By Tina Burke

It’s that time of year: there are gifts to wrap; there are carols to sing; there are cookies to bake. It’s that special time of year when magic happens and we wait (and wait, and wait) for one very important guest to arrive…

By Trudy White

“Could you learn every language in the world? Could you run an all-night race? Could you recognize your family with your eyes shut? What is the best thing about you?”

This utterly unique book of whimsical pictures, questions and ideas will tickle imaginations, provoke laughter, stir feelings and encourage exploration.

By Margaret Wild
Illustrated by Janine Dawson

Celebrate children’s small achievements and the value of friendship with Bobbie Dazzler, which introduces the Australian landscape with images of native vegetation such as bottlebrushes, eucalyptus, banksias and kangaroo paw.

By Colin Thompson & Amy Lissiat

“Human beings live for quite a long time and for a lot of that time we are not happy. We want to be taller, shorter fatter thinner, older and younger. We want our straight hair to be curly, our curly hair to be straight, and our brown eyes to be blue. We want to be somewhere else with someone else, eating something else and wearing something fantastic no one else can afford. Rats live for quite a short time and for most of that time they are very, very happy…”