Fabulous Frogs

By Katrina Germein Illustrated by Suzanne Houghton ISBN 9781486317875 (2024) This book is perfect for introducing children to the wonderfully diverse and adaptive world of frogs. It provides all the information required to recognise the different frogs a child may see and how to encourage and protect them in their ...

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The Opal Dinosaur

By Yvonne Mes Illustrated by Sylvia Morris ISBN 9781486316793 (2024) The book is great because it is Australian and educationally fun. Uniquely, it provides the child with a range of reading difficulties. As their reading skills increase, so may their interest in the content. Including a glossary and explanatory pages ...

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Purinina

Written and illustrated by Christine Booth ISBN 9781486317264 (2024) This book illustrates the need to protect our natural habitat to allow near-extinct creatures like the Purininas (Devils) to flourish by creating a story that will surely capture any young reader’s attention. It will need careful reading first to check out ...

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Forest Orchestra¦Learning by Listening

Main Club, 7 March 2025 Our speaker was Lauren Hawkins, a research scientist with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). Lauren’s speciality is ecoacoustics, which is the study of environmental sounds. It involves using these sounds to monitor ecosystem function and health, such as biodiversity, species distribution, fauna ...

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Threatened Species of Birds

Darling Range Branch, 14 March 2025 “There are more species of bird in Australia than Wattlebirds and New Holland Honeyeaters.” Dr Rochelle Steven This was one of the key messages that Dr Rochelle Steven presented to the Darling Range Branch meeting on Friday, 14 March 2025. Many of these two ...

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