Category: Ages 3–5

Join award-winning illustrator Karen Blair for a storytime of Little Blue, Where Are You? Following the bestselling The Midnight Chew, Little Blue Where Are You? is a waggly tale created with one of Australia’s most beloved First Nations writers, Sally Morgan. Skippy Gillespie is taking himself for a walk in the park – but he […]

Noongar Boodja Waangkan: Noongar First Words is for those interested in learning about the vibrant, living First Nations language and culture of the Noongar people. Created by Wadjak Balardong Noongar and Badimaya Yamatji author Jayden Boundry, and Wardandi Noongar and Ait Koedhal illustrator Tyrown Waigana, it is an illustrated book of first Noongar words.

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'Noongar Walken'

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It’s a big world for a little duckling! In Little Blue, Where Are You? by Sally Morgan and Karen Blair, Skippy Gillespie is taking himself for a walk in the park – but he is not alone! Rocky Road Jack has followed him, and that nasty cat now has his eyes firmly on a tiny […]

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'Help Little Blue get home'

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Enjoy storytime with Ebony Froome. Listen to Ebony read I Call the Ocean Wardan and learn the Noongar words for those creatures and natural items that make our beaches and oceans so special. In I Call the Ocean Wardan, join a young girl as she introduces readers to the beach and ocean in Noongar and […]

Colour Me is a children’s picture book that uses the rainbow as a metaphor for our diversity and uniqueness. Ezekiel Kwaymullina and Moira Court use screen prints and evocative prose to deliver a strong message of diversity and inclusion. The Colour Me colouring-in activity sheet encourages individuality, creativity and self-awareness. For more teaching activities, download […]

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'Colour Me Activity'

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Get the classroom thinking creatively, and help Quokka find a friend, with this free teaching activity. Working together or solo, kids can brainstorm the animals that a quokka would encounter on the beach and draw a friend for them.

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'Draw a Friend for Quokka'

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‘I am a Noongar girl and I live by the sea. This is wardan country. It’s a special place for me.’ I Call the Ocean Wardan is a new picture book by Ebony Froome, and illustrated by Dellas Bennell and Korrine Bennell-Yarran. A young Noongar girl reflects on her favourite things about wardan (the ocean […]

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'How Is Wardan Special to You?'

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Join popular Palyku author Helen Milroy as she explores and celebrates the creatures you can see at the beach. From pretty starfish to puffed-up blowfish, this fun and educational early reader picture book is filled with brightly illustrated beach buddies. In this new activity sheet, your young reader can colour in each buddy and write […]

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'Who's your beach buddy?'

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Get to know our worl barna in this free teaching activity sheet! Worl Barna is the third book in a collection of board books by Jayden Boundry and Tyrown Waigana, all about our majestic, native sky creatures. Perfect for little readers, this activity invites them to colour in some winged friends, learn their names in […]

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'Do you know your worl barna?'

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A new way to share Milly Meelyu with your little readers (and to learn alongside them!) Milly Meelyu is a new picture book by Dr Holly Bradley, translated into Badimia by Darryl Fogarty, lovingly illustrated by Corinne Fogarty and filled with themes of family, home and caring for Country. To help you bring the book […]

Learn to fear less, one small step at a time. Enjoy this storytime with Kelly Canby as she reads her new picture book, Fearless. Bea Ware is afraid of everything – from shadows to ladders to trampolines, she is in a constant state of anxiety and trepidation. Her friend, Annie Venture, seems completely carefree, skipping […]

These school holidays, practise fearing less in both big and small ways. In Kelly Canby’s new picture book, Fearless, Bea Ware is afraid of everything – from shadows to ladders to trampolines, she is in a constant state of anxiety and trepidation. Her friend, Annie Venture, seems completely carefree, skipping through life without a single […]

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'Try One New Thing Challenge'

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Rather than focusing on loud or dramatic acts of bravery, Fearless by Kelly Canby explores quieter, everyday moments of courage, such as trying something new or facing uncertainty. In this new, free teaching activity, students can reflect on two things that they fear, and two ways that they can become less fearful of them. Just […]

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'What can I fear less?'

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Combine literacy with fine motor skills in this engaging maze activity sheet! In Milly Meelyu by Holly Bradley, Darryl Fogarty and Corinne Fogarty, Milly Meelyu and her family search for a new home while avoiding the threat of predators. In this free, printable maze, young students will help Milly Meelyu navigate the journey towards a […]

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'Help Milly Meelyu Find a New Home'

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Dive into Noongar language learning with this engaging matching activity based on Kep Barna by Jayden Boundry and Tyrown Waigana. Students match the water creatures with their Noongar names, discovering traditional language and bringing this vibrant board book to life. You can also download a free classroom poster featuring several kep barna and boodja barna […]

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'Match the Kep Barna'

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Bring reflection and cultural awareness into the classroom with a teaching activity inspired by the new edition of My Country by Ezekiel Kwaymullina and Sally Morgan. In the activity sheet What do you do in your country?, invite youngsters to reflect on their culture unique to their country, while encouraging empathy and awareness of others.

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'What do you do in your country?'

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Bring self-love and reflection into the classroom with a teaching activity inspired by the new edition of I Love Me by Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina. In the I Love Me self-portrait, have students draw a picture of themselves and label everything they love about being who they are and what makes them unique. Continue […]

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'I Love Me Self-Portrait'

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Get kids drawing and giggling with a new hands-on activity inspired by the new picture book The Midnight Chew by Sally Morgan and Karen Blair. This activity will have kids imagining the stinky things dogs like Boofa Boy Jones and Skippy Gillespie might find delightful. Draw the objects, label and colour them, then describe the […]

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'Find the neighbourhood smells'

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Pygmy Possum is so small! All the other animals think she’s too little to go out on her own in Katie Stewart’s new picture book, You’re Too Little. In this new activity, students will research the pygmy possum and other Australian animals, document their sizes, then colour them in. Free teaching notes are also available […]

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'How big am I?'

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CHUGGA-SPLOOSH! Mighty mining machines make lots of noise. In this activity, inspired by Crunch! Kaboom!, students match the sound to the machine. Check out our free teaching notes for more activities like:

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'What's that sound?'

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In this latest board book from the dynamic author-illustrator duo of Jayden Boundry and Tyrown Waigana, Boodja Barna, is a fully illustrated guide to Aussie animals. Have students test their knowledge of the Noongar names for land creatures in our free teaching activity. Fill in the blanks and colour in the gorgeous native animals. Don’t […]

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'Colour in the boodja barna'

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Author Renae Hayward will visit three kindergartens for the regional celebration of the 2025 Books for Little Bookaburras program this week. Starting at Beachlands KindiLink, on Wednesday 28 May, Renae will hand out mini-libraries to the students before running an interactive storytime session. Renae said she was looking forward to meeting the children in person. She […]

Narell Black is the Principal Consultant for KindiLink in the Primary Early Childhood & Education Support Statewide Services. In this short read she shares her top tips for carers and parents on how to use their Bookaburras packs. Conversational reading is a back-and-forth way of sharing books, where adults and children take turns talking, it […]

Celebrate with us! To make your book-giving ceremony extra special we’ve prepared an online storytime session with Renae Hayward reading from Say Goodnight as well as Clodagh Starr reading from Crunch! Kaboom! You can watch these below. There are also lots of fun and free activity sheets for you to download for the Bookaburras program! […]

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'Yabini's feathers'

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