Hi! I’m SamI have a new throw net.My cuz, Peter, and I can’t wait to try it out.We want to catch a BIG barra!

SHORTLISTED, 2019 KIDS OWN AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE AWARDS, PICTURE STORY BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED, 2017 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, SMALL PUBLISHERS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR Crabbing with Dad is a beautiful children’s picture book debut from Darwin-based author and illustrator, Paul Seden. Aimed at a younger audience, children will love reading about the adventures of two small children as they go out in the boat with Dad to set crab pots in their secret spot. Sunscreen and life jacket...

Once there were two little girls who were best friends. They did everything together. As they got older they weren't allowed to do the same things anymore. Because they looked different. Because of the law.This is a story about the landmark 1967 Referendum, the two women who came together to change the law ... and how the Australian people said YES.

Molly the Pirate is a swashbuckling tale that will delight anyone who ever wanted to be a pirate. Young Molly’s imagination knows no bounds when she transforms her Australian backyard into an adventure playground on the high seas. Molly conjures up a pirate ship on her inland horizon and takes her loyal cat and dog along for the ride as she rows across the choppy ocean to the unsuspecting pirates. On board, she meets a feisty crew of salty buccaneers who look suspiciously like her own farm...

A lively and endearing story about a child in an Indigenous community getting ready to play his favourite game - footy!SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Book of the Year, Crichton Award for New Illustrators, 2015I pull the sock on my left footI pull the sock on my right footI lace up the boot on my left footI lace up the boot on my right foot .It's time for footy!A cheerful, energetic story about a young boy playing Australia's favo...

Tarah’s dad has gone away, and she doesn’t know where. She imagines he is doing all the things he loves, but when she asks her mum, everything changes. This heartfelt, honest and sensitively told story explores the challenges a child faces when a parent is incarcerated. My Dad’s Gone Away sheds light on an unspoken issue and gently encourages children and families to talk about how they feel and what their future may look like. This age-appropriate story will help to encourage safe convers...

This heart-warming picture book gently reassures children that it is both natural and healthy for adults and children to cry when they are sad. Narrated from the voice of a child, Ruby, it centres on the child’s no-nonsense Nan who is grieving for her late husband, the child’s Pop. She tells the child about the turtles she and Pop saw, while on holiday in South America. They cry tears as humans do, and butterflies drink their tears. The author uses this magical phenomenon as a metaphor for...

The First Sunrise is the first Mbabaram creation story to be published and uses the connection between traditional knowledge and science to impart facts and lessons for children. Mbabaram creation stories are stories of the beginning of lands, skies and waterways environments. The stories hold lessons of culture and ways of working within the tribe. This first story recounts the important task given to Kangaroo and Emu to make the first boomerang and cause the creation of day and night and...