Books
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Visit product page →Created by Tasmanian illustrator, Katey Love, the Mesmerised range specialises in black and white books and gifts for babies.
From birth until nine months, an infant's eyesight is not fully developed, but they respond strongly to high-contrast images such as these. You will be amazed at just how intrigued baby is by these bold shapes and patterns - they will be truly mesmerised!
- Sturdy card construction with a glossy finish and rounded corners for safe handling and easy cleaning
- Rigid card pages are great for developing fingers to explore and practice turning
- Entertaining and stimulating - Mesmerised is a great distraction for little ones when travelling, and a fun way to interact with very young infants
- Recommended by Paediatricians, mid-wives, mums and more!
- Measures approximately 15cm wide x 15cm high x 1.5 cm thick
- Printed with baby-safe vegetable inks, & using paper sourced from sustainably-managed forests
- Carbon Neutral: emissions from the manufacturing of paper, printing, transport and waste of these flashcards have been carbon-offset in conjunction with Climate Friendly
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Visit product page →Created by Tasmanian illustrator, Katey Love, the Mesmerised range specialises in black and whole books and gifts for babies.
From birth until nine months, an infant's eyesight is not fully developed, but they respond strongly to high-contrast images such as these. You will be amazed at just how intrigued baby is by these bold shapes and patterns - they will be truly mesmerised by the silhouettes of Australian birdlife and wildflowers depicted here!
- Concertina style, fold-out fabric book featuring four, double-sided, illustrated panels
- This book can stand up, making ideal for tummy-time
- 100% cotton outer with foam inside - great for grasping little fingers
- The thick, padded pages are great for developing fingers to explore and practice turning and folding
- Entertaining and stimulating - a great distraction for little ones when travelling
- Recommended by Paediatricians, mid-wives, mums and more!
- Measures approximately 15cm long x 15cm high x 3 cm thick (60cm long when fully unfolded)
- Made in Australia
- Made with 100% GOTS-certified, organic cotton
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Visit product page →'Once I heard a little wombat stomp stomp stomp . . . '
Read along and act out the movements as these baby Australian animals eat, play and settle down for nap time.
This board book measures 16 x 16cm
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Visit product page →A delightful counting book featuring some very cheeky Australian animals and lots of humour.
How hard can it be to find a bit of peace and quiet?
Wombat is tired and just wants to rest. But it's hard to sleep during the day when a bunch of noisy birds want to sing and play. The magpies keep whistling, the fairy wrens are flitting about and don't even talk about the kookaburras.
Poor tired wombat. Will he ever get to sleep?
One Very Tired Wombat is a board book that measures 16 x 16cm.
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Visit product page →This unique Australian 123 Wall Frieze is a fun and educational way to introduce numbers and counting to your little Vegemites, and smarten up their room while you're at it!
Kids can use it to identify numbers and practise their counting. Featuring a range of curious Australian animals and icons in a cool, graphic style, and a clean, bold font to help kids read the numbers.
You can display the cards in a multitude of different arrangements, from a long, narrow frieze, to a large, solid block. You can even cut them up and use them for sorting, ordering and categorising activities. Each pack includes 10 cards (2 numbers per card).
- Colour printed on thick 300 gsm card
- Flat packaged for easy posting or packing in a suitcase
- Easily affixes to walls with bluetack, pins or double-sided tape (not included)
- Designed and printed in Australia
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Visit product page →Featuring imagery by Australian illustrator, Megan McKean, “Quack, Flap, SNAP!” is a fun family game that introduces you to some lesser-known Australian birds.
You may know the kookaburra but have you met the cassowary? Other birds include the sulphur-crested cockatoo, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo, galah, tawny frogmouth, rainbow lorikeet, Australian magpie, Australian white ibis, superb lyrebird, gouldian finch, emu and freckled duck.
How to play: shuffle the cards and divide them equally between the players. Each player should keep their cards face down. Taking it in turns, each player flips over their top card, placing it into a pile in the middle. When the top two cards on the pile match, the first player to say “Quack, Flap, SNAP!” wins all the cards in the pile. The winner is the first player to collect all the cards.
Up for an extra challenge? There are four different themed games in the SNAP! series by Megan McKean. Each game in the series can be joined together to form a larger playing deck, and create more fun!
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Visit product page →Red Parka is the creative business of Tasmanian artists Jennifer Cossins and Tracy Colhoun. Partners in both life and business, Jen and Tracy have a deep passion for the animal kingdom, bushwalking, coffee and all things bright and colourful. Their work endeavours to make people feel happy and connected to the earth while encouraging and fostering love and care for the natural world.
The Baby Animal Game is fun for young and old! Do you know what a baby wombat is called? (Spoiler alert: a puggle!). Learn the correct names for 26 types of baby animals with this original Australian game!
- Designed in Tasmania
- Featuring the original illustrations of Jennifer Cossins
- Features 26 baby animals, all referred to by their correct names
- Playing is fun, educational, and good for your brain!
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Visit product page →Red Parka is the creative business of Tasmanian artists Jennifer Cossins and Tracy Colhoun. Partners in both life and business, Jen and Tracy have a deep passion for the animal kingdom, bushwalking, coffee and all things bright and colourful. Their work endeavours to make people feel happy and connected to the earth while encouraging and fostering love and care for the natural world.
The Collective Noun Game is a memory game for young and old! Can you help the flamingo, the wombat, the ladybird, and the other animals, find the rest of their group?
- Designed in Tasmania
- Featuring the original illustrations of Jennifer Cossins
- Features 15 groups of animals, all referred to by their correct collective nouns
- Playing is fun, educational, and good for your brain!
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Visit product page →This bestselling, award-winning picture book from Australian author and illustrator Emma Quay is sure to become a family favourite.
Charming illustrations accompany rhythmic, rhyming text in this tale of a quintessential bathtime and bedtime routine, and all the fun that this entails.
'One, two Rudie Nudie,
Rudie Nudie in the bath...'
- 24 pages of full colour illustrations and lively text
- Board book format - perfect for little hands!
- Dimensions: 17.9 x 15.7 x 1.5cm
- Recommended for ages 2+
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Visit product page →Poor little Platypup is frightened of the dark. What is that shadow? Who made that noise? But there’s nothing to fear. With his mother by his side, the little platypus ventures out of his burrow to explore. The moonlight dances on the water. Leaves whisper and gumnuts knock in the wind. Platypup discovers that his home by the river is just as lovely in the dark of night as it is during the day! And that’s not scary at all.
This hardcover book measures 24.9 x 24.9cm
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Visit product page →Featuring imagery by Australian illustrator, Megan McKean, “Splish, Splash, SNAP!” is a fun family game that introduces you to some lesser-known Australian aquatic and marine life.
You know the platypus but have you met the spotted wobbegong? Other animals include the bluebottle, biscuit sea star, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, Eastern snake-necked turtle, Australian sea lion, saltwater crocodile, weedy seadragon, yabby, Australian clownfish and the green turtle.
How to play: shuffle the cards and divide them equally between the players. Each player should keep their cards face down. Taking it in turns, each player flips over their top card, placing it into a pile in the middle. When the top two cards on the pile match, the first player to say “Splish, Splash, SNAP!” wins all the cards in the pile. The winner is the first player to collect all the cards.
Up for an extra challenge? There are four different themed games in the SNAP! series by Megan McKean. Each game in the series can be joined together to form a larger playing deck, and create more fun!
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Visit product page →Nine little dingos howl at the moon . . . Ten little owls hoot a goodnight tune.
What happens around Australia when the sun goes down? The cutest little animals come out to play, of course. Teach your own little critter to count to ten in this beautiful board book featuring baby native animals running, hopping, swimming, eating and playing from dusk to dawn.
Ten Little Owls is a board book that measures 16 x 16cm.
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Visit product page →An adorable and informative picture book from the CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins, author of A-Z OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS and 101 COLLECTIVE NOUNS.
What do you call a baby penguin?
Or a baby owl?
Or a baby platypus?Come along on an illustrated journey through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins and find out!
The Baby Animal Book measures 24 x 20cm.
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Visit product page →Written and illustrated by Victorian artist, Bridget Farmer, The Beach Birds book consists of twelve riddles for readers to ponder, look at the pictures for clues and lift the hidden flap to find out the answer!
A great introduction to some of our lesser know species, The Beach Birds allows children to familiarise themselves with our beautiful native birds commonly found on beaches, estuaries and coastal areas.
- Information about each bird can be found at the back, as well as a few tips for birding and helping with identifying your spottings
- The illustrations are all created from dry point etchings which have been hand coloured with watercolour paints
- Interactive lift-the-flap on each double-page spread
- Sturdy hardcover
- Measures 19.8cm wide x 16.6cm high
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Visit product page →Victorian artist Bridget Farmer, has created this delightful set of illustrated cards.
The cards depict twelve different native Australian birds commonly found on beaches, estuaries and other coastal areas. The illustrations are all created from Bridget's own dry point etchings which have then been hand coloured with watercolour paints.
Included are instructions on how to play a number of different games, such as Go Fish (Go Bird!), snap and memory games, as well as encouraging players to invent their own games with the cards. There are also 4 info cards with details about each bird.
- Total deck of 48 cards, comprising four each of 12 Australian bird species, plus 4 info cards with details about each bird species
- Larger than usual scale cards (9x13cm) to make handling easier for younger (and older!) players
- The cards come in a sturdy 2 piece box
Bird species included:
- Silver Gull
- Crested Tern
- Hooded Plover
- Eastern Curlew
- Pied Cormorant
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Masked Lapwing
- Red-necked Stint
- Pacific Gull
- White-bellied Sea Eagle
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Beach Stone-curlew
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Visit product page →Written and illustrated by Victorian artist, Bridget Farmer, The Bush Birds book consists of twelve riddles for readers to ponder, look at the pictures for clues and lift the hidden flap to find out the answer!
A great introduction to some of our lesser know species, The Bush Birds allows children to familiarise themselves with our beautiful native birds - ready to go bushwalking and spot them in the wild!
- Information about each bird can be found at the back, as well as a few tips for birding and helping with identifying your spottings
- The illustrations are all created from dry point etchings which have been hand coloured with watercolour paints
- Interactive lift-the-flap on each double-page spread
- Sturdy hardcover
- Measures 19.8cm wide x 26.6cm high x 1cm thick
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Visit product page →Victorian artist Bridget Farmer, has created this delightful set of illustrated cards.
The cards depict twelve different native Australian birds commonly found in open forests and woodlands. The illustrations are all created from Bridget's own dry point etchings which have then been hand coloured with watercolour paints.
Included are instructions on how to play a number of different games, such as Go Fish (Go Bird!), snap and memory games, as well as encouraging players to invent their own games with the cards. There are also 4 info cards with details about each bird.
- Total deck of 52 cards, comprising four each of 12 Australian bird species, plus 4 info cards with details about each bird species
- Larger than usual scale cards (9x13cm) to make handling easier for younger (and older!) players
- The cards come in a sturdy 2 piece box
Bird species included:
- White-browed Scrubwren
- Red-browed Finch
- White-winged Chough
- Spotted Pardalote
- Diamond Firetail
- Scarlet Robin
- Grey Shrikethrush
- Brown Treecreeper
- Golden Whistler
- Dusky Woodswallow
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- Fantailed Cuckoo
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Visit product page →All baby marsupials are known as joeys, yet they come in many different shapes and sizes…Read along as we visit some of Australia’s rare, endangered and lesser-known baby marsupials.
This Little Joey is a board book that measures 16 x 16cm.
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Visit product page →A traditional Welcome to Country ceremony is depicted in this stunning board book, from two Indigenous Australians.
Welcome to the lands of the Wurundjeri people. The people are part of the land, and the land is a part of them. Aboriginal communities across Australia have boundaries that are defined by mountain ranges and waterways. Traditionally, to cross these boundaries, permission is required. Each community has its own way of greeting, but the practice shares a common name: a Welcome to Country.Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin, the senior Aboriginal elder of the Wurundjeri people, channels her passion for storytelling into a remarkable and utterly unique picture book that invites readers to discover some of the history and traditions of her people. Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy gives the Wurundjeri Welcome to Country form in beautiful paintings rich with blues and browns, as full of wonder and history as the tradition they depict.
Recommended for ages 3 - 5 years old, this board book measures approximately 16 x 18cm and is 2cm thick.
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Visit product page →Join in the mischief as a little wombat and an echidna puggle play with opposites and word pairs.
This beautiful new board book by Renée Treml features her trademark gentle, playful rhymes and stunning illustrations of Australian animals.
Wombat Big, Puggle Small is a board book that measures 16 x 16cm.
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On saleVisit product page →Record their first step, first word, first tooth, first haircut, first birthday and more with this beautiful gender neutral Baby Journal. With generous space for memories, photos and milestones from pre-birth through to pre-school, this journal will become a cherished keepsake of a treasured time.
- Linen hard cover with embossed title
- Case bound to lay flat for ease of writing and viewing
- 120gsm paper stock internal pages (FSC)
- A4 size, measures approx. 21 x 29cm
- 96 pages
- Illustrated end papers
- Designed in Melbourne
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Visit product page →From Melbourne brand, Write To Me, this beautifully finished journal and keepsake box is the perfect way to record and store treasured memories of baby’s first year.
An ideal gift for parents or grandparents to be, and eventually a treasured heirloom for baby when they grow up. The gender neutral design and phrasing makes it suitable as a baby shower or newborn gift.
With generous space for memories and photos from pre birth through the first year of life, a baby journal is the gift that keeps giving. The keepsake box not only stores and protects your journal, but has space for treasured items like hospital bracelets, first haircuts and more…
- Luxury linen covered keepsake box with gold embossed title
- Luxury linen hard cover with gold embossed title and spine
- Gold wiro flat-lay binding for easy writing
- Full colour illustrated end papers and box lining by Atelier Mave
- 96 pages of 180GSM paper stock internal pages (FSC)
- Thoughtful prompts throughout to guide you in your writing
- Contents Page with page numbers for ease of reference
- We recommend using a biro to fill out and photos dots, double sided tape or washi tape (acid free) for attaching photos
- Designed in Melbourne, Australia
Dimensions:
- Keepsake Box 215 x 230 x 50mm
- Journal 195 x 215 x 45mm
- Text Pages 148 x 210mm
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Visit product page →Write To Me is a Melbourne-based design and print studio run by sisters, Anna & Nicoletta.
Kids say the funniest things. Sometimes shocking, sometimes so witty... You swear you will never forget because it is so funny and then the next day, boof, it's gone!
A great gift for Mother's or Father's Day, this journal has been created for you to document all those quotes you never want to forget. A little journal to look back on and laugh for many years to come!
- Linen covered hard cover
- Gold embossed title and spine
- Colourful endpapers
- Measures 15cm x 15cm
- 96 internal pages to record hundred of hilarious happenings
- 120gsm (FSC) stock
- Case bound to lay flat for ease of writing
- Designed in Melbourne
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Visit product page →Write To Me is a Melbourne-based design and print studio run by sisters, Anna & Nicoletta.
Kids (and sometimes even adults!) say the funniest things. Sometimes shocking, sometimes so witty... You swear you will never forget because it is so funny and then the next day, boof, it's gone!
An excellent gift idea for teachers, aunts and uncles and anyone else who encounters little ones and experiences the crazy things they say. A little journal to look back on and laugh for many years to come!
- Linen covered hard cover
- Gold embossed title and spine
- Colourful endpapers
- Measures 15cm x 15cm
- 96 internal pages to record hundred of hilarious happenings
- 120gsm (FSC) stock
- Case bound to lay flat for ease of writing
- Designed in Melbourne
