Booklist: Australian Animals

Australian Animals Booklist

This booklist is aimed at children 4-13 years old.

We have given you many options below in the hope that your library will have some of these. We are not recommending you read all of these books!

We have selected a mix of engaging picture and shorter chapter books.

Many are likely to be accessible via your local libraries. Work within your local library and inter-library loans. We don’t want you to go into debt.

The CK Thompson Nature Stories are purchasable from Living Book Press. We highly recommend these.

We estimate it will take at least 13 weeks to read through the entire booklist.

We encourage you to read at least one to five books per animal, where available.

We have displayed the books suggestions in a visual grid below.

Below the visual grid the books are organised under headings of animals.

Create your own personalised list using our Wishlist feature. Click on the book of your choice, then click the wishlist button and the book is added to your personalised list.

Wattle Gum Homeschool Booklist – Australian Animals pdf

Image	Name	Writers	Illustrators	Tags	Series	Target Age	Print Status	Curriculums
	A Home for Bilby	Crawford, Joanne	Fielding, Grace	Bilby		5-10 Years	In Print
	A Platypus, Probably	Collard III, Sneed B	Plant, Andrew	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus		5-10 Years	In Print
	A-Z Of Australian Animals	Cossins, Jennifer	Cossins, Jennifer	Alphabet, Australian Animals		7-11 Years	In Print
	Aroora the Red Kangaroo	Rees, Leslie	Singleton, John	Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Red Kangaroos		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
	Australian Animals	Chun, Matt	Chun, Matt	Australian Animals		5-12 Years	In Print
	Baby Bilby, Where Do You Sleep?	Oliver, Narelle	Oliver, Narelle	Bilby, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		3-7 Years	Out Of Print
	Baby Koala Rescue	Kelly, Tilda		Koala	Baby Animal Friends	6-10 Years	In Print
	Big Red Kangaroo	Saxby, Claire	Byrne, Graham	Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Red Kangaroos	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	Out Of Print
	Bilby Secrets	Wignell, Edel	Jackson, Mark	Bilby, Endangered Species, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Pilbara		5-10 Years	In Print
	Bill Baillie : The Life and Adventures of a Pet Bilby	Rowan, Ellis	Rowan, Ellis	1890-1900, Bilby, Ellis Rowan, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		7-13 Years	In Print
	Bouncing Back : An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story	Cleave, Rohan	Tulloch, Coral	Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Endangered Species, Hamilton, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		5-12 Years	In Print
	Diary of a Rescued Wombat: The Untold Story	French, Jackie	Whatley, Bruce	Wombat		5-10 Years	In Print
	Diary of a Wombat	French, Jackie	Whatley, Bruce	Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Wombats		3-7 Years	In Print
	Dingo	Saxby, Claire	Harricks, Tannya	Dingo, Mammals, Placental Mammals	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
	Don’t Wake the Dingo!	Morgan, Sally	Boese, Sarah	Dingo, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		4-8 Years	Out Of Print
	Fauna	McCartney, Tania	McCartney , Tania	Australian Animals		5-12 Years	In Print
	Fuzzy the Koala	Welsh, Eva-Marie	Welsh, Eva-Marie	Koalas, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		4-8 Years	In Print
	Hello, Mama Wallaroo	Lunde, Darrin	Wynne, Patricia J	Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Wallaroos		3-7 Years	In Print
	I Saw Nothing: The Extinction Of The Thylacine	Crew. Gary	Wilson, Mark	Tasmanian Tiger	Extinct	5-12 Years	Out Of Print
	In the Deep Red Desert	Lionetto-Civa, Angie	Booth, Christina	Dingo		3-7 Years	Out Of Print
	Kimmi: Queen Of The Dingoes	Parrett		Dingo		8-12 Years	In Print
	King of the Ranges	Thompson, C K		Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		8-18 Years	In Print
	Koala	Saxby, Claire	Vivas, Julie	Bushfire, Koalas, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
	Little Platypus	Brett, Anna	Pintos, Rebecca	Platypus		3-6 Years	In Print
	Mama and Hug	Darlison, Aleesah	Charlton, Heather	Bushfire, Koala		3-7 Years	Out Of Print
	Miss Bilby	Thiele, Colin	Stucci, Mavis	Bilby		6-12 Years	Out Of Print
	Neville The Devil	Faulkner, Tim	Faulkner, Tim	Tasmanian Devil	Australian Geographic	3-7 Years	In Print
	One Careless Night	Booth, Christina	Booth, Christina	Extinct Animals, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacine		4-8 Years	In Print
	One Koala in Fifty Thousand	Ridley, Sarah	Mineker, Vivian	Koala	One Planet Why Biodiversity Matters	5-10 Years	In Print
	One Potoroo : A Story of Survival	Jaye, Penny	Rogerson, Alicia	Bushfire, Marsupial, Potoroo, Two Peoples Bay		5-12 Years	In Print
	Paddles the Platypus	Welsh, Eva-Marie	Welsh, Eva-Marie	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus		4-8 Years	In Print
	Paddy O’Melon: The Irish Kangaroo	Cooper, Julia	Dickson, Daryl	Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Rainforest		5-10 Years	In Print
	Penelope the Mountain Pygmy Possum	Winch, Gordon	Pym, Stephen	Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Mountain Pygmy Possum, Possum, Snowy Mountains, Winter		4-8 Years	In Print
	Platypus	Whiting , Sue	Jackson, Mark	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
	Platypus Dreaming	Skeel, M E		Platypus		8-12 Years	eBook, Out Of Print
	Possum Tale	Noontil, Lucienne	Noontil, Lucienne	Possum		6-10 Years	In Print
	Puggle	Hoy, Catriona	Plant, Andrew	Echidna, Mammals, Monotreme Mammals		3-10 Years	In Print
	Red Emperor	Thompson, C K		Kangaroos, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Red Kangaroos	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print
	Saving Tasmanian Devils	Norman, Dr Mark		Tasmanian Devil	Rare Earth	5-10 Years	In Print
	Shy the Platypus	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus		5-12 Years	Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
	Sleep Tight, Platypup	Treml, Renee	Treml, Renee	Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, Platypus		3-7 Years	In Print
	Spikey’s Day Out	Welsh, Eva-Marie	Welsh, Eva-Marie	Echidna, Mammals, Monotreme Mammals, North Queensland, Tablelands		4-8 Years	In Print
	Stripes in the Forest : The Story of the Last Wild Thylacine	Darlison, Aleesah	McGrath, Shane	Extinct Animals, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacine		5-12 Years	In Print
	Tasmanian Devil	Saxby, Claire	Hamilton, Max	Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Tasmanian Devil	Nature Storybooks	5-12 Years	In Print
	The Beach Wombat	Chambers, Susannah	Jackson, Mark	Gippsland, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, National Parks, Wilsons Promontory, Wombats		3-7 Years	In Print
	The Dream of the Thylacine	Wild, Margaret	Brooks, Ron	Tasmanian Tiger		6-12 Years	In Print
	The Echidna Near My Place	Whiting , Sue	James, Cate	Echidna, Mammals, Monotreme Mammals	Nature Storybooks	4-12 Years	In Print
	The Fire Wombat	French, Jackie	Snell, Danny	Bushfire, Wombats		3-10 Years	In Print
	The Lost Leadbeater’s Possum	Faulker, Tim	Matilda, Ellin	Possum		6-10 Years	In Print
	The Secret World Of Wombats	French, Jackie	Whatley, Bruce	Wombat		7-13 Years	In Print
	The Snow Wombat	Chambers, Susannah	Jackson, Mark	Australian High Country, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Snowy Mountains, Winter, Wombats		3-7 Years	In Print
	The Story of Wylah the Cockatoo	Rees, Leslie	Cunningham, Walter	Cockatoo		5-12 Years	Out Of Print
	Tiger Cat	Thompson, C K		Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Quoll, Tiger Cat, Tiger Quoll	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO5 Aust JD
	Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths	Murphy, Julie	Clifford, Ben	Possum		6-10 Years	In Print
	Tippy and Jellybean	Cunningham, Sophie	Tortop, Anil	Bushfire, Koalas, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals		3-7 Years	In Print
	Two-Thumbs the Koala	Rees, Leslie	Senior, Margaret	Koalas, Mammals, Marsupial Mammals			Out Of Print	AO Aust JD, AO2 Aust JD
	Walpajirri: The Legend of an Easter Bilby	Skeel, M E	Donald, Jennie	Bilby		8-12 Years	In Print
	Wandi			Alpine Dingo, Dingo		7-13 Years	In Print
	Warrigal the Warrior	Thompson, C K		Dingo, Mammals, Placental Mammals	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print	AO Aust JD, AO3 Aust JD, AO4 Aust JD
	Wilhelmina Wombat	Ostor, Elizabeth	Green, Sarah Irwin	Wombats		4-8 Years	Out Of Print
	Wombat	Thompson, C K		Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Wombats	C K Thompson Collection	8-18 Years	In Print
	Wombat	Cheng, Christopher	Duthie, Liz	Mammals, Marsupial Mammals, Wombats	Nature Storybooks	5-10 Years	In Print
	Wombat Underground : A Wildfire Survival Story	Thomson, Sarah L	Santoso, Charles	Bushfire, Wombats		4-8 Years	In Print

Core Books

One core book will be sufficient, though feel free to read more.

A-Z of Australian Animals – Cossins, Jennifer

Fauna – McCartney, Tania

Australian Animals – Chun, Matt

Dingo

Dingo – Claire Saxby

Don’t Wake the Dingo! – Sally Morgan

In the Deep Red Desert – Angie Lionetto-Civa

Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes – Favel Parrett

Wandi – Favel Parrett

Warrigal the Warrior – CK Thompson

Echidna

Puggle – Catriona Hoy

Spikey’s Day Out – Eva-Marie Welsh

The Echidna Near My Place – Sue Whiting

Kangaroo

Aroora the Red Kangaroo – Leslie Rees

Big Red Kangaroo – Claire Saxby

King of the Ranges – CK Thompson

Paddy O’Melon: The Irish Kangaroo- Julia Cooper

Red Emperor – CK Thompson

Platypus

A Platypus, Probably – Sneed B Collard III

Paddles the Platypus – Eva-Marie Welsh

Platypus – Sue Whiting

Shy the Platypus – Leslie Rees

Sleep Tight, Platypup – Renee Treml

Platypus Dreaming – Skeel, M E

Little Platypus – Brett, Anna

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil – Claire Saxby

Saving Tasmanian Devils – Dr Mark Norman

Neville the Devil – Faulkner, Tim

Tasmanian Tiger

One Careless Night – Christina Booth

Stripes in the Forest : The Story of the Last Wild Thylacine – Aleesah Darlinson

The Dream of the Thylacine – Margaret Wild

I Saw Nothing: The Extinction of the Thylacine – Crew, Gary

Bandicoot

Bouncing Back : An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story – Rohan Cleave

Bilby

A Home for Bilby – Joanne Crawford

Baby Bilby, Where Do You Sleep? – Narelle Oliver

Bilby Secrets – Edel Wignell

Bill Baillie : The Life and Adventures of a Pet Bilby – Rowan Ellis

Miss Bilby – Colin Thiele

Walpajirri: The Legend of an Easter Bilby – M E Skeel

Koala

Fuzzy the Koala – Eva-Marie Welsh

Koala- Claire Saxby

Mama and Hug – Aleesah Darlinson

Tippy and Jellybean – Sophie Cunningham

Two-Thumbs the Koala – Leslie Rees

One Koala in Fifty Thousand – Ridley, Sarah

Baby Koala Rescue – Kelly, Tilda

Possum

Penelope the Mountain Pygmy Possum – Gordon Winch

Possum Tale – Lucienne Noontil

The Lost Leadbeater’s Possum – Tim Faulkner

Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths – Julie Murphy

Potoroo

One Potoroo : A Story of Survival – Penny Jaye

Tiger Quoll

Tiger Cat – CK Thompson

Wallaroo

Hello, Mama Wallaroo – Darrin Lunde

Wombat
Diary of a Wombat – Jackie French

Diary of a Rescued Wombat : The Untold Story – French, Jackie

The Secret World of Wombats – French, Jackie

The Beach Wombat – Susannah Chambers

The Fire Wombat – Jackie French

The Snow Wombat – Susannah Chambers

Wilhelmina Wombat – Elizabeth Ostar

Wombat – Christopher Cheng

Wombat – CK Thompson

Wombat Underground : A Wildfire Survival Story – Sarah L Thomson