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Books in the Australian genre:

Evie and the Wonderful Kangaroo (1955)

Evie’s pet kangaroo is named Cookie. She is very neat and polite.

Author(s): Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Young Kangaroo (1955)

The life story of a baby kangaroo in its mother’s pouch.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Symeon Shimin

Wild Animal Babies (1958)

Twenty-two wild animal babies from a buffalo to a skunk selected from the Baby Wild Animals stamp book. This is the Little Silver Book edition.... View More

Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Wild Animal Babies from All Over the World (1958)

Twenty-two wild animal babies from a buffalo to a skunk selected from the Baby Wild Animals stamp book.

Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Castaways in Lilliput (1960)

When Peggy, Jim and Ralph wash up on the shore of a desert island, the last thing they expect to find are inhabitants no larger than a man’s hand.

Author(s): Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s): William M. Hutchinson

The Year of the Shining Cuckoo (1961)

Johnny sets out to earn enough money to buy a horse. The story is set in a remote seaside town in New Zealand.

Author(s): Joyce West
Illustrator(s): Joyce West

The Boundary Riders (1962)

Three Australian children set out to check the boundary fences and cross over to investigate a waterfall.

Author(s): Joan Phipson
Illustrator(s): Margaret Horder

Hills End (1962)

Seven children accompany their school mistress on a search for petroglyphs while the whole population of Hills End attends a festival. When the town is destroyed by a tropical storm and flash flood, the children have to make their way home through th... View More

Author(s): Ivan Southall
Illustrator(s): Elisabeth Grant

Runaway Girl (1962)

Orphaned Joanne Mitchell is sent to stay with an aunt and uncle near the outback in Queensland. Finding no one home when she gets there, she decides to run away, pretend she is a boy, and find a job and place to live.

Author(s): Ruth Morris
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush

Hop, Little Kangaroo (1965)

The little kangaroo’s mother leaves him to come home on his own and he has to learn to hop. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

No Beat of Drum (1967)

Joe Hinton is transported to Tasmania and makes a new life for himself.

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Author(s): Hester Burton
Illustrator(s): Victor Ambrus

Brave Johnny O’Hare (1969)

Brave Johnny O’Hare is a little Australian boy who is not afraid of anything, even the Bunyip, until one night …

Author(s): Eleanor B. Heady
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Do You Remember What Happened (1969)

Short poetical essays on the experience of childhood.

Author(s): Jean Chapman
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Upside Down (1969)

A kangaroo in Australia does not like the thought that she is upside down.

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)

Surely the largest, most inclusive animal picture book of them all.

Author(s): Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Bear Circus (1971)

The real bears of Koala Park are save from starvation by their friends the kangaroos when the leaves on the gum trees are eaten by grasshoppers. To show their gratitude they put on a circus.

Author(s): William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

Baby Wild Animals from A to Z (1973)

Pictures and stories of baby wild animals.

Author(s): Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Polly’s Tiger (1974)

Polly’s imaginary tiger friend helps her feel at home in a new town.

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Author(s): Joan Phipson
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Dance on the Dusty Earth (1979)

Based on her travels, the author describes traditional dances in more primitive societies.

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The River Road (1980)

Orphaned Sarah comes to Te Waitere, an isolated New Zealand sheep station, and finds a home.

Author(s): Joyce West
Illustrator(s): Doreen Caldwell

Dragon Smoke and Magic Song (1984)

Three tales of Mimus the dragon who leaves his home and finds himself in the real world. There, he discovers Santa Claus, swimming and friendship; a tale of a unicorn, and a tale of a wise and very old monster living in New Zealand.

Author(s): David Harvey
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

All in a Day (1986)

Ten great artists illustrate the similarities and differences in the lives of children in eight different parts of the world in one 24-hour day. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
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Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno
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Who’s Upside Down? (1990)

A kangaroo in Australia does not like the thought that she is upside down.

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Young Kangaroo (1993)

The life story of a baby kangaroo in its mother’s pouch.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Jennifer Dewey

The Drovers Road Collection (2003)

A collection including Drovers Road, Cape Lost and The Golden Country.

Author(s): Joyce West
Illustrator(s): Joyce West

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