All children's books published by the NLA are accompanied by comprehensive teachers' notes that draw out topics and themes in the books in ways that align with the Australian Curriculum across all relevant year levels.
The teachers' notes also include some ideas for inquiry questioning, class discussions and activities.
Teachers' notes
All Aboard
![All Aboard! True Train Tales](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/all-aboard-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=cWcM4rES)
Author: Pauline Deeves
ISBN: 9780642279392
Grades: 2 to 4 / Early Readers
All Aboard - Teachers’ Notes (1005.98 KB)
Amazing Grace
![Book cover: Amazing Grace](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/amazing-grace-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=-T5HD3Lr)
Author: Stephanie Owen Reeder
ISBN: 9780642279095
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Amazing Grace – Teachers’ Notes (167.72 KB)
Australian Backyard Astronomy
![Book cover: Australian Backyard Astronomy](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/australian-backyard-astronomy-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=TnCLQMJ9)
Author: Radbir Bhathal & Jenny Bhathal
ISBN: 9780642279439
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Australian Backyard Astronomy – Teachers’ Notes (116.75 KB)
Australian Backyard Earth Scientist
![Book cover: Australian Backyard Earth Scientist](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/australian-backyard-earth-scientist-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=4qMlMWWz)
Author: Peter Macinnis
ISBN: 9780642279347
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Australian Backyard Naturalist
![Book cover: Australian Backyard Naturalist](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/australian-backyard-naturalist-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=TDbXncCa)
Author: Peter Macinnis
ISBN: 9781863090674
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade and older
Australian Kids Through the Years
![Book cover: Australian Kids Through the Years](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/australian-kids-through-years-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=Kl7zQDKo)
Author: Tania McCartney
Illustrator: Andrew Joyner
ISBN: 9780642278593
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather
![Book cover: Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/australias-wild-weird-wonderful-weather-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=e601QIey)
Author: Stephanie Owen Reeder
Illustrator: Tania McCartney
ISBN: 9780642279842
Grades: 1 to 6 / Early Readers & Middle Grade
The Big Book of Australian History
![Book cover: The Big Book of Australian History](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/big-book-australian-history-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=ktLNDEUG)
Author: Peter Macinnis
ISBN: 9780642279026
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade and older
Bill Baillie
![Book cover: Bill Baillie](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/bill-baillie-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=SyiXZela)
Author: Ellis Rowan
ISBN: 9780642279200
Grades: 2 to 6 / Early Readers & Middle Grade
Bill Baillie – Teachers’ Notes (1.22 MB)
Captain Thunderbolt's Recital
![Book cover: Captain Thunderbolt's Recital](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-06/captain-thunderbolt-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=i0p1vqvk)
Author: Jane Jolly
Illustrator: Liz Duthie
ISBN: 9781922507464
Grades: K to 3
Digby and Claude
![Book cover: Digby and Claude](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/digby-claude-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=qtsgmVj9)
Author: Emma Allen
Illustrator: Hannah Sommerville
ISBN: 9780642279279
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
Digby and Claude – Teachers’ Notes (372.45 KB)
Fauna
![Book cover: Fauna](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/fauna-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=TBif65Im)
Author: Tania McCartney
Illustrator:Tania McCartney
ISBN: 9780642279767
Grades: 2 to 6 / Early Readers & Middle Grade
Fauna – Teachers’ Notes (393.42 KB)
The Flying Optometrist
![Book cover: The Flying Optometrist](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/flying-optometrist-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=_s-2g3Z5)
Author: Joanne Anderton
Illustrator: Karen Erasmus
ISBN: 9780642279132
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
The Flying Optometrist – Teachers’ Notes (661.98 KB)
Grandma's Treasured Shoes
![Book cover: Grandma's Treasured Shoes](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/grandmas-treasured-shoes-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=WbBnLYvA)
Author: Coral Vass
Illustrator: Christina Huynh
ISBN: 9780642279613
Grades: F to 4 / Early Readers
The Great Book-swapping Machine
![Book cover: The Great Book-swapping Machine](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/great-book-swapping-machine-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=WYWsFjq4)
Author: Emma Allen
Illustrator: Lisa Coutts
ISBN: 9780642279736
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
The Gum Family Finds Home
![Book cover: The Gum Family Finds Home](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/gum-family-finds-home-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=5eVaGhLo)
Author: Tania McCartney
Illustrator: Christina Booth
ISBN: 9780642279255
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
The Gum Family Finds Home – Teachers’ Notes (311.97 KB)
Hello
![Book cover: Hello](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/hello-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=gtmdZPpL)
Author: National Library of Australia
Illustrator: Tony Flowers
ISBN: 9780642278876
Grades: F to 4 / Early Readers
Hello! – Teachers’ Notes (775.19 KB)
The Imagineer
![Book cover: The Imagineer](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/imagineer-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=PVbirYBa)
Author: Christopher Cheng
Illustrator:Lucia Masciullo
ISBN: 9781922507341
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
The Imagineer – Teachers’ Notes (293.44 KB)
Lennie The Legend
![Book cover: Lennie The Legend](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/lennie-legend-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=PONdG7tJ)
Author: Stephanie Owen Reeder
ISBN: 9780642279194
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Lennie the Legend – Teachers’ Notes (369.23 KB)
Lucy's Dawn
![Book cover: Lucy's Dawn](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/lucys-dawn-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=YH50g9v3)
Author: Juliet Blair
ISBN: 9780642279170
Grades: 5 to 8 / Middle Grade +
Lucy’s Dawn – Teachers’ Notes (472.96 KB)
Marvellous Miss May
![Book cover: Marvellous Miss May](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/marvellous-miss-may-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=l2ODkaH9)
Author: Stephanie Owen Reeder
ISBN: 9780642279156
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Marvellous Miss May – Teachers’ Notes (1.76 MB)
Midnight at the Library
![Book cover: Midnight at the Library](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/midnight-at-library-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=8E-nglqw)
Author: Ursula Dubosarsky
Illustrator: Ron Brooks
ISBN: 9780642279316
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
Ngana Ngai (Who Am I)
![Book cover: Ngana Ngai (Who Am I)](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/ngana-ngai-who-am-i-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=0jF38fbl)
Author: Susan Hall
ISBN: 9780642279446
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
Ngana Ngai (Who Am I) – Teachers’ Notes (1.06 MB)
The Night of the Hiding Moon
![Book cover: The Night of the Hiding Moon](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/night-hiding-moon-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=nlYq6Als)
Author: Emma Allen
Illustrator: Sher Rill Ng
ISBN: 9780642279583
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
The Night of the Hiding Moon – Teachers’ Notes (405.96 KB)
Phonobet
![Book cover: Phonobet](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-06/phonobet-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=57q_-HSu)
Author: Kathy Weede
Illustrator: Kim Drane
ISBN: 9781922507471
Grades: Preschool to Year 2
Phonobet - Teachers' Notes (1.04 MB)
Radio Rescue
![Book cover: Radio Rescue](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/radio-recsue-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=7fkcXeTu)
Author: Jane Jolly
Illustrator: Robert Ingpen
ISBN: 9780642278784
Grades: 1 to 6 / Early Readers & Middle Grade
Radio Rescue – Teachers’ Notes (498.64 KB)
Socks, Sandbags & Leeches
![Book cover: Socks, Sandbags and Leeches](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/socks-sandbags-leeches-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=T6STRFn8)
Author: Pauline Deeves
ISBN: 9780642278845
Grades: 4 to 8 / Middle Grade
Socks, Sandbags & Leeches – Teachers’ Notes (168.85 KB)
Sorry Day
![Book cover: Sorry Day](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/sorry-day-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=GA94npXh)
Author:Coral Vass
Illustrator: Dub Leffler
ISBN: 9780642279651
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Sorry Day – Teachers’ Notes (269.43 KB)
Star of Anise
![Book cover: Star of Anise](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/star-anise-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=hCgdVOuX)
Author: Jane Jolly
Illustrator: Di Wu
ISBN: 9781922507396
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
Star of Anise – Teachers’ Notes (426.68 KB)
Story Time Stars
![Book cover: StoryTime Stars](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/storytime-stars-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=W_CWIOyR)
Author: Stephanie Owen Reeder
ISBN: 9780642279408
Grades: 2 to 4 / Early Readers
Strangers on Country
![Book cover: Strangers on Country](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/strangers-on-country-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=6iEhLMwY)
Author: Dave Hartley and Kirsty Murray
Illustrator: Dub Leffler
ISBN: 9780642279552
Grades: 5 to 7 / Middle Grade +
Strangers on Country – Teachers’ Notes (444.25 KB)
Survivor Kids
![Book cover: Survivor Kids](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/survivor-kids-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=RvTwGjIb)
Author: Peter Macinnis
ISBN: 9780642279514
Grades: 2 to 6 / Early Readers & Middle Grade
Survivor Kids – Teachers’ Notes (569.86 KB)
Tea and Sugar Christmas
![Book cover: Tea and Sugar Christmas](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/tea-sugar-christmas-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=ZG3BHpZX)
Author:Jane Jolly
Illustrator: Robert Ingpen
ISBN: 9781922507402
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
Tea and Sugar Christmas – Teachers’ Notes (345.89 KB)
This Is Home
![Book cover: This Is Home](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/this-is-home-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=EmzrSMpY)
Editor: Jackie French
ISBN: 9780642279385
Grades: F to 6 / Early Readers & Middle Grade
This Is Home – Teachers’ Notes (Years 2 to 4) (974.75 KB)
This Is Home – Teachers’ Notes (Years 5 and 6) (980.24 KB)
Trouble In The Surf
![Book cover: Trouble In The Surf](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/trouble-in-surf-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=KssVR-wK)
Author: Stephanie Owen Reeder
Illustrator: Briony Stewart
ISBN: 9780642279460
Grades: 1 to 3 / Early Readers
Trouble in the Surf – Teachers’ Notes (427.64 KB)
Where's Jessie
![Book cover: Where's Jessie](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/wheres-jessie-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=g_OkM8rL)
Author: Janeen Brian
Illustrator: Anne Spudvilas
ISBN: 9780642278753
Grades: F to 3 / Early Readers
Where’s Jessie? – Teachers’ Notes (501.97 KB)
Will the Wonderkid
![Book cover: Will the Wonderkid](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/will-wonderkid-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=1zREcUHA)
Author: Stephanie Owen Reeder
ISBN: 9781922507358
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Will the Wonderkid – Teachers’ Notes (428.9 KB)
Wiradjuri Country
![Book cover: Wiradjuri Country](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/media/images/2023-03/wiradjuri-country-teachers-notes.jpg?itok=hXSCqxUj)
Author: Larry Brandy
ISBN: 9780642279866
Grades: 3 to 6 / Middle Grade
Wiradjuri Country – Teachers’ Notes (67.41 KB)