2021 Shortlisted Picture StoryBooks RESOURCES
Download the 2021 KOALA Picture Book Passport activity here.
A Stack of Alpacas
Smashing and splashing! Jumping and thumping! Fighting and biting!
Macca is looking after his nieces and nephew and they are nothing but TROUBLE! How will Uncle Macca tame this unruly trio?
Watch Matt Cosgrove read the story (video)
Online Match Up Memory Game and Maze Game
Bin Chicken
Diving in dumpsters, traipsing through trash!
Rummaging through rubbish, making a splash!
'Revolting!' they snort, starting to sicken, 'Trash Turkey! Dumpster Duck! BIN CHICKEN!'
One bird's trash is another bird's treasure-find out why the ibis is the queen of the rubbish pile!
Kate and Jol Temple read Bin Chicken (Facebook video)
Do Not Open This Book Ever
Do Not Open This Book EVER! Wizz is back, and he's up to his old tricks again. He does not want you to EVER read this book, and he'll use every trick he can think of to stop you reaching the end! What disaster awaits at the end of the book this time?
Andy Lee surprises his sister and nephew with the first book (video)
Found
This gentle story set in the rugged Australian bush is about a small calf who becomes separated from his family. The little calf is alone and simply wants his mother, sisters and brothers. He can see other animals, and after running to the river, manages to ask some horses if they are his family. The calf's family have been taken away in the back of a noisy truck. So begins the little calf's journey to find his family.
Bruce Pascoe speaks on the inspiration behind his new children's book 'Found' (video)
Interview with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis about creating ‘Found’
Charmaine Ledden-Lewis Website
‘Found’ Maze printable – help the calf find his way back to his family
I Need a Hug
'I need a hug.
Will you cuddle me, Lou?'
'What? With those spikes?
Get away from me! Shoo!'
All this little porcupine wants is a hug. But with such prickly spikes, will she ever get the cuddle she craves?
Pig the Blob
Pig is the world’s LAZIEST Pug.
There’s nothing that can make him put down the snacks and get off the couch! Or is there...?
Meet Aaron Blabey Storybox Library (video)
Pig the Pug series website plus activities (video and downloads)
Premier’s Reading Challenge K-2 #751256
The Red Book
For the Grown-Ups:
Okay, Big Wig. We have a challenge for you.
It's your job to convince the nearest kid that everything in this book is actually red.
And we mean everything.
It will not be easy! They'll try to persuade you that things are not as red as you say, but you will stay strong!
And the kids will love it!
Storybox Library video (read by Matt Stanton) and activities
The Very Hungry Bear
The Very Cranky Bear is back, and now he's hungry!
When the Very Hungry Bear goes fishing, he ends up catching more than he bargained for - a polar bear, with an armful of fish, who needs help finding a new home!
The Very Hungry Bear Teachers’ Notes
Nick Bland’s Winner’s Acceptance Video for The Cranky Bear 2013
Tilly
Tilly’s found the perfect hiding place to keep her special treasures. No one knows about it, not even her big brothers and sister, who know everything. But one day, something happens that Tilly could never have imagined...
Storybox Library video and activities
Jane Godwin reads Tilly (video)
Online Match Up Memory Game and Maze Game
Whitney and Britney: Chicken Divas
Whitney and Britney are two gorgeous chooks,
Fluffy and silky with stunning good looks.
Dora is perplexed about where her chooks go each night. Little does she know, they are Whitney and Britney, Chicken Divas!
Storybox Library video and activities
Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas Teachers’ Notes
Lucinda Gifford’s website including activities