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Cover of the book 'Sorry Day'
Sorry Day

Coral Vass and Dub Leffler

Book
First Australians
NLA Publishing book
Coloured image featuring headshots of two women smiling at the camera. In the middle of the image is a collection of four sketches of Australian animals.

Stephanie Owen Reeder and Ingrid Bartkowiak

Science Week Online Learning Peculiar Parents Author Talk

Learn about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals in this interactive online learning session.

Event
Learning activity for kids
Cover of the book 'Phonobet'
Phonobet

Kathy Weeden, illustrated by Kim Drane

Book
NLA Publishing book
Video
Cover for 'Peculiar Parents' by Stephanie Owen Reeder and illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak, featuring illustrations of framed animal pictures on a blue background
Peculiar Parents

Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak

Book
Front cover of a red leather book

John Ireland and Thomas Teller, The shipwrecked orphans : a true narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of John Ireland and William Doyley, who were wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, on an island in the South Seas, 1845, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-50459466

O'Neill Collection

1534 children's books written by Australians, with significant Australian content, or with an Australian as one of the main characters, published between 1813 and 1981. They include novels, short stories, picture books, plays, poetry and non-fiction books.

Collection guide
A watercolour illustration of an emu standing on one leg next to a nest of teal eggs

A watercolour illustration from Have You Seen My egg?

NLA Publishing celebrates the 10th anniversary of ‘Have You Seen My Egg?’

To celebrate 10 years of this classic children’s title, NLA Publishing is producing an anniversary edition of Have You Seen My Egg?.

Media release
Cover of the book 'New Year Surprise!'
New Year Surprise!

Christopher Cheng, illustrated by Di Wu

Book
NLA Publishing book
Illustrations of people and a horse playing instruments and dancing

Illustration from 'Captain Thunderbolt's Recital'

New NLA Publishing children’s book based on a bushranger story

This is one of the unexpected stories of Fred Ward aka Captain Thunderbolt, who was known as the ‘gentleman bushranger’.

Media release
Cover of the book 'My Australia'
My Australia

Julie Murphy, illustrated by Garry Fleming

Book
NLA Publishing book
Sketch of boy riding a horse through a forrest fire, with black ink and messy colouring
Meet the 'Courageous Kids'

Get introduced to the seven stories in Courageous Kids and Their Amazing Adventures by Stephanie Owen Reeder and Liz Duthie.

Blog
The front cover of the book 'Marion and the Forty Thieves' showing children on a ship
Marion and the Forty Thieves

Sarah Luke

Book
NLA Publishing book
Collection guide
Maple-Brown Collection

614 books and pamphlets, mostly published overseas in the period 1850–1950, including children’s books, novels, atlases, scripture readings, prayer books, hymn books, works on theology, school textbooks and some historical works.

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