Collected Resources

Three little monsters

This story provides an original re-take on a traditional tale (Three Little Pigs).  The text is kept really simple but the pictures add a layer of sophistication as well as humour which makes the text truly appealing, especially to children whose comprehension is more advanced than their ability to decode.

Tiddalik

This story is a simplified version of a traditional Aboriginal tale about a giant frog. The story is told through words and pictures in language accessible to children who are not yet fluent readers.

Hansel and Gretel

This is a great new version of the traditional tale.  Hansel is a dog and Gretel is a cat and the story has all the usual excitement plus an added twist of the animal characters to entertain.  Suitable for beginning readers.

Tilly's Pet

This is the simple story of a little girl who acquires an unusual pet. She hand-rears a young swift and then has to let it fly away. Her sadness is soothed when she realises that the bird returns to nest above her bedroom each year.

Why not me? 

This story plays with the genre of traditional stories. A woodpecker wants to know why she is not in any tale. This story draws children’s attention to a wide range of tales and then challenges the reader to write a story with a woodpecker in it! 

The Scariest baddie 

This is a simple guessing game which draws on many traditional tales for its humour. Children will be kept guessing throughout the book and will recognise many references to stories they know and 'baddie' creatures. The spectacular illustrations add to the tension and many children will not have guessed the baddy until the last page!