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Cover of the book 'Ayla's Christmas Wish'
Ayla's Christmas Wish

Pamela Jones, illustrated by Lucia Masciullo

Book
NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'Courageous Kids'
Courageous Kids and Their Amazing Adventures

Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Liz Duthie

Book
NLA Publishing book
An illustration of a fire truck loaded up with presents and decorated with tinsel. Santa is standing next to the fire truck, carrying a sack. He is greeting several children and adults.

Illustration from 'Ayla's Christmas Wish'

A new Australian Christmas picture book from NLA Publishing

Ayla's Christmas Wish by Pamela Jones and Lucia Masciullo.

Media release
Cover of the book 'Captain Thunderbolt's Recital'
Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital

Jane Jolly, illustrated by Liz Duthie

Book
NLA Publishing book
Illustrations of people and a horse playing instruments and dancing

Illustration from 'Captain Thunderbolt's Recital'

New NLA Publishing children’s book based on a bushranger story

This is one of the unexpected stories of Fred Ward aka Captain Thunderbolt, who was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’.

Media release
Cover of the book 'Phonobet'
Phonobet

Kathy Weeden, illustrated by Kim Drane

Book
NLA Publishing book
Video
A collage of green and purple plant matter, aluminium and perspex, lit from above by a warm, yellow internal light.

Jeannie Baker, Hidden Forest, Endpapers, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-971313378

Australian children’s literature

Module

This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: English for Year 4 students. It has been developed to use National Library collection material as the basis for an exploration of children’s literature as part of the literature strand of the English learning area.

Digital Classroom
A colourful illustration of a person, an ice-cream cone and a fish with legs in a top hat.

A section of the cover of Phonobet.

Learn to read with NLA Publishing’s newest children’s book

Phonobet is a fun literacy teaching tool from National Library of Australia Publishing, that takes an onomatopoeic romp through the sounds of Australian English.

Media release
Cover of the book 'Have You Seen My Egg'
Have You Seen My Egg?

Dr Penny Olsen, illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward

Book
NLA Publishing book
A watercolour illustration of an emu standing on one leg next to a nest of teal eggs

A watercolour illustration from Have You Seen My egg?

NLA Publishing celebrates the 10th anniversary of ‘Have You Seen My Egg?’

To celebrate 10 years of this classic children’s title, NLA Publishing is producing an anniversary edition of Have You Seen My Egg?.

Media release
Cover of the book 'Wiradjuri Country'
Wiradjuri Country

Larry Brandy

Book
NLA Publishing book
Cover of the book 'The Last Dragon'
The Last Dragon

Charles Massy and Mandy Foot

Book
NLA Publishing book

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