Giselle Giraffe
Author: Richard Turner
Released by Starfish Bay Publishing, December 2024
Giselle doesn’t like her height. Though covering it up with clothes doesn’t work, a helpful sight might…
Unhappy with her height, Giselle the giraffe decides to change her style to hide her major flaw. But the hats don’t work, the rings are too small, and the scarves nowhere NEAR long enough. And don’t even ask her about the bikini!
Dejected, Giselle slinks off home to hide herself away… but a chance encounter leaves her seeing her height from a new perspective.
Funny dress-up illustrations make Giselle’s self-esteem mishaps a lesson readers will laugh at while learning.
A positive story about self-acceptance and loving yourself the way you are.
Rhythm, rhyme, and a drop of humour makes this story a great read-aloud experience.
Hilarious illustrations bring out the fun in Giselle’s fashion mishaps.
Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths
Author: Julie Murphy
Released by CSIRO Publishing, November 2021
High in the Australian Alps, Possum needs to find enough food and shelter to survive the harsh alpine winter. She will spend months hibernating under a blanket of snow. Will she last through the year to successfully raise a new family?
Reveals the relationship between the mountain pygmy-possum and the bogong moth, which is an essential food source.
Inspires young readers to tackle the challenges of biodiversity loss, habitat loss and climate change.
Written by a former zoologist and zookeeper, and author of almost 20 books published in Australia and internationally.
The Wildlife Summer Games
Author: Richard Turner
Released by Starfish Bay Publishing, November 2020
Who do you think would win a gold medal in basketball – a team of lions, giraffes or chimpanzees? Who would swim the fastest – a tiger, a beaver or a crocodile? Who do you think could lift the heaviest weight – an elephant, gorilla or grizzly bear? You decide who wins the bronze, silver and gold medals!
Readers are given simple, informative descriptions for ten sporting events. The unique skills each creature would bring to these events are described in a fun yet factual way. Children are encouraged to apply critical thinking to predict who would win the gold, silver, and bronze medal in each event.
The Wildlife Winter Games
Author: Richard Turner
Released by Starfish Bay Publishing, September 2019
* Shortlisted for Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2020 *
Who do you think would win a game of ice hockey between a team of penguins or polar bears? Or perform the most acrobatic tricks on a snowboard, a whale or a dolphin? Or speed skate the fastest, a hare or moose? You be the judge!
Competing against each other in 10 winter sporting events are a selection of Arctic and Antarctic creatures that are experts on snow and ice. The unique skills each creature would bring to these events are described in a fun yet factual way. Readers are invited to predict who would win the gold, silver and bronze medal in each event.
Elliott's Rainbow Heart
Author: Laura Wallbridge
Released by Empowering Resources, December 2017
Elliott only likes to eat blue things, blue for breakfast, blue for lunch, blue for dinner.
When no blue things can be found in the rain forest, Elliott has to make a difficult choice. Does he continue to battle his grumbly, rumbly, squelchy tummy, or does he try something new and strange?
Join Elliott as he makes his way through the rain forest on a quest for something more, something strange, something rainbow!
Elliott's Rainbow Heart nurtures children who struggle with new experiences, empowers them to give things a go and bravely deal with the emotions that accompany a change.