Words Pictures: 7 books

“…a terribly moving series of portraits of those precocious children who became premature celebrities.” — Studs Terkel “…a fascinating look at the lives of child prodigies…a longitudinal study of gifted children that is sincerely told.” — Deborah Earle The Quiz Kids radio and television...

When Humperdink the baby elephant joins the children’s playgroup, he seems friendly enough, but it soon becomes clear that he’s not very good at the usual games the children play, like dressing up or hide-and-seek. When he breaks the children’s favourite slide, everyone feels sad. But with a...

A collection of anecdotes, stories and yarns from around Australia and around the world, celebrating the odd, the funny, even the irritating. And it's all for a good cause!  Gill's Old Bastards - dedicated to "having a good time and doing some good" - are the Brisbane branch of the...

Should a butterfly be big or small? Should it be bright and bold, or perfectly pale? A joyous, imaginative, yet informative non-fiction picture book about what it takes to be a butterfly – body parts, behaviour and life cycle – with the underlying message that diversity is a wonderful thing and...

If you die in a dream, do you die for real? It seems like it. John B. and company are in Scotland – home of strong spirits of more than one kind – where someone is using a remarkable power to gain a different sort of power. And what secrets do the three old sisters know?

A 2018 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K-12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council) Take a journey through the seasons and years as we follow the seed’s transformation from a seedling to a sapling, then a young tree, until it becomes a large tree...

Night falls… It is late. Close your eyes. Time to sleep. This wonderful bedtime story from the masterful illustrator Barroux takes you on a journey through a child’s imagination to a series of dreamy landscapes where animals ready themselves for sleep. The simple, lyrical text and charming illustrations...