Cirrus@Austlit

'The Australian Verse Novels Resource for Younger Readers and Young Adult Readers are significant online bibliographies.  NCACL provides these resources to enhance the teaching and learning experience for young people and for researchers in this area.'

Source: https://www.ncacl.org.au/resources/bibliographies/australian-verse-novels-resource/

Funded by the Australian Government, Department of Education, Skills, and Employment, Child Care Services Program, Strong Quality in Child Care, this resource's aim is 'celebrating and promoting children’s books by and about Australia’s Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, including books in Indigenous languages.'

Source: https://www.ncacl.org.au/resources/databases/welcome-to-the-aboriginal-and-or-torres-strait-islander-resource/aim/

Find more information on the scope, content, sources, exclusions, etc. at the link above.

Note, per the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature, 'The Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Resource focuses on books by and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, so these books are generally not included in the Cultural Diversity Database.'

The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature Inc has developed a Cultural Diversity Database. It offers a comprehensive collection of books which feature Australia’s culturally diverse population with the focus on understanding cultures, both similarities and differences. The scope of the Cultural Diversity Database:

• includes 340 books aimed at young people from early childhood through late secondary
• concentrates on Australia’s culturally diverse population
• features creators living in Australia
• offers books usually published in Australia
• enables searching for authors, illustrators, titles, series, publishers, publication dates, audience levels, key concepts, links to the Australian Curriculum, links to the Australian Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and annotations for each book
• gives parents, caregivers, home schooling groups, teachers, librarians and others working with young people information about quality resources.

Source: NCACL website.

Find more information on the scope, content, sources, exclusions, etc. at the link above.

Note, per the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature, 'The Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Resource focuses on books by and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, so these books are generally not included in the Cultural Diversity Database.'