Let Ruby welcome you into her world as she tells you all the wonderful things about her grandmother.What's wonderful about my grandmother is she wears x-ray spectacles.She can see deep inside me and knows just what I'm feeling.Ruby Red Shoes is an aware hare who lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother, Babushka Galina Galushka.Ruby loves her grandmother very much and thinks she is wonderful for all sorts of very special reasons.What's wonderful about your grandmother?

We all know about kangaroos, koalas and gum trees, but have you ever heard of the pademelon, handfish or idiot fruit tree? Would you recognise a wombat poo or the cry of a yellow wattlebird, or know how to say kangaroo in Guuguyimithirr? Australia is old. Really old. We are the home of the oldest living plant, oldest animal fossils and the oldest continuing culture of people on Earth. In What’s Out There, you can dig, dive and delve your way through Australia from the time of Gondwanaland and megafauna through ...

One little girl has a very special friend, the tall ancient tree in her backyard. Through the seasons, she grows along with the tree, playing in its branches and basking in its shade. She can swing and have a picnic, draw the tree and play hide and go seek. Through her time with her tree, the girl learns to appreciate the natural world as something to be savored and protected and acknowledges her place within it. The Growing Hearts series celebrates the milestones of a toddler_s emotional development, from con...

Join the delightful Gumnut Babies and their friends to learn your ABC's in the Australian bush!  Format Board book | 22 pages

A is for angels flying above and around. Their softest of wings make barely a sound. Have fun learning the alphabet with Ruby Red Shoes – everyone’s favourite hare! Dimensions: 163mm x 163mm

How many chickens can you count? One, two, three, four ...... Have fun learning to count with our favourite little hare.  Dimensions: 163mm x 163mm

In this tactile early-learning playbook which features artwork from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle picture books, first concepts such as colours, numbers, shapes and first words are introduced through textures, words and pictures. Ideal for older babies and toddlers, this bright, sturdy board book is perfect for sharing and encouraging interactive play. 

Explore the beauty of the changing seasons in this timeless peek-through book with beautiful artwork from Britta Teckentrup and accompanying rhyming text. Following the life-cycle of a tree through spring, summer, autumn and winter, children will easily learn to recognise the signs of the seasons with this simple yet striking picture book.  

Once there was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own. Every night he watched the stars in the sky from his bedroom window and dreamed of how he could be their friend and how they could play hide-and-go-seek together. So, one day, he decided to set about catching a star of his very own… This beautiful board book by Oliver Jeffers, is a must have any every child's library. 

Poor Duncan just wants to colour in. But when he opens his box of crayons, he only finds letters, all saying the same thing: We quit! Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown, Blue needs a break from colouring in all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other. The battle lines have been drawn. What is Duncan to do? Board Book. 

A beautiful board book edition of Alison Lester’s all-time favourite Australian beach book.ˇImagine a beach where you can swim, surf, splash through the waves, make sandcastles, hunt for treasure, explore rock-pools, muck about in boats, fish from the jetty, and build a bonfire under the stars. Come toˇMagic Beach, where adventure begins… Magic Beachˇis a long-standing favourite with Australian children.

A beautiful story of a little dog searching for his identity! Set right here in Melbourne, go on a journey of discovery with Fitzy...travel from the Fitzroy Pools all the way to Buckingham Palace! The author is local Melbourne lady Amelia Trompf and she has personally signed each copy of this book for us. 

Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep? Where Is the Green Sheep? is a children's picture book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. It is about various coloured sheep doing various things, with the protagonist, the green sheep, not being seen until the final pages.