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'I'm about 35 metres out from the goal and, running on instinct, I do a snap kick of the ball. I watch as the footy flies through the air.

'Will it bend enough?

'I can hear the roar of the crowd but my focus is on that red ball. It flies through the big white sticks.

'It's a goal!

'I'm Jy Farrar and the dream I had to play professional footy since I was a kid in outback Halls Creek has finally come true.

'Let me tell you the story of how I got here - about my mates, my family, growing up in the Kimberley around the bush and the red dirt and spinifex and goannas, playing footy and going to boarding school far away from home.'  (Publication summary)

'Follow a cast of sport-loving kids as they hop through the backyards of their neighbourhood in the Kimberley, collecting equipment and friends to play with as they go, from award-winning creators Carl Merrison and Samantha Campbell.

'Mum loves tennis, but we don't have a court out here.
One day, she gets out her old racquets and takes me into the backyard.
'I'll teach you how to play,' Mum says, and our tennis adventure begins.

'A joyful series that celebrates sport, where the fun only grows with family and friends!' (Publication summary)

'Big, Big Love is filled with beautiful illustrations and a soft, lilting text that is easy for children to follow along. It is a tender story for early childhood readers that embraces the message of unconditional love and acceptance.

'A true ode to motherhood.' (Publication summary)

'A beautiful, expressive story that celebrates a child's love of the beach from a bestselling author and co-founder of the not-for-profit Moriarty Foundation.

'A day at the seashore can be full of surprise, wonder and excitement.

Leap through the waves like a dolphin.

Glide through the water like a fish.

Soar along the sand with the seagulls.

What will you do when you go to the beach?

'A lyrical story that celebrates the joy found exploring the coast from the bestselling author of Kangaroos Hop and the highly acclaimed illustrator of Bidhi Galing.' (Publication summary)

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'Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of Gundagai in 1852, told through the eyes of a young girl who is rescued from the raging floodwaters by her father.

'Wagadhaany grew up near the Marrambidya Bila. She loved dancing in the rain and listening to her father, Yarri, tell her stories about life on Wiradyuri ngurambang.

'When white people started building on the floodplains, Yarri was worried. He knew the power of the bila and tried to warn the strangers, but they would not listen.

'Years later, when the big rains came, Yarri and his brother, Jacky Jacky, jumped into their bark canoes and paddled through raging floodwaters, risking their lives to save countless others.' (Publication summary)

'The first book in a joyful black&write!-winning picture book series that follows a cast of footy-crazy kids as they hop through the backyards of their neighbourhood in the Kimberley, collecting equipment and friends to play with as they go.

'Jy is playing football alone in his small backyard in the Kimberley, but when he accidentally kicks the ball over the fence, a footy adventure begins! Footy by yourself is fun but playing with mates is better.

'The first title in a joyful black&write! Fellowship-winning series, where the fun only grows with family and friends!' (Publication summary) 

'Karan rolls her eyes. ‘What’s this year’s theme? Oh no, let me guess,’ she looks into the distance, pretending to ponder the possibilities. Sarcastically she asks, ‘Is it... could it possibly be...a princess party?’

'Teish is a sassy, soon-to-be 7-year-old and the apple of her dad’s eye. She believes more than anything, that she is a Disney princess. Her older siblings, Karan and Kim, like to remind her that she isn’t. Teish is determined to believe that she can be whoever she wants to be.

'With the help of boisterous, irreverent cousins and friends, a princesses-of-colour party with all the trimmings and an adventure to the beach, Teish teaches her family that she can be a princess and remain true to herself.

'But will her siblings accept her being a feisty Koori Princess?'  (Publication summary)

'Spikes on the bottom boots,

my favourite colour boots,

making me too deadly.

'Can the shoes on your feet really make you jump higher? Walk taller? Dream bigger?

'A joyous, empowering story about finding confidence within yourself, boots or no boots, from the award-winning authors of Black Cockatoo.'  (Publication summary)

'niyakara is leaving the village to hunt tara, kangaroo.

'On his mind is the chief's daughter, tuminana, who is at the water with the women, collecting shells and working.

'But down on the beach, niyakara hears three thuds...

boom boom boom

'With rhythmic intensity, luwa tara luwa waypa tells the captivating story of niyakara's journey from boy to man, a story of courage and transformation

'Dave mangenner Gough's powerful words and Samantha Campbell's expressive artwork bring to vivid life the ancestral spirit and enduring strength of the palawa people of Tasmania.'  (Publication summary)