Just One Bee by LAMOND / BERTINI
$15.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Notables
All it takes is the will to make dreams come true. JUST ONE BEE is a story of hope, determination and never giving up: the story of One-bee and her dream to revert desolate wastes back to fields of flowers. But to change a desert to meadowland she needs to go it alone because when she comes across anoth ...Show more
The Detective's Guide to Ocean Travel by Nicki Greenberg
$18.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Younger Readers | Series: The Detective's Guide
The first middle-grade novel from award-winning author Nicki Greenberg, this book is a classic whodunnit mystery set aboard a grand ocean liner in the 1920s. For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain, aboard the magnificent RMS Aquitania on a voy ...Show more
Wombat (Nature Storybooks) by Christopher Cheng
$27.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award | Series: Nature Storybooks
Burrowing and basking, digging and defending; Wombat is a new Nature Storybook exploring the world of one of Australia's most beloved creatures. Far underground, where dirt and tree roots mesh, are tunnels that lead to a burrow, and in this burrow Wombat's day begins. A story about the life of a wombat, ...Show more
Wiradjuri Country by Larry Brandy
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
Age range 6+Welcome to Wiradjuri Country.The Wiradjuri are the people of the three bila (rivers) and their nguram-bang (Country) is the second largest in Australia. Come with Uncle Larry Brandy on an enlightening journey through his Country’s rivers, woodlands, grasslands and rocky outcrops, as well as ...Show more
Superpower: Renewable energy by Philip Bunting
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
Have you ever thought about energy – the stuff that lights up our lives and powers our wonderful world? How does renewable energy work? Where does electricity come from? Why are fossil fuels bad for our environment? Renowned picture book creator Philip Bunting answers all these questions and more in thi ...Show more
The Way of the Weedy Seadragon (HB) by Anne Morgan
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
Can you imagine a strange and colorful fish that looks like a dragon? It can't fly or breathe fire, but it is an excellent dancer The weedy seadragon is an amazing fish with a talent for camouflage, weird eating habits, and a unique courtship dance. But its habitat and future are threatened. This enchan ...Show more
Underground: Marsupial Outlaws and Other Rebels of Australia's War in Vietnam by Mirranda Burton
$30.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
Led by an unconscientiously objecting wombat registered for military service during Australia's war in Vietnam, Underground digs tunnels through a chapter of Australian history that many have attempted to bury. Why would a wombat be registered for war? It's 1965, and an old Tattersalls barrel starts rol ...Show more
Saving Seal: the plastic predicament by Diane Jackson Hill
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
Age range 6 to 9 Seal has made his home in the waters of a coastal village, but he often finds himself trapped and ensnared in the plastic rubbish filling the Bay. Fortunately, he is rescued by Lizzie and Grandpa Dave. Lizzie and Grandpa Dave are motivated to do something about cleaning up their Bay and ...Show more
Masters of Disguise by Marc Martin
$27.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
Now you see them, now you don't! Cloaked in a riot of colour, pattern and texture are a dozen animals - from chameleons and polar bears to Gaboon vipers and mimic octopuses - that have mastered the art of fading into the background. Fact-packed pages segue into clever and beautifully illustrated seek-an ...Show more
Me, Microbes and I: Meet the viruses, bacteria and other weeny weirdies that share your world. by Philip Bunting
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
You are covered in microbes - tiny living things so small that you can't see them without a microscope. Me, Microbes & I is full of fascinating and entertaining information about microbes, and provides young readers with a simple and fun guide to how things like bacteria and viruses work in the bod ...Show more
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples by Corey Tutt
$30.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
ABIA 2022 Book of the Year for Younger ChildrenThe First Scientists is the highly anticipated, illustrated science book from Corey Tutt of DeadlyScience. With kids aged 7 to 12 years in mind, this book will nourish readers' love of science and develop their respect for Indigenous knowledge at the same t ...Show more
The gentle genius of trees. by Philip Bunting
$20.00 AUD
Category: CBCA 2022 Eve Pownall Award
What could we clever humans ever learn from trees? Take an unashamedly anthropomorphic wander through the woods to learn a few life lessons from our foliaged friends.