Australian animals

What’s That? Australian Reptiles

This What's That? title features Myke Mollard's vibrant cinematic drawings of a wide range of Australian reptiles. And it's jampacked with fascinating facts! From flamboyant frilled lizards to burly blue-tongues…

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What’s That? Australian Mammals

This What's That? book shows a wide range of Australian mammals, featuring the vibrant cinematic drawings of Myke Mollard and packed full of fascinating facts!

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Australia’s Baby Animals

Jess Racklyeft

Bestselling creator Jess Racklyeft delivers a stunning follow-up to CBCA shortlisted Australia: Country of Colours,celebrating Australia's most precious baby animals through the places they call home.

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Wild Australian Life

Leonard Cronin & Chris Nixon (illus.)

A stunning exploration of Australian animals from the creator of the bestselling Australian Animal Atlas.

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Sensational Australian Animals

Stephanie Owen Reeder, Cher Hart (illus.)

Explore the fascinating world of native Australian animals through the five basic senses – sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.

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Australian Backyard Birds

Myke Mollard

Myke Mollards signature illustrations and engaging text bring kids up close and personal with over 150 of Australia's colourful and characterful backyard birds. These are birds most commonly seen in…

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The Forgotten Song

Coral Vass

The song of the regent honeyeater has been heard in the bush for many generations – but could it soon be lost forever?

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Australia’s Dangerous Bush Creatures

Myke Mollard

Myke Mollards signature illustrations and engaging text bring kids up close and personal with 47 of Australia’s most deadly and dangerous creatures, helping them to discover the true nature of…

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Australia’s Endangered Bush Creatures

Myke Mollard

Many of Australia’s creatures are facing extinction and we can’t save what we don’t understand. Mykes signature illustrations and engaging text introduce kids to 134 of Australia’s most endangered animals…

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Australian Dinosaurs and Mega Beasts

Myke Mollard

This unique book captures the range and diversity of the wondrous Australian wildlife from prehistory. The book includes over 70 animals that lived in Australia at various times during the…

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An A-Z of Australian Bush Creatures

Myke Mollard

This unique A-Z book truly captures the range and diversity of our unique and wondrous Australian wildlife.

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Australian Animals

Matt Chun

Australia is home to many of the world’s most striking and fascinating animals, from the iconic cockatoo to the elusive platypus, from the great white shark to the tiny feathertail…

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Australian Baby Animals

Frane Lessac

A classic showcase of Australian baby animals and their families for very young children from a consummate author/illustrator.

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Outback: The Amazing Animals of Australia: A Photicular Book

Dan Kainen,Ella Morton,Dan Kainen

A new addition to the bestselling Photicular line, featuring images of amazing Australian animals from kangaroos to lizards that walk on two feet - images that really move when you…

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Outback

Annaliese Porter

Captures the Australian outback in all its moods. This bush ballad about the country’s vast interior depicts recognisable Australian landscapes and animals such as Uluru, dingoes, cockatoos, snakes and goannas.

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Backyard Buddies

Andy Geppert

A beautifully illustrated somewhat factual introduction to the hoppy, crawly, wriggly, buzzy, fluttery critters that call your backyard home. The perfect companion to Backyard Birdies.

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Backyard Birdies

Andy Geppert

An extraordinarily good looking and somewhat factual illustrated introduction to the birds of Australia from the award-winning author of MEEP.

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A First Book of Australian Backyard Bird Songs

Fred Van Gessel

Whether you’re 5 years old or 65, it’s never too late to get to know the feathered friends in your backyard, and learning their songs will open your eyes to…

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Backyard Beasties

Helen Milroy

Backyard Birds and Backyard Bugs shows us the wonderful warm blooded, cold blooded, feathered and clawed creatures we might finding living with us in a typical Australian home.

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Backyard Bugs

Helen Milroy

From beautiful butterflies to kaleidoscopic Christmas beetles, First Nations author and illustrator Helen Milroy returns to the backyard with a picture book designed to teach kids (and their handlers) all…

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Backyard Birds

Helen Milroy

What colourful birds are in our backyards? From laughing kookaburras and prancing mudlarks to dancing willy wagtails and hungry galahs, this picture book is a vibrant adventure discovering the native…

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Australian Friends

Eric Carle

Can you find some of the amazing animals who live in Australia? Peek behind the flaps on every page in this bright and beautiful book.

This beautiful lift-the-flap book encourages…

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Australia’s Deadly Animals Bingo

Australia’s Deadly Animals Bingo is a family-friendly game packed with weird, wonderful and terrifying creatures for hours of bingo fun.

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Paint Your Own Australian Animals Book & Kit

Packaged in a fold-out pack, this kit comes with everything you need to paint unique plaster models of a kangaroo, koala, cockatoo and crocodile. Included is a 16-page book with…

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Chris Humfrey’s Awesome Australian Animals

Chris Humfrey

Did you know that Koalas poo more than 200 times per day?
that s more than once every 10 minutes! This is just one of the hundreds of fascinating animal…

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ABC of Australian Animals

Bronwyn Bancroft

ABC of Australian Animals is a classic board book from Australia’s foremost indigenous illustrator. Inspired by her deep love of country, Bronwyn is a master craftswoman of vibrant, visual narratives…

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123 of Australian Animals

Bronwyn Bancroft

1, 2, 3 of Australian Animals is a classic board book from Australia’s foremost indigenous illustrator. Inspired by her deep love of country, Bronwyn is a master craftswoman of vibrant…

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The Australian Animal Atlas

Leonard Cronin

An entertaining and educational illustrated guide to Australia’s amazing wildlife and its habitats.

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A Is for Australian Animals

Frane Lessac (Author/Illustrator)

A factastic tour of Australian animals, by award-winning author-illustrator Frane Lessac.

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A Is for Australian Reefs

Frané Lessac

A new dive into fascinating facts from best-selling, multi-award-winning author/illustrator Frane Lessac.

Along the coastline of Australia, underwater reefs are bustling with the most amazing sea creatures living on the…

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A-Z of Australian Animals

Jennifer Cossins

A beautifully illustrated hardback anthology of 26 of Australia’s most fascinating animals from CBCA Honour Book author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins.

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Australian 1, 2, 3 of Animals: Little Hare Books

Bronwyn Bancroft

Offers an introduction to the numbers 1-20, and an exploration of Australian wildlife - some familiar, others more unusual - as seen through the eyes of an indigenous artist. This…

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Koala

Claire Saxby

When a young male koala outgrows his mother’s pouch, it’s time to find a new home for himself, braving perils and adventures along the way. Two renowned Australian picture-book creators…

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Swifty

Stephanie Owen Reeder

Fly with Swifty on the swift parrot’s challenging migration journey following the blossom trail.

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Australia’s Amazing Sharks

Australian Geographic

Featuring detailed illustrations of the sharks that call Australia home, this amazing book profiles key species, such as the great white shark, the whale shark, the great hammerhead shark and…

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Great White Shark

Claire Saxby (Author)

A stunning addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Great White Shark tells the real story about one of the planet’s most fascinating and misunderstood creatures.

The great white shark swims…

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Australia

Pete Cromer

Discover Australia’s unique animals through Pete Cromer’s bold and beautiful animal portraits. This gallery-in-a-book features 18 of his best-loved Australian bird and mammal collages. For the first time, Pete’s wildly…

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Bushlife

Pete Cromer

For the first time, Pete Cromer’s Australian bushland paper-cut artworks are collected here as a stunning picture book for animal and art lovers of all ages.

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Elsa the Koala

Aussie Ark

Elsa The Koala is the story of an orphaned koala joey called Elsa who was raised by Hayley, the Koala expert at the Australian Reptile Park, when her mother was…

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Let’s Look & See: Australian Animals

Armadillo

Small children love looking at pictures of animals - here are cuddly koalas, kangaroos and wombats!

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Thylacine

Professor Ben Garrod

TV scientist Ben Garrod presents the biggest extinction events ever, told from the point of view of evolution’s superstars, the most incredible animals ever to swim, stalk, slither or walk…

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Australian animals

What’s That? Australian Reptiles

What’s That? Australian Mammals

Australia’s Baby Animals

Wild Australian Life

Sensational Australian Animals

Australian Backyard Birds

The Forgotten Song

Australia’s Dangerous Bush Creatures

Australia’s Endangered Bush Creatures

Australian Dinosaurs and Mega Beasts

An A-Z of Australian Bush Creatures

Australian Animals

Australian Baby Animals

Outback: The Amazing Animals of Australia: A Photicular Book

Outback

Backyard Buddies

Backyard Birdies

A First Book of Australian Backyard Bird Songs

Backyard Beasties

Backyard Bugs

Backyard Birds

The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Australian Friends

Australia’s Deadly Animals Bingo

Paint Your Own Australian Animals Book & Kit

Chris Humfrey’s Awesome Australian Animals

ABC of Australian Animals

123 of Australian Animals

The Australian Animal Atlas

A Is for Australian Animals

A Is for Australian Reefs

A-Z of Australian Animals

Australian 1, 2, 3 of Animals: Little Hare Books

Koala

Swifty

Australia’s Amazing Sharks

Great White Shark

Australia

Bushlife

Elsa the Koala

Let’s Look & See: Australian Animals

Thylacine