Support students to continue reading through the long summer holidays with these suggested books for you to share with your parent community, compiled by Sue Pike.
Early Stage 1
Finding Our Heart - A story about the Uluru Statement for young Australians – Thomas Mayor
Respect – Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson and Lisa Kennedy
How to Make a Bird – Meg McKinlay & Matt Ottley
Mopoke / Wombat / Wild About Dads / Not Cute – all by Philip Bunting
We Love You Magoo – Briony Stewart
The Littlest Yak – Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley
What We’ll Build: Plans for our Together Future – Oliver Jeffers
Only One You – Linda Kranz
What Do You Do with an Idea? - Kobi Yamada
All the Ways to Be Smart – Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys
Stage 1
Our Home, Our Heartbeat – Adam Briggs
The Barnabus Project – The Fan Brothers
Little Lion: A Long Way Home – Saroo Brierley & Bruce Whatley
Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth – Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton
The Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant – Nizrana Farook
Me, the Queen and Christopher – Giles Andreae and Tony Ross
Wilf, the Mighty Worrier Saves the World – Georgia Pritchett
Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here – Michael Rosen & Quentin Blake
Harry the Poisonous Centipede – Lynne Reid Banks & Tony Ross
Stage 2
Bindi – Kirli Saunders & Dubb Leffler
Skunk and Badger - Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen
The Wolves of Greycoat Hall – Lucinda Gifford
The Grandest Bookshop in the World – Amelia Mellor
School Rules are Optional – Alison Hart
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak – Philippa Pearce
Terry Denton’s Really Truly Amazing Guide to Everything – Terry Denton
The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate
The Wild Robot – Peter Brown
My Life as a Cat – Carlie Sorosiak
Stage 3
We are Wolves – Katrina Nannestad
The Year the Maps Changed – Danielle Binks
Young Dark Emu – Bruce Pascoe
The Boy at the Back of the Class – Onjali Q. Rauf
A Boy Called Hope – Lara Williamson
The House With Chicken Legs – Sophie Anderson
No Ballet Shoes in Syria – Catherine Bruton
Pax – Sara Pennypacker
Survivors – David Long & Kerry Hyndman
The Titanic Detective Agency – Lindsay Littleson
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