Check out our featured books below, or use the navigation bar at the top to explore more great books, authors and teaching resources! Clean Up! Dapo Adeola & Nathan Bryon Rocket is SO EXCITED because her, her mum and her brother Jamal are going to visit her Grammy and Grampy in the Caribbean. Even more excitingly, Rocket’s grandparents run whale watching tours and have an animal sanctuary at the back of their house. It’s brilliant finally seeing Grammy and Grampy – Grammy is a pretty […] AGES: 3-7 Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Virus? Maya Oakley What is a virus? What happens inside your body when you get sick? Why can’t we see our friends and family right now? During this global pandemic this little book is a tool to help children and parents talk about tricky subjects and understand what our wonderful immune systems are doing to protect us and […] AGES: All-Ages The Corona Collection – A Conversation Cheryl Moskowitz Cheryl Moskowitz's unique poetry collection documents the thoughts and feelings of children about the Coronavirus Pandemic 2020. AGES: All-Ages Saving Hanno: A Refugee Boy and His Dog Karin Littlewood & Miriam Halahmy Nine-year-old Rudi and his beloved dog Hanno escape from Nazi Germany, but Rudi soon learns he’ll have to protect Hanno from an entirely new threat in this thrilling reimagining of a little known World War II event. What if you had to leave your dog behind when you fled? Nine-year-old Rudi has a chance to […] AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Wolf Rachael Ball It is the long, hot summer of 1976. Hugo, the youngest child of three, is walking with his father in the woods. There, he comes face-to-face with a wolf—and from that moment on, his life will never be the same again. Soon after, a tragic accident leaves Hugo desolate and disoriented. The family, now grieving […] AGES: 10-12 Everything All At Once Steven Camden An achingly beautiful collection of poems about one week in a secondary school where everything happens all at once. Zooming in across our cast of characters, we share moments that span everything from hoping to make it to the end of the week, facing it, fitting in, finding friends and falling out, to loving lessons, […] AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 Oof Makes an Ouch Duncan Beedie Oof and Pib come from an ancient tribe. They know hardly any words – in fact they only know how to say their own names – but it doesn’t stop them from being the best of friends and doing everything together . . . Until Oof starts inventing all sorts of NEW words, and Pib […] AGES: 3-7 Shackleton’s Journey William Grill Shackleton’s Journey is a unique visual re-telling Ernest Shackleton’s landmark expedition crossing the Antarctic from one pole to the other. William Grill’s impeccably researched and informative illustrations celebrate the 100th anniversary since the historic exploration by Shackelton and his crew on Endurance. Children will love exploring Grill’s exploded diagrams and the fascinating details of this […] AGES: 7-10
