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

Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder. Peculiar Parents. 2025. https://www.library.gov.au/discover/nla-publishing/peculiar-parents

Peculiar Parents

Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak

Book

Cover of the book 'Phonobet'

Kathy Weeden, illustrated by Kim Drane

Book

NLA Publishing book

Video

A black snake, with red and yellow snake emerging from the darkness a white and yellow glow surrounding it

Charlotte Phillipus Nupurrula, Thomas Stevens Tjapangati and Papunya Literature Production Centre, Yara waṉampitjarra, 1984, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3286350047

Reading the Papunya Readers – themes and purposes

Topic
What stories do, and why they exist.

Digital Classroom

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

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

Event

Learning activity for kids

Video

Cover of the book 'Sorry Day'

Coral Vass and Dub Leffler

Book

First Australians

NLA Publishing book

Cover of the book 'Star of Anise'

Jane Jolly & Di Wu

Book

NLA Publishing book

Cover of the book 'Strangers on Country'

Strangers on Country

David Hartley and Kirsty Murray. Illustrated by Dub Leffler

Book

First Australians

NLA Publishing book

Cover for children's book 'Tea and Sugar Chrismas' featuring an illustration of a young child holding a wrapped christmas present standing and smiling in front of a train

Tea and Sugar Christmas

Jane Jolly

Book

Book cover for 'The Colt from Old Regret' which features illustrations of a brown horse and a white horse in the Australian bush

The Colt from Old Regret

Dianne Wolfer, illustrated by Erica Wagner

Book

Black and white photo of a large ship in a harbour

N.S.S. (Nautical School Ship) Sobraon near Cockatoo Island, NRS-4481-3-[7/16268]-St1095, Museums of History NSW

The floating boarding school on the Parramatta River

Learn about the real school ship Sobraon behind Sarah Luke and NLA Publishing's children's book Marion and the Forty Thieves.

Blog

Cover of the book 'The Flying Optometrist'

The Flying Optometrist

Joanne Anderton, illustrated by Karen Erasmus

Book

NLA Publishing book

Cover of the book 'The Great Book-Swapping Machine'

The Great Book-swapping Machine

Emma Allen & Lisa Coutts

Book

NLA Publishing book

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