#Children’s Books

Five kids book covers on a background of real life grass. The books are Hold On, Plantastic, Bouncing Back, One Potoroo, and Phasmid

National Threatened Species Day: Stories to share

National Threatened Species Day is a time to reflect on and celebrate our unique native flora and fauna. We believe that encouraging children to learn and care about these species is fundamental to protecting them into the future.

Illustrator Alicia Rogerson smiling at the camera as she sits in her studio, surrounded by her art, holding a copy of One Potoroo. The photo is overlaid on a background illustration of Australian native flowers and plants.

Science Illustrated: Q&A with Alicia Rogerson

Alicia Rogerson is the illustrator of One Potoroo: A Story of Survival which is a tale of the world’s most endangered marsupial, the Gilbert’s potoroo. We talk to her about her artistic process and ask for advice for aspiring illustrators.

A row of glasses filled with coloured water, arranged in the colours of the rainbow.

Kitchen Science Experiment: Create a density rainbow

Are you feeling hungry for some science? In these edited extracts from The Curious World of Kitchen Science series, try your hand at creating a density rainbow, and learn some other cool facts from the worlds of physics, biology and maths!

Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature: 2021 shortlist announced

Hands up if you are as happy as we are to learn that Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish written by Gina Newton and illustrated by Rachel Tribout, is shortlisted for the 2021 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature?

Front cover of Bee Detectives picture book on background illustration of bees under magnify glasses

Celebrating World Bee Day with the Bee Detectives

We don’t want to drone on, but we’re buzzing once again to celebrate World Bee Day! Author Vanessa Ryan-Rendall and the Bee Detectives are too!

Author Anne Morgan kneeling on a Tasmanian beach holding the dried body of a weedy seadragon.

Dive in and Meet the Weedy Seadragon with Anne Morgan

Take a trip under the rolling waves of Australia's southern oceans and meet the weedy seadragon with Anne Morgan. We spoke to Anne about where she finds inspiration and the road she took to becoming a children's book author.

Illustrator Brenna Quinlan crouches in a green field smiling to camera, patting a white goat that stands next to her.

Science Illustrated: Q&A with Brenna Quinlan

Activism and illustration go hand-in-hand, as we found out when we spoke to Brenna Quinlan, the artist behind the seriously cute illustrations in Bee Detectives. In this blog, find out how permaculture and sustainability inspire her work.

A copy of the book Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish situated on rocks on sea front.

Hold On… The 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist is Here

We are delighted to announce that Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish, written by Gina Newton and illustrated by Rachel Tribout, has been shortlisted for the 2021 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards!

Illustrator Lois Bury standing in her studio surrounded by her art and holding a copy of The Way of the Weedy Seadragon. The photo sits on a background image from the book feautring orange, yellow and pink coloured ocean weeds.

Science Illustrated: Q&A with Lois Bury

Lois Bury is the artist behind the gorgeous illustrations in The Way of the Weedy Seadragon. From her studio in Hobart, she spoke to us about what inspires her and her interesting approach to finding accuracy in science illustration.

Cover of Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish picture book against a confetti background

2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards: Notables Announced

Each year the Children's Book Council of Australia celebrate great Australian children's literature with the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. We are thrilled to announce that Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish has been recognised in the 2021 Notables.