Chief Minister's Reading Challenge
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Book List K - 2
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Waterhole, The
10 Little Rubber Ducks
A is for Aunty
Adventures of Charlotte & Henry, The (new)
Alberta (new)
Alfie and the Big Boys
Amy and Louis
Angelina Ballerina
Angelina, Star of the Show
Annie Rose is My Little Sister
Annie to the Rescue
Annie’s Chair
Antarctic Dad
Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia
Baby Bilby Where Do You Sleep?
Bad Buster
Ballet Sisters: the Duckling and the Swan
Bamboozled (new)
Bear Went Over the Mountain, The
Bear’s Lunch, The
Belonging
Best Pet, The
Big Brave Brian
Big Dog
Big Nuisance
Billy the Punk (new)
Blossom Possum the Sky is Falling Down Under
Blue Bike, The
Bob the Builder and the Elves
Bobbie Dazzler
Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
Bumpety Bump
Bush Babies
Can You Cuddle Like a Koala
Captain Abdul’s Little Treasure
Castles
Cat (new)
Cat and Fish
Cat and Fish go to See
Celeste Sails to Spain
Charlie at the Zoo
Chatterbox
Children of the King, The (new)
Chimpanzees of Happytown, The
Chipper the Cheetah
Clancy the Courageous Cow
Clancy’s Long, Long Walk (new)
Clive Eats Alligators
Creatures of the Rainforest: Two Artists Explore
Djabugay Country
Croc Bait
Author
Base, Graham
Carle, Eric
Russell, Elaine
Graham, Bob
Cox, Tania & Dawson, Janine (ill.)
Hughes, Shirley
Gleeson Libby & Blackwood, Freya
Holabird, Katharine & Craig, Helen (ill.)
Holabird, Katharine & Craig, Helen (ill.)
Hughes, Shirley
Niland, Deborah
Niland, Deborah
Edwards, Hazel & Burgemeestre, Kevin
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Lester, Alison
Oliver, Narelle
Laguna, Sofie & Hobbs, Leigh (ill.)
Ormerod, Jan
Legge, David
Prater, John
Allen, Pamela
Baker, Jeannie
Matthews, Penny & Norling, Beth
Robertson, M.P.
Gleeson, Libby & Greder, Armin (ill.)
Morimoto, Junko
Carroll, Jessica
Newton, Gina & Niland, Kilmeny (ill.)
Hilton, Nette & Stanley, David (ill.)
Rodda, Emily & Smith, Craig (ill.)
Wild, Margaret & Dawson Janine (ill.)
McKimmie, Chris
Martin, Bill Jr & Carle, Eric
Hutchins, Pat
Dale, Kim
Butler, John
McNaughton, Colin
Baillie, Allan & Magerl, Caroline (ill.)
Dumbleton, Mike & Smith, Craig (ill.)
Grant, Joan & Curtis, Neil (ill.)
Grant, Joan & Curtis, Neil (ill.)
Lester, Alison
Pfister, Marcus & James, J. Alison (trans)
Wild, Margaret & Niland, Deborah (ill.)
Lucardo, Max
Andreae, Giles & Parker-Rees, Guy (ill.)
Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon
Hume, Lachie
Gleeson, Libby & Stewart, Chantal (ill.)
Lester, Alison
Brim, Warren Eglitis, Anna
Norrington, Leonie, Norling, Beth (ill.)
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Book List K - 2
Daddy’s Having a Horse
Daisy All-Sorts
Dancing the Boom Cha Cha Boogie
Day in the Life of Me, ,A
Dazzle the Dinosaur
Diary of a Wombat
Dimity Dumpty
Dinosaur Dreams
Dinosaur, The
Dinosaurs Galore!
Discovery of Dragons, The
Do Like a Duck Does
Doodledum Dancing
Dougal and Bumble and the Long Walk Home
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Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear
Down the Back of the Chair
Duck in a Truck (new)
Duck Sounds
Dunbi the Owl,
Ebi’s Boat
Echidna and the Shade Tree, The
Echidna Crossing (new)
Edward the Emu
Edwardo: the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide
World
Edwina the Emu
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Elfrida
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair
Ella’s Big Chance
Elmer and Aunt Zelda
Elmer and Rose
Elmer and Snake
Elmer and the Rainbow
Emily and Alfie
Emily Loves to Bounce
Emily’s Rapunzel Hair
Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo
Eyes in the Dark
Fairy Four Eyes
Fairy Realm Series – any book
Fang Fang’s Chinese New Year
Fiona the Pig’s Big Day
Five Little Owls
Fix It Duck (new)
Fly Went By, A
Football Crazy
Found You Little Wombat!
Four Red Apples
Fuzz the Famous Fly
Glass Tears
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Shanahan, Lisa & Quay Emma (ill.)
Allen, Pamela
Oliver, Narelle
Marsden, John & Smith, Craig
Pfister, Marcus & James, J. Alison (trans)
French, Jackie & Whatley, Bruce (ill.)
Graham, Bob
Ahlberg, Allan & Amstutz, Andre (ill.)
Milbourne, Anna & Field Mandy (ill.)
Andreae, Giles & Wojtowycz, David (ill.)
Base, Graham
Hindley, Judy & Bates, Ivan (ill.)
Costain, Meredith & Allen, Pamela
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Dray, Matt
Dray, Matt
Mahy, Margaret & Dunbar, Polly (ill.)
Alborough, Jez
Moloney, James & King, Stephen Michael
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Saxby Claire
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Geddes, Maggie & Robinson, Neil
Knowles, Sheena & Clement, Rod (ill.)
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Lee, Lyn & Gamble, Kim (ill.)
Fall, Klara & Stollinger, Heide (ill.)
Fox, Lee & Wilcox, Cathy (ill.)
Hughes, Shirley
McKee, David
McKee, David
McKee, David
McKee, David
Hooper, Meredith & Quay Emma
King, Stephen Michael
Matthews, Cecily & Blackwood, Freya
Lester, Alison
Dale, Kim
Matthews, Penny & Quay, Emma
Rodda, Emily & Raoul Vitale
Rippin, Sally
Hobbs, Leigh
Carthew, Mark & Goss, Mini (ill.)
Alborough, Jez
McClintock, Mike & Siebel, Fritz
McNaughton, Colin
McAllister, Angela & Fuge, Charles
McKee, David
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Jolly, Jane & Wu, Di (ill.)
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Book List K - 2
Good Knight, Sleep Tight
Goodnight Me, Goodnight You
Grandad’s Teeth (new)
Grandpa and Thomas and the Green Umbrella
Guess How Much I love You
Guess what? There’s a Hippopotamus on the
Hospital Roof Eating Cake!
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy
Hand-me-down-hippo
Happy Birthday to You, Blue Kangaroo
Heart of the Tiger
Henry and Amy (Right-way-round and Upsidedown
Hey Hippopotamus: Do Babies Eat Cake Too?
Hidden Forest, The
Hieronymus Betts and His Unusual Pets
Home
How the Birds Got Their Colours
How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails
Howler
Hunwick’s Egg
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
I Don’t Want to Go to School
I Like Books
If Only I Had a Green Nose (new)
In the Deep Blue Sea (new)
In the Deep Green Jungle (new)
Irving the Magician
Is Your Grandmother a Goanna?
Jack’s Little Party (new)
Josephine Wants to Dance
Josh
Josh and the Ducks
Josh and the Monster
Josh and Thumper
Jungle Drums
Kangaroo and the Porpoise, The
Katie and the Mona Lisa (new)
Katie and the Sunflowers (new)
Katie Meet the Impressionists (new)
Katie’s Sunday Afternoon (new)
Kestrel
King with Horse’s Ears, The
Kipper
Kipper’s Beach Ball
Kisses for Daddy
Kitten’s First Full Moon
Kolah the Koala
Leaf Litter
Lena the Lion
Let’s Get a Pup
Lion in the Meadow, A
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Melling, David
Mitton, Tony & Sutcliffe, Mandy (ill.)
Clement, Rod
Allen, Pamela
McBratney, Sam & Jeram, Anita
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Edwards, Hazel & Niland, Deborah (ill.)
Dodd, Lynley
Edwards, Hazel & Goss, Mini
Clark, Emma Chichester
Millard, Glenda & Chapman, Gaye (ill.)
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King, Stephen Michael
Edwards, Hazel & Niland, Deborah (ill.)
Baker, Jeannie
Robertson, M.P.
Oliver, Narelle
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Rosen, Michael & Layton, Neal (ill.)
Fox, Mem & Lofts, Pamela (ill.)
Child, Lauren
Harris, Christine & Smith, Craig
Browne, Anthony
Lucardo, Max
Lionetto-Civa,Angie & Booth, Christina
Lionetto-Civa,Angie & Booth, Christina
Riddle, Tohby
Allen, Pamela
Graham, Bob
French, Jackie & Whatley, Bruce (ill.)
McLean, Janet & McLean Andrew (ill.)
McLean, Janet & McLean Andrew (ill.)
McLean, Janet & McLean Andrew (ill.)
McLean, Janet & McLean Andrew (ill.)
Base, Graham
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Mayhew James
Mayhew James
Mayhew, James
Mayhew James
Svendsen, Mark Nestor
Maddern, Eric & Hess, Paul (ill.)
Inkpen, Mick
Inkpen, Mick
Watts, Frances & Legge, David (ill.)
Henkes, Kevin
Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon
Tonkin, Rachel
Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon
Graham, Bob
Mahy, Margaret & Williams, Jenny
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Book List K - 2
Little Brothers Are… (new)
Little Penguin: the Life of Eudyptula Minor
Little Sisters Are (new)
Lizzie Nonsense
Look, There’s a Hippopotamus in the Playground
Eating Cake
Louisa May Pickett: the Most Boring Person in
Class
Lucy Goosey (new)
Lucy’s Cat and the Rainbow Birds (new)
Magic Hat, The
Maisie Moo and Invisible Lucy (new)
Maisy Series – any book
Malu Kangaroo: How the First Children Learned
to Surf
Mary, the Big Brown Hairy Spider
Meg and Mog
Meg on the Moon
Meg’s Mummy
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
Midnight Gang, The (new)
Midsummer Knight
Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat
Minton Goes Home
Minton Goes Under
Mister Seahorse
Mog’s Missing
Monster Wrote Me a Letter, A
Moo: Talk to the Farm Animals (new)
Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car
Mr McGee and the Biting Flea
Mr Noah and the Cats
Mrs Wiggins’ Wartymelons
Mrs Wilkinson’s Chooks
Muddled-up Farm
Mum’s Rest Day (new)
Mustara
Mutt Dog
My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day
My Hippopotamus is on Our Caravan Roof
Getting Sunburnt
My Home in Kakadu
Naughty Magpie, The
Nice Walk in the Jungle, A
Night Garden, The (new)
Old Tom
Old Tom: Man of Mystery
Old Tom’s Big Book of Beauty
Old Tom’s Holiday
Olga the Brolga
Olivia
Olivia and the Missing Toy
Olly and Me
Oscar’s Half Birthday
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Norling, Beth
Montano, Josie & Ottley, Matt
Norling, Beth
Ormerod, Jan
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Clement, Rod
Wild, Margaret & James, Ann
Hill, Anthony & Tanner, Jane (ill.)
Fox, Mem & Tusa, Tricia
McKimmie, Chris
Cousins, Lucy
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Morecroft, Judith & Bancroft, Bronwyn
Lee, Lyn & Gamble, Kim (ill.)
Nicoll, Helen & Pienkowski Jan (ill.)
Nicoll, Helen & Pienkowski Jan (ill.)
Nicoll, Helen & Pienkowski Jan (ill.)
Rosen, Michael & Blake, Quentin (ill.)
Wild, Margaret
Rogers, Gregory
King, Stephen Michael
Fienberg, Anna & Gamble, Kim
Fienberg, Anna & Gamble, Kim
Carle, Eric
Nicoll, Helen & Pienkowski Jan (ill.)
Bland, Nicholas
Lester, Alison
Burningham, John
Allen, Pamela
Vashti, Farrer & Curtis, Neil (ill.)
Millard, Glenda & Axelsen, Stephen
Peguero, Leone & Spoor, Mike
Dumbleton, Mike & Murphy, Jobi (ill.)
Hamston, Julie
Hawks, Roseanne &Ingpen, Robert
King, Stephen Michael
Hoy, Catriona & Johnson, Ben
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Christopherson, Jane & Christopherson,
Christine (ill.)
Nilsson, Eleanor & Boyer, Susy (ill.)
Bodsworth, Nan
Hurst, Elise
Hobbs, Leigh
Hobbs, Leigh
Hobbs, Leigh
Hobbs, Leigh
Clement, Rod
Falconer, Ian
Falconer, Ian
Hughes, Shirley
Graham, Bob
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Chief Minister's Reading Challenge
Book List K - 2
Our School Fete
Oww!
Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See?
Pants
Passing On
Peace Book, The
Pear in the Pear Tree, The
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (new)
Penguin Book: Birds in Suits, The
Pete the Sheep
Piglet & Papa (new)
Pog
Possum Goes to School
Possum in the House
Possum Magic
Postman’s Dog, The
Pudding and Chips
Punchinello, & The Most Marvellous Gift (new)
Purr: Talk to the Pet Animals (new)
Queenie: One Elephant’s Story
Rainbirds, The
Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale, The
Rainbow Fish Finds His Way
Rainy Day, The
Refugees
Reggie, Queen of the Street
Rex
Ringle, Tingle, Tiger
Roar: Talk to the Wild Animals (new)
Rock-and-roll Ducks
Rollercoaster, The
Ruby Roars (new)
Rufus the Rhinoceros
Run, Hare, Run!
Runaway Dinner, The
Scarface Claw
Schnitzel von Krumm; Dogs Never Climb Trees
Sea of Words, A
Seven More Sleeps
Shhh! Little Mouse (new)
Shoo Cat
Short and Incredibly Happy life of Riley, The
Shutting the Chooks In
Silly Billy
Silly Galah!
Simply Delicious
Slinky Malinki’s Christmas Crackers
Smallest Bilby and the Midnight Star, The
Snap, went Chester
Sock Monster, The
Solo Bush Babies: Kangaroo
Solo Bush Babies: Possum
Sophie’s Big Bed (new)
Pfanner, Louise & Gamble, Kim
Rosen, Michael & Langley, Jonathan (ill.)
Martin, Bill Jr & Carle, Eric
Andreae, Giles & Sharratt, Nick (ill)
Dumbleton, Mike & Denton, Terry
Parr, Todd
Allen, Pamela
Blabey, Aaron
Norman, Mark
French, Jackie & Whatley, Bruce (ill.)
Wild, Margaret & King, Stephen Michael
Lee, Lyn & Gamble, Kim (ill.)
Carter, Melanie & Oram, Nicola (ill.)
Jensen, Kiersten & Oliver, Tony (ill.)
Fox, Mem & Vivas, Julie
Shanahan, Lisa & Harris, Wayne (ill.)
Matthews, Penny & Dawson, Janine
Lucardo, Max
Lester, Alison
Fenton, Corinne &Gouldthorpe, Peter (ill.)
Metzenthen David & Rippin, Sally (ill.)
Pfister, Marcus & James, J. Alison (trans)
Pfister, Marcus & James, J. Alison (trans)
Milbourne, Anna & Gill, Sarah (ill.)
Miller, David
Barbalet, Margaret
Dubosarsky, Ursula & Mackintosh, David
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Austin, Mark & Miller, David
Lester, Alison
Brian, Janeen & Stewart, Chantal (ill.)
Metzenthen, David & Sheehan, Peter (ill.)
Wild, Margaret & Argent, Kerry
Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon
Winch, John
Ahlberg, Allan & Ingman, Bruce (ill.)
Dodd, Lynley
Dodd, Lynley
Toft, Kim Michelle
Wild, Margaret & Rawlins, Donna (ill.)
Allen, Pamela
Bone, Ian & James, Ann (ill.)
Thompson, Colin & Lissiat, Amy (ill.)
Gleeson, Libby & James Ann
Browne, Anthony
Brian, Janeen & Johns, Cheryll (ill.)
Mahy, Margaret & Allen, Johnathan
Dodd, Lynley
Hilton, Nette & Whatley, Bruce (ill.)
Cox, Tania & Miller, David
Melenhorst, Glenn & O’Connor Sharon
Manthorpe, Helen & Ashby, Yvonne
Manthorpe, Helen & Ashby, Yvonne
Burke, Tina
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Book List K - 2
Sound of the Sea, The
Speak Chinese Fang Fang
Spider!
Spot’s Camping Trip
Spot’s Garden
Spot’s Tummy Ache
Squeak Street Series – any book
Star of the Circus
Story of Growl, The
Summer
Tales from the Waterhole
There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating
Cake
This is the Bear
Tiddalick the Frog Who Caused a Flood
Timba the Tiger
Titch
Toby (new)
Too Loud Lily
Too Many Pears
Too Much Stuff
Totally Wonderful Miss Plumberry
Trouble with Dogs, The (new)
Two Bullies, The
Two Tough Teddies
Under the Sea
Uno’s Garden
Unplugged!
Very Blue Thingamajig, The
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The
Water Witcher
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
We’re Off to Look for Aliens
What a Mess Fang Fang
What the Sky Knows
When I Grow Up
When the wind changed
Where is the Green Sheep?
Who Wants a Dragon?
Whoops! But It Wasn’t Me
Why Do I Have to Eat Off the Floor?
Wibbly Pig’s Silly Big Bear
Wicked Wizards & Leaping Lizards
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
Willy the Dreamer
Window
Winning the World Cup
Wishbone
With You All the Way (new)
Wolf’s Sunday Dinner
Wombat Divine
Wrong Thing, The
Year on Our Farm, A
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Harvey, Jacqueline
Rippin, Sally
Metzenthen, David & Sheehan, Peter (ill.)
Hill, Eric
Hill, Eric
Hill, Eric
Rodda, Emily & McLean, Andrew (ill.)
Hilton, Nette
Horacek, Judy
Factor, June & Lester, Alison (ill.)
Graham, Bob
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Hayes, Sarah & Craig Helen (ill.)
Roennfeldt, Robert
Latta, Jan & Resnick, Jon
Hutchins, Pat
Wild, Margaret
Laguna, Sofie & Argent, Kerry
French, Jackie & Whatley, Bruce (ill.)
Orr, Wendy & Millard, Kerry
Rosen, Michael & Lee, Chinlun (ill.)
Graham, Bob
Morimoto, Junko
Niland, Kilmeny
Milbourne, Anna & Shimmen, Cathy (ill.)
Base, Graham
Millard, Glenda & Huxley, Dee (ill.)
Oliver, Narelle
Carle, Eric
Ormerod, Jan
Rosen, Michael & Oxenbury, Helen (ill.)
McNaughton, Colin
Rippin, Sally
Bourke, Nike & Danalis, Stella (ill.)
McNaughton, Colin
Park, Ruth & Niland, Deborah
Fox, Mem & Horacek, Judy (ill.)
Mayhew, James & Gardiner, Lyndsey
Child, Lauren
Hornsey, Chris & Perkins, Gwyn (ill.)
Inkpen, Mick
Carthew, Mark & Spoor, Mike
Fox, Mem & Vivas, Julie
Browne, Anthony
Baker Jeannie
Metzenthen, David & Axelsen, Stephen
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Brian, Janeen & Niland, Kilmeny (ill.)
Lucardo, Max
Cox, Tania & Holfeld, Greg (ill.)
Fox, Mem & Argent, Kerry
Carmody, Isobelle & Lee, Declan (ill.)
Matthews, Penny & McLean, Andrew
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Book List K - 2
You Are Mine (new)
You Are Special (new)
Zachary Quack Minimonster
Lucado, Max
Lucado, Max
Dodd, Lynley
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