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5 February 2025

Teacher’s Notes: Bush Bubs & Sunny and Shadow

Teacher’s Notes: Bush Bubs & Sunny and Shadow

Bring Bush Bubs & Sunny and Shadow into the classroom with these thought-provoking teacher’s notes.

Bush Bubs by Helen Milroy

This delightful collection of illustrated Australian baby animals is sure to capture the hearts of readers big and small. From adorable numbat joeys to fuzzy little wombats, this is a cute and educational early reader picture book introducing tiny readers to tiny bush babies.

Download the teacher’s notes here…

Buy a copy of Bush Bubs here.

Sunny and Shadow by Helen Milroy

Calla is born with a precious gift – she can talk to the dingoes. It is her special job to learn their ways and to look after them. But when new people come to her land, Calla and her family are forced to move away from her beloved dingoes.

Meanwhile, one of Calla’s favourite dingoes, a cheeky little pup named Chichi, escapes from danger through a special cave. When he emerges in a different time and place and is befriended by a young girl named Sunny, she takes him to meet her grandmother, and discover that they already know each other – Sunny’s grandmother is Calla! Together they work to get the dingoes safely back to country.

Download the teacher’s notes here…

Buy a copy of Sunny and Shadow here.

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Publisher details

Bush Bubs
Author
Helen Milroy
Genres
Children’s Fiction, Children’s Picture Book
Released
04 February, 2025
ISBN
9781760994471

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Synopsis

This delightful collection of illustrated Australian baby animals is sure to capture the hearts of readers big and small. From adorable numbat joeys to fuzzy little wombats, this is a cute and educational early reader picture book introducing tiny readers to tiny bush babies.

Publisher details

Sunny and Shadow
Author
Helen Milroy
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
04 February, 2025
ISBN
9781760995119

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Synopsis

Calla is born with a precious gift – she can talk to the dingoes. It is her special job to learn their ways and to look after them. But when new people come to her land, Calla and her family are forced to move away from her beloved dingoes.

Meanwhile, one of Calla’s favourite dingoes, a cheeky little pup named Chichi, escapes from danger through a special cave. When he emerges in a different time and place and is befriended by a young girl named Sunny, she takes him to meet her grandmother, and discover that they already know each other – Sunny’s grandmother is Calla! Together they work to get the dingoes safely back to country.

Helen Milroy
About the author

Helen Milroy

Dr Helen Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, but was born and educated in Perth. Australia’s first Indigenous doctor, Helen studied medicine at the University of Western Australia and is currently Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UWA, Honorary Research Fellow at Telethon Kids Institute and a Commissioner with the National Mental Health Commission. Helen was recently appointed as the AFL’s first indigenous commissioner. Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories is her first book for children.

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