{"id":5754,"date":"2022-05-21T03:48:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T03:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com\/blog\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2022-05-21T03:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T03:48:41","slug":"the-best-childrens-picture-story-books-to-read-with-australian-animal-plushies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/the-best-childrens-picture-story-books-to-read-with-australian-animal-plushies","title":{"rendered":"The Best Children\u2019s Picture Story Books To Read with Australian Animal Plushies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Australian animal toys are not just cute and cuddly creatures for children to play with, but can engage and entertain kids too. Role playing with a kangaroo or koala stuffed toy<\/a> to tell stories can help to make children’s books like ‘Koala Lou’, ‘Mother Koala knows best and other Australian Animal Stories’ or ‘Baby Koala Rescue’ come to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing a story with your child’s soft and cuddly Australian animal plush toy<\/a> can help child development and improve your child’s reading, communication and vocabulary skills. A much loved wombat or echidna toy could be the perfect learning companion for children to practice their reading and storytelling skills. And if your child has an interest in Australian animals, then children’s books that feature an Australian wildlife theme are the perfect book to entertain them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve compiled a selection of some our favorite story books<\/a> for children featuring some of our favourite cute and cuddly Australian animals. Children can experience story time together with their beloved emu toy or possum puppet and take them along on their imaginative adventures as they turn the pages of these Australian wildlife theme children’s books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Possum Magic<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas<\/h5>\n

Grandma Poss uses her best bush magic to make Hush invisible. But when Hush longs to be able to see herself again, the two possums must make their way across Australia to find the magic food that will make Hush visible once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Koala Lou<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Pamela Lofts<\/h5>\n

In this beautifully illustrated and fun-filled picture book, a young koala competes for her mother’s heart when a new sibling is on the way–only to discover that families come in all shapes and sizes, and that there is no second place when it comes to love. Perfect for growing families or as a baby shower gift.<\/p>\n

When Koala Lou\u2019s mother becomes so busy that she forgets to tell her firstborn how much she loves her, Koala Lou enters the Bush Olympics, intending to win an event and her mother\u2019s love all at one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wombat Stew<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Marcia K. Vaughan and illustrated by Pamela Lofts<\/h5>\n

One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo\ncaught a wombat… and decided to make…\nWombat stew,\nWombat stew,\nGooey, brewy,\nYummy, chewy,\nWombat stew!<\/p>\n\n

In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his stew, and the result is something the dingo will never forget!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edward the Emu<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Sheena Knowles and illustrated by Rod Clement<\/h5>\n

Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals, he spends a day lounging with the lions, and even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all.<\/p>\n\n

This picture book is an excellent choice to share in the classroom or at home\u2014both adults and kids will laugh at and sympathize with Edward the Emu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dingo Dog and the Billabong Storm<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Andrew Fusek Peters and illustrated by Anna Wadham<\/h5>\n

The Bush animals are fed up of Dingo dog’s bullying and generate a storming idea to teach him a lesson. This traditional Australian ‘Tale with a Twist’ is retold by poet, author and storyteller, Andrew Fusek Peters, and delightfully illustrated by Anna Wadham. Tales from around the world provide an insight into cultures other than our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wombat Big, Puggle Small<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Ren\u00e9e Treml<\/h5>\n

Join in the mischief as a little wombat and an echidna puggle play with opposites and word pairs. This beautiful new board book by Ren\u00e9e Treml features her trademark gentle, playful rhymes, and stunning illustrations of Australian animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clancy the Quokka<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Lili Wilkinson and illustrated by Alison Mutton<\/h5>\n

Here’s Clancy the quokka. So friendly and charming. His innocent face is entirely disarming.<\/p>\n\n

Clancy the Quokka is super cute, but also has a super cheeky habit of raiding picnic food, so when he spots a magnificent birthday cake, how can he resist? After the mayhem he creates, will Clancy learn his lesson?<\/p>\n\n

A funny and thoroughly entertaining picture book featuring one of Australia’s most loved animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quoll<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Sandra Kendell<\/h5>\n

When quoll has a chance encounter with a cane toad she realises that she must get her family away to safety. A fictional story inspired by the Island Ark program in the Northern Territory where quolls have been removed from the mainland (where they are prey for cane toads) and transported to two remote islands off Arnhem Land where they are now thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ABC of Australian Animals<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written and illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft<\/h5>\n

This book is both a delightful introduction to the alphabet, and a unique exploration of Australian wildlife\u2014some familiar, others more unusual\u2014as seen through the eyes of an indigenous artist. Animals include: kangaroo, bandicoot, wombat, echidna, cockatoo, frog and goanna\u2014and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Enormous Crocodile<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake<\/h5>\n

The Enormous Crocodile is a horrid greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little boys and girls. But the other animals have had enough of his cunning tricks, so they scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Croc and the Platypus<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Jackie Hosking and illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall<\/h5>\n

An Australian reimagining of Edward Lear\u2019s nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussycat.<\/p>\n\n

The croc and the platypus trundled off in a rusty old Holden ute.\nThey took some damper and tea in a hamper and bundled it up in the boot.<\/p>\n\nJoin Croc and Platypus for an Australian outback hullabaloo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kookaburra Who Couldn’t Laugh<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Robert Cox and illustrated by Jim Robins<\/h5>\n

A brand new Australian picture book about a little kookaburra who couldn’t do what kookaburra’s are supposed to do – laugh Fitting in is often difficult for children just as it is for Bridget. She overcomes this by laughing at herself even though she gets a bump on the head in the process. Beautiful watercolour illustrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Somewhere in Australia<\/a><\/h3>\n
Written by Marcello Pennacchio and illustrated by Danny Snell<\/h5>\n

Somewhere in Australia, in a land of scorching sun, lived a mother kangaroo and her little joey one. Hop, said the mother. I hop, said the one, as they hopped over land scorched by the hot sun. Join the little joey and many more familiar animals in this glorious Australian counting book based on the classic rhyme Over in the Meadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Australian animal toys are not just cute and cuddly creatures for children to play with, but can engage and entertain kids too. Role playing with a kangaroo or koala stuffed toy to tell stories can help to make children’s books like ‘Koala Lou’, ‘Mother Koala knows best and other Australian Animal Stories’ or ‘Baby Koala […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5754"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5781,"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions\/5781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funstra.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}