Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.

• Themes: bandicoots | endangered | conservation | nocturnal animals | scientific names
• Video (2:38) introduction to Eastern Barred Bandicoots http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2450871/eastern-barred-bandicoots
• CSIRO teachers notes for the book https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7771/#forteachers
• Woinarski, J. & Burbidge, A.A. 2016. Perameles gunnii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16572A21966027. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16572A21966027.en
• activity idea: investigate the map
• activity idea: investigate the conservation actions

• Themes: WW2 | prisoners of war | making a book | children in wartime | feelings | fear | happiness | boxes
• the true story of Australian prisoners of war who created a picture book called The Happiness Box as a Christmas present for children interned in Changi Prison
• See the digital copy of the book itself from State Library of NSW http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110327649
• the book has inspired a musical composition (feat. Stephen Curry, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Brett Kelly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_5_esyhrA
• creative writing idea: what are the secrets of happiness?
• design idea what would a happiness box look like if you made one?

• Themes: migration | refugees | water | ocean | courage
• Children have travelled on the waves of migration to the shores of Australia for tens of thousands of years. This book tells some of their stories.
• Teacher notes http://classroom.walkerbooks.com.au/waves/WavesTeacherNotes.PDF
• match with The Mediterranean / Greder, Armin

• Themes: Escher | drawing | graphic design | black and white | perspective | optical illusions
• the artist’s life, his travels, and his passion for creating optical illusions that play tricks with our minds
• puzzles and quizzes in the book
• activity idea: drawing from different perspectives (eg floor looking up)
• activity idea: tracing the impossible staircases (see animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7e_9QbA7l0 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_(M._C._Escher) )

• Themes: birds | Aboriginal languages | Arnhem Land | Yolŋu | making books
• birds from around Yirrkala, Siena’s home in North-east Arnhem Land with their English and Yolŋu names
• Meet the author, Sienna talks about her book https://www.facebook.com/NITVAustralia/videos/my-place-yolngu-country-yolngu-birds/10153816012457005/
• Where is Yirrkala on the map? https://goo.gl/maps/hXNbaz1GiqMD112SA
• What do the Yolnu names sound like?
• match with The Feather / Blackwood, Freya text. Wild, Margaret and Australian Birds / Chun, Matt
• activity: gather feathers or pictures of local birds
• do some local birdwatching (e.g. the Birdwatching guide for metropolitan Sydney)

• Themes: Aboriginal people | stolen generation | sorry | families
• retelling of the day when then Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, acknowledged the sorrows of the past and said ‘sorry’ to Indigenous children who were taken from their homes
• Apology to Australia’s Indigenous people (PM Kevin Rudd 2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RThkO3XBThs
• Teacher notes https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a94ab81a9e0289aeafacd94/t/5aa75d7771c10b9167ffb4fd/1520917881458/Sorry+Day+Teachers%27+Notes.pdf
• INTERVIEW with Dub Leffler May 2019 by Sharon McIlwee
• Presentation from Sharon McIlwee about the book.