Meet Me at the Moon Tree

Title: Meet Me at the Moon Tree Author: Shivaun Plozza Publisher: University of Queensland Press – (UQP) Publication date: July 4, 2023 Themes: Love, grief, acceptance, hope, courage, science, trees and magic Additional notable information: Comprehensive teachers’ notes can be downloaded from the UQP website here. Love and loss, family dynamics and how grief can impact these, intergenerational […]

Desert Jungle

Desert Jungle by esteemed picture book author and artist, Jeannie Baker, is a stunning celebration of a misunderstood desert landscape, rich in diversity as well as a powerful call to action to connect with and protect desert habitats. This story is set in the Sonoran Desert and in the author’s note, Jeannie mentions that “recent […]

The Tree and the River

From the publisher: “from a master of the wordless form comes an epic reimagining of human civilisation. This time-lapse is a meditation on the relationship between two mighty forces: nature and humankind”. Wordless picture book, The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker follows the human impact and impermanence of an area of land throughout […]