Children's books about the environment

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Hardback

Your Planet Needs You!

Philip Bunting

Your Planet needs you! Everyday environmentalism for everyone. An entertaining and enlightening look at how to wallop waste and reduce rubbish from renowned picture book creator Philip Bunting.

$29.99

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Hardback

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…

$19.99

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Hardback

Landing with Wings

Trace Balla

Miri’s been on the move and now she’s finding her feet, her freedom, her community and her home, treading lightly all the way.

$27.99

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Hardback

Young Dark Emu: A Truer History

Bruce Pascoe

The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoe’s multi award-winning book.

$29.99

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Hardback

Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!

Tim Flannery

The first book for children from renowned author and scientist Professor Tim Flannery, exploring the world’s weirdest and most fascinating animals in all their bizarre glory!

$34.99

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Paperback

How to Bee

Bren MacDibble

A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live.

$17.99

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Paperback

Guarding Eden

Deborah Hart

Guarding Eden tells the personal stories of twelve ordinary people who were so concerned about climate change that they altered their lives to do something about it.

$29.99

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Hardback

Plastic: Past, Present and Future

Eun-ju Kim

Journey through the life cycle of plastic – how plastics are produced, the many uses of plastics throughout the last century, how our plastic use has spiralled out of control…

$27.99

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Paperback

The Dog Runner

Bren MacDibble

Ella and her brother Emery are alone in a city that’s starving to death. If they are going to survive, they must get away, upcountry, to find Emery’s mum. But…

$17.99

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Paperback

The Last Wild (Book 1)

Piers Torday,Piers Torday

FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN’S FICTION PRIZE. A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell

$16.99

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Paperback

A River

Marc Martin

Originally published in Australia in 2015 by Penguin Group Australia –Copyright page.

$16.99 $14.99

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Paperback

Dear Greenpeace

Simon James

Celebrating 25 years of this enchanting ecological fantasy from a multi-award-winning picture book creator.

$16.99

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Hardback

Rockhopping

Trace Balla

Join Clancy and Uncle Egg on a rambling, rockhopping adventure in Gariwerd (the Grampians), to find the source of the Glenelg River. A story about following your flow, and the…

$24.99

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Hardback

Rivertime

Trace Balla

A gentle and beautiful book about slowing down and growing up, set on Australia’s Glenelg River and featuring a ten-year-old boy and his uncle. Ages 8-12.

$24.99

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Paperback

A Forest

Marc Martin

There once was a forest … So begins this timeless and touching story of renewal from one of Australia’s most talented new picture-book creators.

$16.99

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