a new favourite — a detailed and delightful alphabet book about Australian history!

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a new favourite — a detailed and delightful alphabet book about Australian history!

ages 5 to 10 years
When you’re young, history is learned in snatches—a story here, an idea there—all designed to offer a sense of one's own place in the history that is being made today. Trouble is, the snatches approach can sometimes inadvertently lead to whitewashed or selective understanding.

If you’re looking to share snatches of Australian history that are respectful, balanced, and full of interest, M is for Mutiny is perfect.

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18 alphabet books to inspire, motivate, surprise and delight

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18 alphabet books to inspire, motivate, surprise and delight

I really love alphabet books, it's the certainty coupled with surprise I think. The certainty of knowing what comes next – D follows C every time – and the delight of the surprising way each book treats the letters.
kids of all ages 

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Dear Zoo: pets are not one-size-fits-all, it's all about finding a match

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Dear Zoo: pets are not one-size-fits-all, it's all about finding a match

ages 0 to 5 years old
DEAR ZOO... Surprises and fun on every page, just add animal noises.  A funny book that is essentially every child's dream—a zoo sends a crazy array of animals for the child to try out as a pet.

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Jambo Means Hello: a joyous book about Africa and the lives that are lived there

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Jambo Means Hello: a joyous book about Africa and the lives that are lived there

ages 4 to 10 years

Set in Africa. Essentially an alphabet book, Jambo Means Hello assigns a Swahili word to each letter of the English alphabet. And along with the words goes a short paragraph explaining something about culture, traditions and everyday life in Africa.

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