home to country from acclaimed author and illustrator Bronwyn Bancroft.
Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines (Darug & English) by Jasmine Seymour; Leanne Mulgo Watson (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices | Reading Level: New Illustrator
Age range 5 to 12 'Warami mittigar. Hello friend. We welcome you to Darug Country.' Cooee Mittigar, meaning Come Here Friend, is an invitation to yana (walk), on Darug Country. In this stunning picture book, Darug creators Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson tell a story on Darug Songlines, introdu ...Show more
Day Break by McQuire, Amy with illustrations by Matt Chun
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices
Day Break is the story of a family making their way back to Country on January 26. We see the strength they draw from being together, and from sharing stories as they move through a shifting landscape. The story refocuses the narratives around ‘Australia Day’ on Indigenous survival and resistance, and i ...Show more
Dreamers by Ezekiel Kwaymullina; Sally Morgan (Illustrator)
$16.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices
We are the dream and the dreamers - so begins this beautifully written story that celebrates the imagination of children at play. Complemented by Sally Morgan's rich and colourful illustrations, the book is full of movement. It lends itself to interactive reading aloud with play-acting or actions.
Family by Aunty Fay Muir; Jasmine Seymour (Illustrator); Sue Lawson
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: Our Place Ser.
Age range 3 to 9 Family is a thoughtful contemplation for all to learn the different ways that family makes us whole. This beautifully illustrated children’s picture book shows everyone that ‘family’ can be about heart and home; an endless sky; stories and songs. It ‘learns’ us how to be with each othe ...Show more
Free Diving by Lorrae Coffin
$17.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices
Age range 7 to 10Free Diving is a poignant tribute to the Indigenous men and women who worked in the pearling industry as `free divers' in the late nineteenth century in Western Australia.In a practice known as `blackbirding' (forced unpaid labour), European pearl lugger owners used Indigenous people to ...Show more
I Open the Door... by Gregg Dreise (Illustrator); Ann James (Illustrator); Judy Watson (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: No Category
I Open the Door...contains nine interconnected stories, all of which begin and end with opening a door. The young author/illustrators at the 2016 Spinifex Writing Camp were encouraged to let their imaginations run wild, and the result is a book that will simply take your breath away. Prepare to be intri ...Show more
Respect by Aunty Fay Muir; Sue Lawson; Lisa Kennedy (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices | Series: Our Place Ser.
Our Way is old. Older than the red earth. Older than flickering stars. Our way is respect. A tender, thoughtful story reminding us to respect others and respect ourselves. Part of the Our Place series which welcomes children to culture. 'Dream team Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, who previously brought ...Show more
Splosh for the Billabong by Ros Moriarty
$12.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Voices
Splosh for the billabong at shady bend of river. Brush for the flowers that burst in summer heat. A glorious celebration of country, animals and painting, illustrated by Balarinji, Australia's leading Indigenous design studio. Ros Moriarty, author of the acclaimed memoir Listening to Country, is also th ...Show more