Where Did Grandad Go?

Losing someone you love is hard, particularly when you’re just four years old.

When Jenny realises it’s been some time between visits with her favourite Grandad, she begins to worry. In this heartfelt tale, Jenny takes a trip down memory lane as she navigates loss and the confusion of losing a loved one.

Designed to help families connect, and to support young children learning about, and coming to terms with the emotions that rise when someone dies.

When Gabi and Santi go for Sustainable Seafood

We can no longer look the other way when it comes to sustainability. An unhealthy planet means unhealthy people. This book gives the child the knowledge to ask the right questions about the food they buy. When we buy food, we have a role in making the right choices. The intention of this book is to raise awareness about how seafood is produced and making those right choices for your dinner table. In the back of the book there is a section that helps the big person in the room to understand the broader issues. Together, child and adult are encouraged to team up when shopping for food for a sustainable planet.

Trouble in Tidytown

For Clean Catherine and her friends, Tidytown is the perfect place to live. The air is pure, the grass is green, and you could eat your dinner on the streets! However, when Dirty Dexter appears and starts littering everywhere, Tidytown is put in danger! Can Clean Catherine and the townsfolk of Tidytown stop Dirty Dexter, or will Tidytown stay untidy forever?

Time to Brush Your Teeth

Annalyse doesn’t like brushing her teeth, so she tells her momma she wished all of her teeth would fall out. After going through scenarios as to how she would eat without teeth, Annalyse finally brushes her teeth. After seeing how shiny her teeth are, she decides that she should keep her teeth and that brushing her teeth is fun.

The Hope Star

Izar is the brightest star in the universe. She journeys through the universe carrying out kind deeds. One day she finds a planet that is dark and covered in shadow. There are things living on this planet. But they are missing something… Izar has to find a way to help this planet become bright and full of hope.

The Greeklish Adventures of Christos O

The Greeklish Adventures of Christos O will take you on a bilingual odyssey from morning till night. Practice saying twelve Greek words that will start your little ones on their exciting journey of learning two languages.

The Girl Trying to Save the World

Nalani is a girl who grew up on an island far, far away. Due to global warming, she watches her home as it is washed away by the sea.Looking for answers as to why this happened, she sets off on a courageous journey – travelling the oceans far and wide.Along the way, she learns about coral bleaching, deforestation and the melting of the ice caps – thanks to some helpful friends.She needs to find the people of the world to tell them. But will they listen?

The Dream Box

The Dream Box lies at the far end of Grandpa Zachary’s work bench. Tins of old paint, rusty tools and dusty wood shavings have kept it hidden for many years. Until one day – the day he tries to remember the past. Struggling with the frailty of his mind, Grandpa Zachary takes the little box into his big and wearied hands. Touching the delicate carvings around its base, he yearns to once again touch his past and the precious story of his own life – the uncertainty of WW1, the fun of climbing Alby’s Oak and the sorrows of the Acorn Army. Will Mr Cregin or Alby’s father ever return?

Written for a contemporary audience, this tender-hearted and beautifully illustrated story will help children from all backgrounds and social situations to understand the difficulties of loss – loss of home, friends, family and loss of memory, caused by dementia.

The Caterpillar and the Butterfly

From Michael Rosenblum, the bestselling author of Happily Ever Always: A Guide to Personal Transformation, Security, Confidence, and Healthy Self, comes a debut book for beginning readers. This ageless story introduces us to a caterpillar named “Fear”. Fear is afraid of everything – the other critters who share the garden, lightning storms, being bullied and making new friends. A chance encounter with a wise butterfly named “Faith” helps Fear find the courage within to experience the world in a bolder and more joy-filled way. Rosenblum’s message for children is simple yet profound: fear is just faith turned inside out.

“Children will realize that changing fear to faith is up to them as they explore this magical story. Bravo, Michael Rosenblum!”

Dr. Kathleen Hagstrom

Principal

Walt Disney Magnet School

Chicago Public Schools

The Boastful Pansy

In a beautiful English country garden, all manner of plants and flowers grow peacefully in their flower beds. The winter sunshine beams brightly, but the tall, tall fence that surrounds the garden blocks almost every ray of light from reaching the ground – well, almost every ray. 

One very proud golden winter pansy stands in the only sliver of light that reaches the flower bed, and oh, how it boasts to the others. This pansy needs to be taught a lesson in humility and the very seasons themselves help the pansy to realise the error of its ways.

The Big Wall Feeling

Mum, Dad and primary school aged, Jacob, live happily and simply with their cat, Marley, somewhere in Australia. When new neighbours move in next door, although they have the identical family set up (but no cat), their perceived differences passively prevent there being any contact between the families. Only Marley doesn’t notice this big wall feeling and moves happily between the families until the night of the big storm…

Told through the adventures of two primary school aged boys and a cat called Marley, this beautifully illustrated picture book tackles Australia’s very real issues with intercultural acceptance. Ali, Jacob and Marley’s story shows how simple it is to embrace cultural diversity and value individual difference.

The Amazing Adventures of Eco Boy Vol. 1

Saddened by the rubbish all around him; a little boy turns into an eco-superhero to save his beloved planet Earth through the concept of reducing, reusing and recycling.