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Preschools and Play Groups

The books in the first list below are primarily picture books. On the right hand side of this webpage are listed the Indij Readers for Little Fullas, the Happy to be Me Books from Aunty Wendy's Mob, and the outstanding range of early learning resources from Sisters Dreaming.

Picture Books & Early Readers

A is for Aunty    Elaine Russell

Animals: A First Discovery Book    Debbie Austin     Board Book

Art, Land, Story    Christine Nicholls

Aussie Twos Like To...    Magabala    Board Book

Aussie Toddlers Can...    Magabala    Board Book

Australian ABC of Animals    Bronwyn Bancroft

Australian 1 2 3 Of Animals    Bronwyn Bancroft

Australian Babies    Magabala    Board Book

Bajirriga the Turtle    Trevor Fourmile

Bangu the Flying Fox    Jenny Taylor

Bip: The Snapping Bungaroo    McRobbie/Fielding

Bittangabee Tribe    Stewart et al

Bush Games & Knucklebones    Doris Kartinyeri

Child's Dreaming    Kevin Gilbert

Cocky, The Crow & the Hawk    Napanangka Matingali

Creatures of the Rainforest    Brim/Eglitis

Dabu the Baby Dugong    Dhangal/Solomon

Dabu Grows Up    Dhangal/Solomon

Dan's Grandpa    Sally Morgan

Do Not Go Round the Edges    Daisy Utemorrah

Down the Hole    Edna Tantjingu Williams

From Little Things, Big Things Grow    Carmondy/Kelly

Going for Kalta    Yvonne & Brenda & all the Kids

Jalygurr: Aussie Animal Rhymes    Pat Torres

Joshua & the Two Crabs    Joshua Button

Kangaroo & the Porpoise    Agnes Lippo

Loongie the Greedy Crocodile    Lucy & Kiefer Dann

Lowitja   Lowitja O'Donoghue

Luurnpa, The Magical Kingfisher    Napangarti Bai Bai

The Magic Boomerang    Leddac/Greenwood

Magic Fire at Warlukurlangu    Dolly Nampijinpa

Malu-Kangaroo    Bronwyn Bancroft

My Home in Kakadu    Jane Christophersen

The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point    Trisha Saffioti

Pangkarlangu & the Lost Child    Molly Napurrurla

Papunya School Book of Country & History

Patterns of Australia    Bronwyn Bancroft

People & Places: First Discovery Book   Debbie Austin    Board Book

Pigs & Honey    Jeanie Adams

Possum & Wattle: Big Book of Australian Words    Bronwyn Bancroft

Sam's Bush Journey   Sally Morgan & Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Smarty Pants: The Badudu Stories    May O'Brien

The Spotted Cat    Molly Napurrurla

Tell Me Why    Jackson/Templeton

Tjarany Roughtail & Other Kukatja Stories   Gracie Green

The Two Wallabies    Henry Jakamarra

W is for Wombat    Bronwyn Bancroft

Winin: Why the Emu Cannot Fly    Charles/Riches

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Sisters Dreaming Early Learning Resources


Sisters Dreaming Early Learning Resources have developed a fantastic range of materials for use in birth to early learning environments as well as having application in primary school teaching programs.

To see the full range of these wonderful resources and place orders, please visit the Sisters Dreaming website or contact gleebooks Children's Bookshop to check their current stocks by phoning 02- 9552 2526.

Aunty Wendy's Mob

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Aunty Wendy's Mob honours Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children, celebrates culture and educates all children to appreciate and explore Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander cultures from a very young age.

Eight books plus two CDs are now available.

Kangaroo Rock    Taleena Simon & Wendy Notley
Kami's Country    Wendy Notley
Special Land    Wendy Notley
Kids on the Block    Wendy Notley
Dean's Footy Song    Wendy Notley
The Hairy One    Wendy Notley
Insects    Wendy Notley
Tucker    Wendy Notley

Growin' Up Strong - CD
Happy to be Me - CD

Supporting teachers resource books are available from:

Indij Readers for Little Fullas

Series 1

In the Bush    Anderson/Kennedy/Blackmore

Me & My Mum    Anita Heiss

What We Count, Then & Now    Empacher/Briggs/Roper/Doolan

Having Fun at School    Fisher/Le/Bell

Me & Priscilla Get Ready    Schreiber/Roberts

In Redfern    Gordon/Munro/Robinson


Series 2

Wanja, One Smart Dog    Aunty Barbara Stacey

All About Jada    Anthony Mundine

Nan & Dad & Me at the Zoo    Dylan Russell

Raps for Little Fullas    Monkey Mark (CD also available)


Series 3

What I Wanna Be    Prior/McIntosh/Murray/Hughes

Our Aunty Sharon    Prior/McIntosh/Murray/Hughes

Fat Head the Bird    Mitchell/Thorpe/Carr

Bush Tucka, Good Tucka    Brown/Bell/Lewis/Hinton/Burns                   /Harrison/Trist/Burke

Indij Readers Big Books

Raps for Little Fullas  
Monkey Mark     Indij Readers  $45   
Our Rooster, Jack 
Dodd-Farrawell/Russell     Indij Readers $45 
All About Jada 
Mundine/Luxton/Mundine I    ndij Readers $45  
Nan & Dad & Me at the Zoo 
 Russell/McDougall     Indij Readers $45

Indij Readers Teachers Guides