First Nations Creators & Ideas
This category seeks to represent and highlight the beautiful books created by First Nations authors and illustrators as they share knowledge, experiences, art, culture and language. These books were missing for many of us in childhood but should play a vital role in moving forward.
These books tell stories that need to be heard by all young people.
We look forward to adding to this collection.
Tiddalick the Frog Who Caused a Flood by Robert Roennfeldt
$14.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas | Series: Picture Puffins Ser. | Reading Level: From 5 To 99
Tiddalick was so thirsty that he drank up all the rivers and billabongs in the land. And the other animals had to find a way to get the water back.
Big, Big Love (HB) by Lisa Fuller
$27.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas
Age range 1+‘I love you like the river, the birds and the sighing trees. My love cannot be measured. It’s way too big you see.’Big, Big Love is filled with beautiful illustrations and a soft, lilting text that is easy for children to follow along. It is a tender story for early childhood readers that em ...Show more
Found by Bruce Pascoe
$27.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas
This gentle story set in the rugged Australian bush is about a small calf who becomes separated from his family. The little calf is alone and simply wants his mother, sisters and brothers. He can see other animals, and after running to the river, manages to ask some horses if they are his family. The ca ...Show more
Black Cockatoo by Carl Merrison, Hakea Hustler
$17.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas | Series: Black Cockatoo Ser.
Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerles ...Show more
Desert Lake: The Story of Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre by Pamela Freeman
$17.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas | Series: Nature Storybooks Ser.
The dry salt bed of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre shimmers in the desert heat. But far up north, the rains have come. Water is flooding into empty riverbeds and swirling down towards the lake. Soon everything will change.A wonderful new addition to the acclaimed and award-winning Nature Storybook series, which ...Show more
Mallee Sky by Jodi Toering
$18.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas
An extremely timely and beautiful picture book about the effects of drought and climate change in the Mallee.The first people of the land call the Mallee "Nowie". It means sunset country. When the sun goes down the red heat of the day bleeds into the sky and sets it on fire. Drought and rain - life unde ...Show more
Listen by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
Listen.And you will hear the voices of Ancestors.Speaking to us.Guiding us.Leading us on the path to knowledge of culture, of Country.To reconciliation.Listen.Listen encourages the reader to reflect on the importance of listening and truth-telling in response to Australia's complex history. The poetic w ...Show more
The Wonder of Little Things: Young Readers Edition by Vince Copley, Lea McInerney
$22.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas
A First Nations Elder shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice, and joy in living life to the full. Welcome to my story. I didn't learn a lot in school, not in the classroom, anyway. But I learned a lot from life. 'Always remember you're as good as anybody else,' Vi ...Show more
Numbers All Around Us by Rachael Sarra
$16.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas | Series: All Around Us Ser.
Count your way through the incredible artwork of Aboriginal artist Rachael Sarra. The All Around Us series is a captivating collection of first concepts board books, told through simple narrative.
The Art in Animals: A Numbers and Words Treasury by Bronwyn Bancroft
$29.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas
In this collection of four beautiful books, Bronwyn Bancroft pairs numbers and words with the remarkably unique animals of Australia. From seven turtles plodding to twelve emus running, this treasury is a celebration of country that is perfect for young Australians. In this collection of four beautiful ...Show more
Crow Baby by Helen Milroy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
From the bestselling Indigenous creator Helen Milroy comes a new adventure about a girl with an incredible gift.Crow Baby was born with two spirits - one crow, and one human. Spending her time living across two worlds, she is content within her crow clan and her human family. But one day, a time of cris ...Show more
Patty Hits the Court (#1 Game Day!) by Patty Mills, Jared Thomas
$15.99 AUD
Category: First Nations Creators & Ideas | Series: Game Day!
Sport-mad Patty Mills is a star on the footy field, an ace at athletics, a ripper at rugby.So when he tries out for basketball, it should be a breeze...Patty expects to be a great basketballer straight away, just like his uncle Danny. But he soon discovers there's a whole lot more to the game than just ...Show more
