Childrens Books
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Visit product page →A beautifully illustrated picture book featuring 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun - from the 2017 CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator ofA-Z OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS.
A tribe of kiwis? A smack of jellyfish? A wisdom of wombats?
Come along an illustrated journey through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins. Featuring 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun, as well as a brief history of collective nouns, this book will delight children and adults alike.
101 Collective Nouns measures 24 x 20cm.
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Visit product page →Australia is full of the most amazing animals on the planet! What animal has six thumbs? What animal produces square poo? What animal is made up of 95 per cent water and is highly venomous? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this factastic tour of Australian animals.
A is for Australina Animals measures 26cm x 25cm.
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Visit product page →A beautifully illustrated hardback anthology of 26 of Australia's most fascinating animals from CBCA Honour Book author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins. From the award-winning creator of A-Z OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS comes a stunning non-fiction picture book for boys and girls with a love of animals and a thirst for all things encyclopaedic. This exquisite full-colour picture book is packed with interesting facts and is perfect for young conservationists and students with a keen interest in the world around us.
On this expedition through the alphabet, you will encounter some of the Australia's rare and enchanting animals, from the gorgeous azure kingfisher and the sleepy koala, to the shy numbat and the friendly zebra finch. Come on an illustrated journey through Australia's unique wildlife with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins.
A-z of Australian Animals measures 24 x 20cm.
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Visit product page →"This dog is noisy and that one is quiet. This dog is tiny and that one is giant..."
Western Australian author and illustrator, Moira Court, captures all the joy and variety of the dog park in lively rhyming prose.
Each charming canine character is createdusing layered woodblock prints, screen-printing and collage.
Children will love identifying their favourite dog breeds, recognising dogs similar to those they know, and learning about and about opposites.
- Hardcover
- 32 full colour pages
- Dimensions:18.5cm high x 25cm wide
- Recommended for ages 3-5 years
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Sold outVisit product page →Created by Tasmanian illustrator, Katey Love, the Mesmerised range specialises in black and white books and gifts for babies.
From birth until nine months, an infant's eyesight is not fully developed, but they respond strongly to high-contrast images such as these. Newborn babies love looking at faces. In fact, the human face is the first thing that baby will come to recognise. You will be amazed at just how intrigued baby is by the symmetry of these bold faces!
Very young babies will be attracted to the black and white designs in the beginning of the book, and then can progress through the contrasting colours as they start to see brighter colour (around 2-4 months), and eventually, lighter tones. The smiling faces will provide comfort and familiarity as your newborn tries to make sense of their brand new world. Each face has been carefully designed in a simple manner to make it easy for baby to recognise the basic features of the face, and to incorporate shapes and patterns that will stimulate baby’s vision.
Watch with delight as your baby’s favourite page changes from month to month as their eyesight develops.
- Sturdy card construction with a glossy finish and rounded corners for safe handling and easy cleaning
- Rigid card pages are great for developing fingers to explore and practice turning
- Entertaining and stimulating - Mesmerised is a great distraction for little ones when travelling, and a fun way to interact with very young infants
- Recommended by Paediatricians, mid-wives, mums and more!
- Measures approximately 15cm wide x 15cm high x 1.5 cm thick
- Printed with baby-safe vegetable inks, & using paper sourced from sustainably-managed forests
- Carbon Neutral: emissions from the manufacturing of paper, printing, transport and waste of these flashcards have been carbon-offset in conjunction with Climate Friendly
- Recommended for babies 0-12 months
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Sold outVisit product page →Diving in dumpsters, traipsing through trash!
Rummaging through rubbish, making a splash!
'Revolting!' they snort, starting to sicken,
'Trash Turkey! Dumpster Duck! BIN CHICKEN!'
One bird's trash is another bird's treasure - find out why the ibis is the queen of the rubbish pile!
This hardcover book measures 24.5cm wide x 25.5cm high
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On saleVisit product page →Queensland illustrator and designer Elise Gow has created these 'baby milestone' cards with a difference! New parents will need a sense of humour (and sometimes some mild profanity) to get them through the first months (and years!) of their little ones' lives. What better way to keep the laughs rolling (and the 21st photo board prepped) than by celebrating those 'less than funny' at 4.00am firsts with these cheeky cards?
The set includes 32 delightfully illustrated and hilariously captioned cards aimed at those 'keeping it real' moments in your baby's life. From milestones such as baby's first 'Poo-nami' explosion or 'Code Brown' bathtime, to 'I partied all night!' and 'Send help!' (that you can use over and over again!)...
- Designed and made in Australia
- Printedon the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- 32 x full-colour 400gsm matte laminated artboard cards
- Each card measures 105 x 148mm (A6)
- Comes in full-colour gift box
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Visit product page →Helen Ashley is a Sydney-based artist, designer and illustrator. Her "A is for Australia" Colouring Book features an A-Z collection of all-Australian images to colour in!
Great as a gift or souvenir, this Colouring Book has been cleverly designed so that:
- Handy A fits on an airline tray-table for use when travelling
- it can be posted as a large letter rather than parcel post (saving you $$$)
- pages can be easily torn out to allow for sharing of the book (multiple colourers at once!)
- and there's lots of humour in there, for all the family to enjoy!
- each page has an informative index on the reverse - a great prompt for a game of "Spot the..." or "I-spy..."!
Furthemore, it features:
- Original artworks by Helen Ashley
- Has been designed and printed in Australia on FSC certified paper
- Quality paper, suitable for pens, pencils, inks, watecolours and more - colours won't bleed through to the next image
- Perforated pages to make it easy to tear out and display finished works!
- Suitable for all ages - fun & educational for all the family!
- Dimensions: A4 size (22 x 29.5cm, weighs 330g)
- 100% Recylable at end of life
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Visit product page →Join a bunch of cheeky galahs in the latest look-and-find adventure in the Hello...! series. This time we're taking a trip around Australia to discover more about the animals, birds and plants that live here. Along the way, you'll meet some very friendly quokkas, take a ferry to Kangaroo Island, marvel at the Big Things and learn about some places that are sacred to the traditional owners of the land. From sunny Queensland to the ski fields of Victoria, there's so much to see and do around Australia.
Megan McKean is a designer, travel writer, author & illustrator. Creating travel inspired pieces,her illustration work is characterised by the use of bright colour palettes, strong line work and surprising details hidden within each piece, encouraging the viewer to go back for another look to see what they may have missed.
Hello, Australia! measures 29.5cm x 22cm.
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Visit product page →Hello, Melbourne! Is a celebration of this great Australian City. With its colourful laneways and bustling shopping arcades, the bookish wonders of the State Library and the sights and smells of the world famous Lygon Street, there is so much to see in this town. With the help of your tour guides - a charm of magpies - you'll feel like a true Melburnian.
Megan McKean is a designer, travel writer, author & illustrator. Creating travel inspired pieces,her illustration work is characterised by the use of bright colour palettes, strong line work and surprising details hidden within each piece, encouraging the viewer to go back for another look to see what they may have missed.
Hello, Melbourne! measures 29.5cm x 22cm.
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Sold outVisit product page →Honeysticks were orignally developed for a New Zealand preschool that was looking for safe and natural crayons for it‚Äö√Ñ√¥s pupils and have developed a range of fun, engaging and environmentally responsible products.
The Toddlers First Colouring Book is the perfect companion present to Honeysticks Crayons or fantastic all on it's own! The large pages are filled with drawings of Australian animals and landmarks, ready for little ones to start scribbling in.
- Made in New Zealand
- Made from 100% recycled paper
- 40 illustrated pages for colouring
- Recommended for ages 2 years and up
- Environmentally sustainable and low impact production methods
- Measures 29.5m high x 23.5cm wide x 8mm thick
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Sold outVisit product page →Honeysticks were orignally developed for a New Zealand preschool that was looking for safe and natural crayons for it‚Äö√Ñ√¥s pupils and have developed a range of fun, engaging and environmentally responsible products.
The Toddlers First Colouring Book is the perfect companion present to Honeysticks Crayons or fantastic all on it's own! The large pages are filled with line drawings of Endangered Animals from around the world,ready for little ones to start scribbling in.
- Made in New Zealand
- Made from 100% recycled paper
- 40 illustrated pages for colouring
- Recommended for ages 2 years and up
- Environmentally sustainable and low impact production methods
- Measures 29.5m high x 23.5cm wide x 8mm thick
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Visit product page →Koalas eat gum leaves. For breakfast, lunch and dinner, and even on their birthdays. Most koalas dont seem to mind. But one does. He is on the lookout for some tastier tucker...and he's about to make a discovery that changes everything. A tale about having too much of a good thing!
Koalas Eat Gumleaves measures 28cm x 21cm.
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Visit product page →Written and illustrated by Victorian artist, Bridget Farmer, Kookaburra Kookaburra starts with Kookaburra greeting the morning, and ends with a goodnight call from a Boobook Owl.
With 12 original lino printed illustrations of much loved Australian birdseach one accompanied by a short rhyme to help children identify and engage with the birdlife around them.
- Learn about 12 different Australian bird species; their appearance, behaviours & habitats
- Illustrated with Bridget's original lino printed artworks
- Sturdy hardcover
- Measures 21.5cm wide x 28.6cm high x 1cm thick
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Visit product page →It is no laughing matter when you are the most serious bird in the borough. Kookaburras love to laugh. They laugh when it is sunny, or rainy, or windy. They laugh for no reason at all. When one serious kookaburra decides to flee the jokers, and goes to find a more suitable flock, he finds that perhaps he might just be in the right place after all.
Kookaburras Love to Laugh measures 28cm x 21cm.
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Visit product page →Lyrebirds learn to lie from the day they hatch. They are the best in the bush at fibbing, faking, fabricating and fake-news creating. Until one lyrebird decides to go straight, and discovers that sometimes even the truth hurts.
Liarbirdmeasures 28cm x 21cm.
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Visit product page →Created by Tasmanian illustrator, Katey Love, the Mesmerised range specialises in black and whole books and gifts for babies.
From birth until nine months, an infant's eyesight is not fully developed, but they respond strongly to high-contrast images such as these. You will be amazed at just how intrigued baby is by these bold shapes and patterns - they will be truly mesmerised! Babies particularly enjoy symmetry, and respond to faces from a very early age. The simple faces in this fold-out book will entrance baby.
- Concertina style, fold-out fabric book featuing four double-sided illustrated panels
- This book can stand up, making ideal for tummy-time
- 100% cotton outer with foam inside - great for grasping little fingers
- The thick, padded pages are great for developing fingers to explore and practice turning and folding
- Entertaining and stimulating - Mesmerised and Faces for Babies are a great distraction for little ones when travelling
- Recommended by Paediatricians, mid-wives, mums and more!
- Measures approximately 15cm long x 15cm high x 3 cm thick (60cm long when fully unfolded)
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Visit product page →Created by Tasmanian illustrator, Katey Love, the Mesmerised range specialises in black and white books and gifts for babies.
From birth until nine months, an infant's eyesight is not fully developed, but they respond strongly to high-contrast images such as these. You will be amazed at just how intrigued baby is by these bold shapes and patterns - they will be truly mesmerised!
- Sturdy card construction with a glossy finish and rounded corners for safe handling and easy cleaning
- Rigid card pages are great for developing fingers to explore and practice turning
- Entertaining and stimulating - Mesmerised is a great distraction for little ones when travelling, and a fun way to interact with very young infants
- Recommended by Paediatricians, mid-wives, mums and more!
- Measures approximately 15cm wide x 15cm high x 1.5 cm thick
- Printed with baby-safe vegetable inks, & using paper sourced from sustainably-managed forests
- Carbon Neutral: emissions from the manufacturing of paper, printing, transport and waste of these flashcards have been carbon-offset in conjunction with Climate Friendly
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Visit product page →Created by Tasmanian illustrator, Katey Love, the Mesmerised range specialises in black and whole books and gifts for babies.
From birth until nine months, an infant's eyesight is not fully developed, but they respond strongly to high-contrast images such as these. You will be amazed at just how intrigued baby is by these bold shapes and patterns - they will be truly mesmerised by the silhouettes of Australian birdlife and wildflowers depicted here!
- Concertina style, fold-out fabric book featuring four, double-sided, illustrated panels
- This book can stand up, making ideal for tummy-time
- 100% cotton outer with foam inside - great for grasping little fingers
- The thick, padded pages are great for developing fingers to explore and practice turning and folding
- Entertaining and stimulating - a great distraction for little ones when travelling
- Recommended by Paediatricians, mid-wives, mums and more!
- Measures approximately 15cm long x 15cm high x 3 cm thick (60cm long when fully unfolded)
- Made in Australia
- Made with 100% GOTS-certified, organic cotton
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Visit product page →'Once I heard a little wombat stomp stomp stomp . . . '
Read along and act out the movements as these baby Australian animals eat, play and settle down for nap time.
This board book measures 16 x 16cm
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Visit product page →A delightful counting book featuring some very cheeky Australian animals and lots of humour.
How hard can it be to find a bit of peace and quiet?
Wombat is tired and just wants to rest. But it's hard to sleep during the day when a bunch of noisy birds want to sing and play. The magpies keep whistling, the fairy wrens are flitting about and don't even talk about the kookaburras.
Poor tired wombat. Will he ever get to sleep?
One Very Tired Wombatis a board book that measures 16 x 16cm.
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Visit product page →This bestselling, award-winning picture book from Australian author and illustrator Emma Quay is sure to become a family favourite.
Charming illustrations accompany rhythmic, rhyming text in this tale of a quintessential bathtime and bedtime routine, and all the fun that this entails.
'One, two Rudie Nudie,
Rudie Nudie in the bath...'
- 24 pages of full colour illustrations and lively text
- Board book format - perfect for little hands!
- Dimensions: 17.9 x 15.7 x 1.5cm
- Recommended for ages 2+
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Visit product page →Poor little Platypup is frightened of the dark. What is that shadow? Who made that noise? But there‚Äö√Ñ√¥s nothing to fear. With his mother by his side, the little platypus ventures out of his burrow to explore. The moonlight dances on the water. Leaves whisper and gumnuts knock in the wind. Platypup discovers that his home by the river is just as lovely in the dark of night as it is during the day! And that‚Äö√Ñ√¥s not scary at all.
This hardcover book measures 24.9 x 24.9cm
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Visit product page →Featuring imagery by Australian illustrator, Megan McKean, ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Splish, Splash, SNAP!‚Äö√Ñ√π is a fun family game that introduces you to some lesser-known Australian aquatic and marine life.
You know the platypus but have you met the spotted wobbegong? Other animals include the bluebottle, biscuit sea star, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, Eastern snake-necked turtle, Australian sea lion, saltwater crocodile, weedy seadragon, yabby, Australian clownfish and the green turtle.
How to play: shuffle the cards and divide them equally between the players. Each player should keep their cards face down. Taking it in turns, each player flips over their top card, placing it into a pile in the middle. When the top two cards on the pile match, the first player to say “Splish, Splash, SNAP!” wins all the cards in the pile. The winner is the first player to collect all the cards.
Up for an extra challenge? There are four different themed games in the SNAP! seriesby Megan McKean. Each game in the series can be joined together to form a larger playing deck, and create more fun!
