Guides: Early Childhood Education: Story Time

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The Bottom Shelf: Great Books for Little People by Barbara Braxton
Well respected Australian Teacher-Librarian with over 40 years experience teaching, shares and reviews the best of those stories that have worked with little people.

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Picture Books 0 - 8

These picture books are available from the UniSC Library. Also see related guide Literature for the Classroom.

Possum Magic by written by Mem Fox ; illustrated by Julie Vivas
Call Number: PZ7.F69 Po 1983
Publication Date: 1983, special 30th anniversary edition 2013
Grandma Poss makes bush magic, and the best of all her magic is the spell that makes baby Hush invisible. The fun begins when Grandma Poss forgets what it is that will reverse the spell. Ages 4+.
Red house, blue house, green house, tree house! by Godwin, Jane.
Call Number: PZ7 .G63 Re 2018
ISBN: 9781925584691
Publication Date: 2018
The book for reading aloud and sharing with young children as they learn to identify the colours of their world.
Rosie's walk by Hutchins, Pat
Call Number: PZ7 .H961 Ro 2010
ISBN: 9781862309982
Publication Date: 2010
Rosie the hen is going for a walk, but she better watch out there's a sneaky fox hot on her tail feathers!
The runaway hug by Written by Nick Bland ; illustrated by Freya Blackwood
Call Number: PZ7.B53 Ru 2011
ISBN: 9781865044057
Publication Date: 2011
Before go to bed, Lucy brushed her teeth, changed into her cute pyjamas but she couldn't sleep. She forgot one important thing to get a hug from mum.
A walk in the bush by Perkins, Gwyn
Call Number: PZ7 . P47 Wa 2017
ISBN: 9781925475531
Publication Date: 2017
A story about the wonders of nature, the funny side of life and spending time with the ones we love.
Where is the green sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Call Number: PZ7 .F69 2004
ISBN: 0670041491
Publication Date: 2004
A wildly wonderful adventure in a rollicking search for the green sheep. Ages 2-8.
Willy and the cloud by Browne, Anthony
Call Number: PZ7 .B743 Wi 2016
ISBN: 9781406366969
Publication Date: 2016
A story about worry and anxiety, featuring the much loved chimp, Willy.