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Colourful illustration of different bird species in a park
Book launch: Bird Park

Celebrate the launch of one of NLA Publishing's newest children’s books Bird Park, with a morning of stories and wildlife encounters.

Event
Illustration of a paddle steamer boat on a river with a large pelican in the top left corner, and people digging in the dirt on shore
Book launch: Paddle Steamer Pearl

Celebrate the launch of one of NLA Publishing's newest children’s books Paddle Steamer Pearl, with a morning of stories, craft and wooden boat races!

Event
Rebecca Bateman, holding the NLA Publication, Wangka Wakanutja, in the National Library of Australia

Rebecca Bateman, and NLA Publication, Wangka Wakanutja.

Learn with the Curators of Wangka Wakaṉutja

Discover the decades-long, remarkable efforts of the Papunya community to record language and culture and keep it alive.

Learning activity for adults
Video
Book cover titled 'Geigi the stubbon boy' and authors Elliot and Michael Passi to the right of the cover
NAIDOC Week Online Author Talk ‘Geigi the Stubborn Boy’

Ahead of NAIDOC Week 2026 we celebrated Torres Strait Islander tradition and culture.

Event
Event banner for National Simultaneous Storytime, with the character Luna Roo featured in the centre
ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime 2026: ‘Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller’

We read 'Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller' on the 27 May!

Book
Page from 'maamangku mgurriningi palumpa yuntalpaku', line art depicting a group of three watching community

Sabrina Ferguson Nakamarra, Dennis Nelson and Papunya Literature Production Centre, Maamangku ngurriningi palumpa yuntalpaku, 1987, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3285693260

Family, care, and responsibility

Topic
Family, kinship, care, responsibility

Digital Classroom
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
Red text reading 'Wangka Wakanutja' on a yellow background
Wangka Wakanutja – The Papunya Readers

Module
This Digital Classroom module invites students and teachers to explore the Papunya readers. Aligned with the Australian Curriculum: HASS, English and The Arts and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority, this resource encourages students to learn about Country, language, storytelling and the purposes stories serve.

Digital Classroom
Exhibitions team member Nicole Schwirtlich in the galleries
Learn with the curators of the Treasures Gallery

Learn with the curatorial team behind the recently refreshed Treasures Gallery and hear some of their favourite stories behind the collections and services of the Library.

Learning activity for adults
Video
Part of the cover of children's book 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman' featuring a woman sitting on a horse, which is standing on its back legs, holding her hat up
On writing 'The Legend of Jessie Hickman'

Author Mark Greenwood shares his process of writing NLA Publishing children’s title The Legend of Jessie Hickman.

NLA Publishing book
Cover of children's book 'Ayaiga: Neighbour and Hero'
Ayaiga: Neighbour and Hero

Thomas Higgs with Colin Hall and illustrated by Wally Wilfred

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

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