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MONTESSORI CATALOGUE

NOVEMBER 2026

MONTESSORI EDUCATION

Implementing the Montessori Method Learner-Centered Education from Birth Through Adolescence By Trisha Thompson-Willingham, Susan Zoll, Foreword by Erica Moretti

Effective Literacy Assessment in the Montessori Classroom Using Data to Inform Instruction By Natasha Feinberg, Susan Zoll, With Laura Saylor, Foreword by Maryanne Wolf

This book shows the importance of Montessori education as a developmental, individualized, and learner-centered model that supports student learning from birth through adolescence. Chapters offer profiles of Montessori classrooms with insight into how the materials in the learning environment, the adult educators, and the curriculum help learners flourish by building character, physical skills, and intellectual capacity.

From the authors of Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom, this new book focuses on the practical implementation of Montessori teaching and assessment methods. The authors describe how reading research and Montessori's scientific pedagogy and language curriculum play out in actual classrooms through concrete examples of structured literacy instruction.

The text includes vignettes for each classroom level demonstrating the Montessori pedagogy in action, as well as alignment to research confirming the effectiveness of this holistic instructional approach.

Using the timeline of a typical school year as a framework, the book contains three primary sections: 1. Starting the School Year: Setting the Stage so Reading Improves for Every Student. 2. All School Year Long: Integrating Data, Progress Monitoring, and Instruction to Maximize Reading Success for All Students. 3. Wrapping up the School Year: Prioritizing, Keeping On, and Defining Next Steps. Each section contains an overview of current research and theory to inform assessments and literacy goals prioritized at these key points across the academic year.

Readers can use this book in teacher education programs, with students enrolled in Montessori training programs (infants, early childhood, elementary, secondary classrooms), and to inform state and local policymakers of Montessori education as an empirical solution and proven option for families to meet the needs of all children.

Chapters feature activities, assessments, and case studies adapted from diverse Montessori classrooms.

Paperback 168 pages 229 x 156 mm Publisher: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS Release Date: 05/2026 Discount: Academic & Professional ISBN: 9780807784112 AU RRP $80.99

Paperback 216 pages 229 x 156 mm Publisher: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS Release Date: 08/2025 Discount: Academic & Professional ISBN: 9780807786703 AU RRP $80.99

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MONTESSORI EDUCATION

Montessori and Early Childhood

Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom

A Guide for Students By Susan Feez

Aligning Reading Research and Practice By Susan Zoll, Natasha Feinberg, Laura Saylor, Foreword by Daniel Willingham, Trisha Thompson-Willingham

This book provides a complete overview of Montessori pedagogy and practice. It considers the Montessori approach within the context of early childhood education and care, and examines it in the light of new insights from the fields of neuroscience and child development.

Teaching reading successfully requires deep knowledge of the reading process and development, as well as the implementation of impactful reading instruction and differentiation. This book aligns Montessori didactic materials and pedagogy with current research on reading development.

By helping the reader understand the influence of Montessori on contemporary early years policy and practice, the book outlines ideas relevant to all early years settings and ways to apply these ideas in practice. The book looks in detail at the Montessori story, the child as worker and the adult as observer, developing independence, using the senses to build the foundations for learning, early communication and language, early mathematics, and cultural knowledge and understanding.

Readers will gain a solid overview of the Montessori philosophy related to reading, enabling them to support their practice in today's educational context while inspiring the wider field of education. The authors explain how the Montessori approach is inherently aligned with the Science of Reading in that they are both scientifically based and contain methods that follow a logical, systematic, and explicit progression of learning.

Within each chapter are definitions of the key concepts of the Montessori approach, questions for reflection and discussion, activities and suggestions for further reading. This book focuses on the 3 to 6 age range. Susan Feez is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

It aligns the Montessori curriculum to reading research, and demonstrates how to use Montessori methods to support multiculturalism and differentiation to meet the needs of diverse students. The book also includes suggested progressions of development, such as phonological awareness, that extend lessons using the Movable Alphabet. Explores multisensory approaches to language and literacy instruction.

Paperback 192 pages 242 x 170 mm

Paperback 144 pages 229 x 156 mm

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD Release Date: 10/2009 Discount: Text ISBN: 9781847875167

Publisher: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS Release Date: 04/2023 Discount: Academic & Professional ISBN: 9780807768389

AU RRP $120.00

AU RRP $78.99

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OUTDOOR TEACHING Children Learning Outside the Classroom 2/e

Outdoor Education 2/e

From Birth to Eleven

Publisher: HUMAN KINETICS

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Release Date: 07/2022

Release Date: 02/2017

By Ken Gilbertson, Alan Ewert, Pirkko Siklander, Timothy Bates

Methods and Strategies

Edited by Sue Waite

The new edition of this bestselling textbook helps students and professionals understand the importance of getting children learning outside the traditional classroom, and is packed full of ideas for teachers to incorporate outdoor activities throughout the school curriculum. Significantly updated, it includes 7 new chapters on: Methods of assessment and evaluation, Global perspectives on outdoor learning, Developing whole school approaches to indoor and outdoor teaching, Technology and its role outside the classroom, and Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

This text provides all the information and tools for teaching outdoor education. Future educators will learn how to create learning opportunities in outdoor environments, design effective lessons, and identify and use the methods that are best for the place and participants. Part 1 defines what outdoor education is and explores theories that support it. Part 2 guides the reader to understand the backgrounds and abilities of participants. Part 3 examines the uses of physical, cognitive, and affective methods for teaching, and includes sample lesson plans.

PAPERBACK 320 pages 242 x 170 mm

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ISBN: 9781473912274 Price: AU RRP $101.00 Discount: Text

ISBN: 9781492591221 Price: AU RRP $215.00 Discount: Academic & Professional

Learning with Nature Embedding Outdoor Practice

Teaching the Primary Curriculum Outdoors

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS

Release Date: 09/2015

Release Date: 06/2022

By Claire Warden

Edited by Learning Through Landscapes

This book centres on outstanding outdoor practice and how children can learn and develop in natural environments. Focusing on children aged 2-11, this book contains a selfevaluation toolkit for educators to reflect on where to develop, examples of practice from around the world, in various environments, including urban settings, and a chapter on assessment and planning to help ensure and demonstrate quality of provision. There are models for practice to suit every setting so that everyone can make outdoor learning part of the core teaching and learning objectives.

Research evidence shows that an outdoor learning environment can improve behaviour, engagement and active participation. So why keep learning in a classroom? We know the challenges teachers face and the barriers that get in the way. This book has three decades of experience supporting teachers with the everyday challenges of teaching outdoors. Through step by step guidance, it shows you that every curriculum subject in primary schools can be taught outdoors and how this not only improves the wellbeing and attainment of your class - it also brings joy to your teaching.

PAPERBACK 128 pages 297 x 210 mm

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ISBN: 9781446287460 Price: AU RRP $98.99 Discount: Text

ISBN: 9781529780444 Price: AU RRP $68.99 Discount: Text

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OUTDOOR TEACHING Taking Learning Outside

Independent Thinking on NatureBased Learning

How to Overcome Barriers and Embrace Nature-Based Early Childhood Education

Improving learning and well-being by teaching with nature in mind

Publisher: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS

Publisher: CROWN HOUSE PUBLISHING

Release Date: 01/2027

Release Date: 11/2022

By Rina Zampieron, Foreword by Rachel Larimore

By Alexia Barrable

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How can I incorporate nature-based learning with children aged 0-8, especially if my school is in an urban setting? This text provides a research-based framework to overcome logistical barriers and extend teaching into nature. Rina Zampieron, a seasoned naturalist and educator, addresses challenges directly. Instead of "adding on" extra activities, she shows how to weave nature into the core of your teaching. Co-published with Mass Audubon, the largest nature-based conservation organization in New England, this work combines academic rigor with handson, classroom-tested strategies.

At a time of unprecedented challenges in relation not only to the climate crisis but also to children’s and adolescents’ mental health, connecting to nature offers an accessible way forward for today’s learners – especially those living in urban surroundings. With evidence from psychology, environmental science, and education, this book supports teachers as they provide meaningful experiences rooted in learning about and through nature. Featuring case studies, it aims to inspire and stimulate educators to engage with alternative approaches to teaching in the outdoors.

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ISBN: 9780807784402 Price: AU RRP $80.99 Discount: Academic & Professional

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Forest School and Autism

Messy Maths

A Practical Guide Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS

A playful, outdoor approach for early years

Release Date: 06/2018

Publisher: INDEPENDENT THINKING PRESS Release Date: 09/2017

By Michael James

By Juliet Robertson

Forest School's innovative outdoor approach offers specific benefits to learners with autism, including increased social skills, raised self-esteem and improved sensory function. This guide raises autism awareness amongst practitioners by providing practical and easy-to-follow advice for adapting Forest School activities for those with autism. The guide gives advice on the social and sensory benefits, offers practical advice on safety and on how to set up a Forest School and finally presents specific activities to be incorporated into practitioners' routines.

In Messy Maths, Juliet Robertson offers a rich resource of ideas that will inspire you to tap into the endless supply of patterns, colours, and quantities of the outdoors and deepen children's understanding through hands-on experience. In the classroom, maths can seem disconnected from everyday reality, but real maths is really messy. Following on from the success of Dirty Teaching (9781781351079), Messy Maths reimagines the outdoor space through a mathematical lens, providing a treasure trove of suggestions that will empower you to blend outdoor learning into your teaching practice.

PAPERBACK 208 pages 216 x 159 mm

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ISBN: 9781785922916 Price: AU RRP $59.99 Discount: Academic & Professional

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STEM

15-Minute STEM

15-Minute STEM Book 2 2/e

Quick, creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5-11 year-olds By Emily Hunt

More quick, creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5-11-year-olds By Emily Hunt

Emily Hunt's 15-Minute STEM: Quick, creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5-11 year-olds offers an exciting collection of 40 tried-and-tested, easy-to-resource STEM activities designed to engage and inspire young learners.

Emily Hunt returns with another stimulating selection of 40 tried-and-tested, easy-to-resource STEM activities designed to engage and inspire young learners aged 5–11.

This innovative resource has been designed to reassure teachers and parents that they don't need to be experts to deliver highquality STEM education. Each of the 40 activities includes stepby-step instructions, takes just 15 minutes to complete and can be resourced from everyday materials found in the classroom or at home. With minimal preparation, teachers can slot these cross-curricular activities into a busy day. The activities make connections to real-world scenarios, helping children to understand how their learning is relevant to their future, and have been linked to conceptually similar STEMrelated careers, all of which are individually profiled in a glossary at the back of the book.

Just like its predecessor (9781785833359), this innovative resource has been designed to reassure teachers and parents that they don’t need to be experts to deliver high-quality STEM education. Each of the 40 activities includes step-by-step instructions, takes just 15 minutes to complete and can be resourced from everyday materials found in the classroom or at home.

The practical, problem-solving element of each activity offers a great way for children to develop important soft skills such as creativity, critical thinking and spatial awareness. Accompanying instructions are phrased in a way that encourages the children to lead the learning, allowing the supervising adult to take a facilitative approach, and opportunities for further investigation are provided in order to extend the tasks beyond 15 minutes.

Paperback 64 pages 297 x 210 mm Publisher: CROWN HOUSE PUBLISHING Release Date: 11/2018 Discount: Academic & Professional ISBN: 9781785833359 AU RRP $44.99

Paperback 72 pages 297 x 210 mm Publisher: CROWN HOUSE PUBLISHING Release Date: 03/2021 Discount: Trade International ISBN: 9781785835070 AU RRP $51.99

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STEM Engaging Young Engineers 2/e Teaching Problem-Solving Skills Through STEM By Angela K. Stone-MacDonald, Anne Douglass, Mary Lu Love, Kristen B. Wendell, Amanda Wiehe Lopes

BROOKES PUBLISHING CO

Boost young children's problem-solving skills and set them up for long-term success with the second edition of this practical guidebook! Enhanced with new lessons and timely topicsincluding equity and the use of makerspaces-this book will help you get all children ready for kindergarten by teaching them basic practices of engineering design and critical thinking skills. Practical materials include classroom-tested activities that incorporate children's books, self-reflection checklists, practical strategies and modifications, Early Childhood UDL Planning Sheets, and blank Experience Planning Templates.

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STEM in the Primary Curriculum By Helen Caldwell, Sue Pope

LEARNING MATTERS LTD

How can teachers harness the power of STEM education and learning in the primary curriculum? This book gives practical STEM ideas for the classroom and supports teachers to make the most of opportunities for rich STEM experiences across the primary curriculum. It explores the nature of STEM education and why it matters, highlights the opportunities for STEM learning across the curriculum, supports teachers to design and innovate engaging STEM learning experiences, and includes a chapter on STEM in the early years.

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Simplifying STEM [6-12] Four Equitable Practices to Inspire Meaningful Learning By Christa Jackson, Kristin L. Cook, Sarah B. Bush, Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Cathrine Maiorca, Oliver Roberts

CORWIN PRESS INC.

Start, focus, or extend your integrated STEM education journey with an authentic interdisciplinary perspective! This practical guidebook is designed to help educators create integrated STEM learning experiences that are inclusive for all students and allows them to experience STEM as scientists, innovators, mathematicians, creators, engineers, and technology experts! Addressing the STEM status quo and promoting inclusiveness in STEM fields, the authors center their work around the EquityOriented Conceptual Framework for STEM Literacy, which provides high-quality integrated strategies to connect students' lived experiences to STEM learning.

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256 pages 04/2024 279 x 216 9781681257495 A $102.00

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ROSA EXPLORES SERIES Rosa Explores the Water Cycle

Rosa Explores Life Cycles

Publisher: CHILD'S PLAY

Release Date: 06/2022

By Jessica Spanyol

Publisher: CHILD'S PLAY

By Jessica Spanyol

Rosa's group of friends want to learn all about the water cycle! The book covers water's journey as it moves around the Earth in all its different states. It provides plenty of examples for ways children can practice purposeful writing, as well as inspiring a lifelong interest in STEM subjects.

Rosa's group of friends want to learn all about life cycles! The book covers the stages of life an organism goes through. It provides plenty of examples for ways children can practice purposeful writing, as well as inspiring a lifelong interest in STEM subjects.

HARDBACK 20 pages 203 x 203 mm

ISBN: 9781786286291 Price: AU RRP $15.50

ISBN: 9781786286307 Price: AU RRP $15.50

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Rosa's Big Bird Feeder Experiment Publisher: CHILD'S PLAY

Rosa's Big Shadow Puppet Experiment

Release Date: 01/2023

Publisher: CHILD'S PLAY Release Date: 01/2023

By Jessica Spanyol

Rosa and friends return! A simple story in each book shows this diverse group of children making exciting discoveries about their world. Ideal for STEM enrichment.

Rosa's group of friends want to learn all about shadows! The book covers how light travels, experiments with light, and translucent and transparent objects. It provides plenty of examples for ways children can practice purposeful writing, as well as inspiring a lifelong interest in STEM subjects.

HARDBACK 0 pages 203 x 203 mm

ISBN: 9781786286314 Price: AU RRP $14.95

ISBN: 9781786286321 Price: AU RRP $14.95

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ROSA EXPLORES SERIES Rosa's Big Bridge Experiment

Rosa's Big Pizza Experiment

Publisher: CHILD'S PLAY

Release Date: 01/2021

By Jessica Spanyol, Illustrated by Jessica Spanyol

What is a bridge? Rosa and her friends investigate, using critical thinking and the objects found on the beach around them. There are many kinds of bridges, but not all of the ones they make are sturdy! Can they apply what they have learned when Rosa's pet dog finds himself stranded?

Follow Rosa and her friends as they prepare pizzas! Each step involves using a skill, from measuring to observation. The activity involves lots of sensory experiences and can inspire readers to make their own pizza!

HARDBACK 18 pages 203 x 203 mm

ISBN: 9781786283627 Price: AU RRP $14.95

ISBN: 9781786283610 Price: AU RRP $14.95

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Rosa's Big Boat Experiment

Rosa's Big Sunflower Experiment

Publisher: CHILD'S PLAY

Release Date: 01/2021

By Jessica Spanyol, Illustrated by Jessica Spanyol

Rosa and her friends want to build boats! But how will they keep them from sinking? Through observation, trial and error, the group of children learn about density. They predict outcomes and make notes about whether they were right! After they have finished experimenting, they use what they have learned to have an exciting boat race!

Rosa's group of friends want to learn all about growing their own sunflowers! The book covers each step, from planting the seed to examining the minibeasts the fully-grown flowers attract. It provides plenty of examples for ways children can practice purposeful writing, as well as inspiring a lifelong interest in STEM subjects.

HARDBACK 18 pages 203 x 203 mm

ISBN: 9781786283634 Price: AU RRP $14.95

ISBN: 9781786283641 Price: AU RRP $14.95

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STEAM Science, Tech, Engineering, Art and Maths From STEM to STEAM 2/e Brain-Compatible Strategies and Lessons That Integrate the Arts By David A. Sousa, Thomas J. Pilecki

CORWIN PRESS INC. Text PAPERBACK

Teachers and administrators in all of the schools the authors have worked with since the first edition have recognized that integrating the arts in STEM courses can awaken their own and their students' creativity. Starting with a synopsis of the importance of and possibilities with incorporating the arts into Science/Technology/Engineering/Math initiatives, the book also describes how to make a STEAM initiative successful. The lesson plans provided can be used in all grades.

264 pages 02/2018 279 x 215 9781506322452 A $86.99

Playful STEAM Learning in the Early Years An Educator's Guide to Screen-Free Explorations By Amanda Sullivan, Amanda Strawhacker, Series edited by Nancy File, Christopher P. Brown, Foreword by Merredith Portsmore

TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS

Research has shown that STEM can lead to many benefits, such as improving children's number sense, problem-solving skills, and sequencing ability. Unfortunately, the costs of STEM technologies can be a barrier for many early childhood educators. Additionally, many tools are not playful or developmentally appropriate for young learners and can be less inclusive of students who have been historically excluded from STEM. This book addresses these barriers by demonstrating how to leverage an interdisciplinary STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) approach to pique the curiosity of young students through play-based learning.

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50 Strategies for Teaching STEAM Skills By Kara Ball

SHELL EDUCATION

Give students concrete opportunities to practice STEAM skills! This teacher resource includes easy-to-use classroom strategies and activities for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. This teacher book provides 50 strategies to support STEAM instruction and build 21st-century skills such as collaboration, handling failure, problem-solving, communication, and creativity. With ten strategies per essential STEAM skill, the activities utilize accessible everyday materials, which makes them perfect for any classroom setting. The book also includes student activity pages, instruction sheets, and ideas for variation at every grade level.

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EARLY LEARNING Movement:Your Child's First Language How music and movement assist brain development in children aged 3-7 years By Sally Goddard Blythe, By (artist) Michael Lazarev Movement: Your Child's First Language comes with 2 CDs and is a collection of songs, action nursery rhymes and stories that assist child development through movement. Sally Goddard Blythe explains why movement matters for brain development, attention, co-ordination and balance. She also describes the neonatal reflexes and how healthy early years movement transforms such reflexes. Michael Lazarev's songs help develop co-ordination and language skills. This book is an essential resource for parents, teachers and early years educators, health visitors, paediatricians, special needs teachers, and educational psychologists.

The Early Years Matter 2/e Education, Care, and the Well-Being of Children, Birth to 8 By Marilou Hyson, Heather Tomlinson, Foreword by Marty Zazlow How can early childhood educators navigate the evolving challenges of care and education in today's world? This revised second edition provides an evidence-based, optimistic roadmap for navigating the complexities of modern early childhood care and education. It summarizes up-to-date research on the value of high-quality services for young children and families, offering practical tools for reflection and action. As the field faces seismic shifts, this new edition addresses the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of childhood anxiety and trauma, immigrant children's safety and security, and the importance of equity in all areas of child and family life.

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Diversity and Inclusion in Early Childhood 2/e An Introduction By Chandrika Devarakonda

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Covering a range of concepts and taking a broad perspective of what inclusion entails, this book offers an overview of current research, policy, and practice in diversity and inclusion in the early years. With case studies and activities designed to help students relate to diverse situations, the author discusses topics ranging from race, gender, and culture, to SEND and traveller children. This updated edition contains a new chapters on Intersectionality, Poverty & Inclusion, and Medical Needs & Inclusion. It includes revised references to policy and legislation and updated content throughout to fit contemporary contexts.

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EARLY LEARNING The Early Years Foundation Stage 5/e Theory and Practice Edited by Ioanna Palaiologou

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

This text helps students develop an understanding of the EYFS curriculum, encouraging a critical view of the theory and policy behind it to strengthen their practice. Fully updated to cover revised EYFS, Development Matters, and policy shifts in the sector, it features new chapters including the Rights of the Child, new content on diversity and inclusion, new and updated case studies, including international cases, and additions on children's mental health and working with children postpandemic. This market-leading textbook is an essential guide for students, helping them to develop an understanding of the EYFS curriculum, and encouraging a critical view of the theory and policy behind it to strengthen their practice.

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Building the Young Reader's Brain, Birth Through Age 8 3/e By Pamela A. Nevills

CORWIN PRESS INC.

In this updated text, you will learn how to develop children's capacity and will to read. Each chapter is practical, eye-opening, and exactly what you need to engage young learners, plan lessons, partner with parents, and align your PreK-3 classrooms to the science of learning and the science of reading. Gain the latest insights on brain development from birth to age eight, plus the skills to nourish it; learn what the latest neuroscientific research now says about oral language acquisition; and why vocabulary building must happen concurrently with phonological processing, decoding, fluency, and writing.

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As We Begin: Dispositions of Mind, Learning, and the Brain in Early Childhood By Tia Henteleff

JOHN CATT EDUCATIONAL LTD

As We Begin offers a scholarly yet energizing perspective on the beautiful complexity of teaching and learning during a child's foundational years. Henteleff brings together insights from big thinkers in education alongside research from Mind, Brain, and Education, and her own experiences in the classroom to explore the important role of early childhood educators and education. Explaining and applying important concepts from the science of teaching and learning in classroom terms, she examines the role of play, literacy, numeracy, creativity, and imagination as integrated and essential components of developing a child's intellectual curiosity.

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EARLY LEARNING Self-Regulation in the Early Years By Sue Robson, Antonia Zachariou

LEARNING MATTERS LTD

This book supports students to understand self-regulation in the early years. It explores what self-regulation is and includes evidence from cognitive, developmental and behavioural psychology and neuroscience. It asks why self-regulation is so central for children and why it is so important for practitioners to support and develop it in young children. The book explores how self-regulation underpins much of children's development, including social, emotional and cognitive development. Key contexts for self-regulation, in particular aspects such as play and talk, are covered.

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The Power of Risky Play in the Early Years By Zoe Sills, Sarah Watkins

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Now, more than ever, children need to develop autonomy and decision-making skills and we should be supporting this child-led learning in the Early Years, not limiting it. Too often in Early Years settings, opportunities for learning through risky play are missed. In this book, Zoe Sills and Sarah Watkins support you to overcome the barriers to embedding and allowing space for risky play in your setting. Get to know the value of Risky Play, create a learning environment that encourages and supports Risky Play, feel confident to allow the time and space for Risky Play, and develop a better understanding of risk and learning.

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Creativity in the Early Years Engaging Children Aged 0-5 By Simon Taylor

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

This book offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the subject and practise of creativity in early years education. Taylor takes a uniquely rights-based and inclusive approach to creativity, providing students with a holistic, internationallyminded overview of creativity and its place both inside and outside the classroom. Sections focus on defining creativity and its benefits, different modes of creativity, creativity in a policy and social context, creative pedagogy in practice, and creative leadership. Each chapter offers questions for critical reflection, illustrative contemporary case studies, and ample suggestions for further reading.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Books are NOT just for Bedtime

Our Incredible Library Book (and the wonderful journeys it took)

By Eleanor Pearson, Illustrated by Angela Perrini

By Caroline Crowe, Illustrated by John Joseph

Books are for buses. Books are for cafes. Books are great companions no matter where you are. One thing’s for sure … books are not just for bedtime! Where will you read this book?

"Welcome to the library... A room packed with stories from ceiling to floor, Shelves of adventures for you to explore. But each book has two stories -- the tale the words tell, And the tale of the journey it's been on as well."

Primary school teacher Eleanor Pearson shows us how books are meant to be enjoyed anywhere, with lively illustrations by Angela Perrini. Hardback 28 pages 275 x 240 mm Publisher: LITTLE STEPS PUBLISHING Release Date: 03/2024 Discount: Trade Australian ISBN: 9781922833518 Illustrations: COLOUR THROUGHOUT AU RRP $26.95

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This is the story of one incredible library book and all the children who've borrowed it. Each time it returns to the library it's a little more worn, but a lot more loved. For every rip, scribble or stain there's a child who has found adventure or escape, comfort or excitement in its pages. That's the magic of a library book! Hardback 32 pages 270 x 250 mm Publisher: FLORIS BOOKS Release Date: 12/2022 Discount: Trade International ISBN: 9781782507413 Illustrations: COLOUR SECTION(S) AU RRP $35.99

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS The Nowhere Emporium By Ross MacKenzie

FLORIS BOOKS

Ross MacKenzie's beloved, Blue Peter award-winning fantasy adventure has been capturing young readers' imaginations for over a decade! Now loyal fans and new readers alike can explore the magical Emporium in this stunning new hardback edition, illustrated by Mariano Epelbaum. When the Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. The 'shop from nowhere' and its owner, Mr Silver, draw Daniel into a breathtaking world of magic. But when Mr Silver disappears, and a shadow from the past threatens everything, the Emporium and all its wonders begin to crumble.

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Croc Candy The true story of rising star Angus Copelin-Walters By Claire Thompson, Illustrated by Deborah Brown NSW

WOODSLANE PRESS

Croc-loving Angus struggles with reading and writing, but when he is struck by a whizz-bang croc-snapper of an idea, he learns to overcome his fears, and help others along the way! This is the true story of a rising star, Angus Copelin-Walters. Find out more at www.croccandy.com..

32 pages

Trade International 264 pages 01/2027 B&W Throughout 216 x 148 9781835750124 A $39.99

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All Our Families Are Awesome FLORIS BOOKS By Charlotte Belliere, Illustrated by Ian de Haes, Translated by Katy Trade International Lockwood-Holmes HARDBACK When it's time to play Families, the children discover not every 40 pages family is like theirs. They share what their families look like: playing with siblings, or having toys to themselves; families with 12/2025 two working mums or those with a dad and no mum; children who live with their grandparents or stepsiblings, and more. The children are full of questions -- Do you miss your mum? Why don't you look like your parents? -- and accepting of the answers. Because their families aren't all the same, but they are all awesome! In this inclusive picture book young readers are offered a frank, funny and childlike perspective on diverse family structures, showing that there are many ways to be a family.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Big Mountain, Little Emu By Emma Stuart According to many stories from the Dreaming, emus are more than just birds. They represent creator spirits that fly through the sky above. These incredible birds help First Nations peoples predict what is happening in the world around them.

Evie's Spare Love By Bec Nanayakkara, Illustrated by Kristen Willis Evie loved her goat, Scout, and without him, her love has nowhere to go. The love stays in her heart and aches every time she remembers. Determined to stop the ache, Evie decides to give her love away. So Evie sets to work and, as she shares her spare love with others, she finds joy in all kinds of unexpected places. A heartwarming story about loss, healing and the power of community, it demonstrates how looking outward and showing kindness to others can open doors to friendship, love and support. Hardback 32 pages 254 x 203 mm Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS Release Date: 08/2026 Discount: Trade Australian

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This is a dreamy educational story of the wonders of Gariwerd’s Big Mountain, her animals and birds, and the Emu in the Sky constellation that isnt a collection of stars but actually made up of dark areas in the sky that are outlined by light. To see it, start by looking at the Southern Cross for the emus head. From there, you will be able to trace the emus neck, body and legs between the dust lanes of the Milky Way. Hardback 32 pages 280 x 216 mm Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS Release Date: 09/2026 Discount: Trade Australian ISBN: 9781923350298 Illustrations: COLOUR THROUGHOUT AU RRP $27.99

ISBN: 9781923350182 Illustrations: COLOUR THROUGHOUT AU RRP $27.99

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS Belong

Alishba the Great

Publisher: LITTLE STEPS PUBLISHING

Publisher: WOODSLANE PRESS

Release Date: 05/2026

By Faeza Samnakay, Illustrated by Sam B

Release Date: 06/2026

By Erika Halim, Illustrated by Felix Saw

ACT

"She couldn't hold back the tears she cried, But with each drop, her fears did subside. For three longs days and three dark nights, She poured out her heart, releasing frights." Belong is a lyrical tale of a timid cloud swept into the unknown, discovering courage, connection and the place she truly belongs. Beautifully illustrated, this uplifting story celebrates resilience, purpose and the magic of finding your way.

Alishba was born and schooled in a land far away. A land of antelopes, elephants and passionfruit vines. Alishba’s parents and brothers bestow on her the gifts of Courage, Care, Determination and Dare, which she passes on to her baby sister. Together they become kind, brave, bold and rare, just like the splendid capes they wear. Written in the form of a traditional folktale, the story portrays Faeza Samnakay’s Pakistani/Indian heritage and her early life growing up in Uganda. Samnakay is an Inclusive Educator with 20 years of experience. Sam B is an Australian digital artist from Canberra.

HARDBACK 28 pages 260 x 260 mm

HARDBACK 32 pages 216 x 280 mm

ISBN: 9781923306608 Price: AU RRP $26.95

ISBN: 9781923350113 Price: AU RRP $27.99

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Hey Awesome

Hey Warrior

A book about anxiety, courage, and being already awesome

A book for kids about anxiety

Publisher: HEY SIGMUND

Release Date: 01/2017

Release Date: 10/2020

By Karen Young QLD

Publisher: HEY SIGMUND

By Karen Young QLD

If kids with anxiety could see themselves the way we see them, they would feel so much bigger than their anxiety. They would feel so much bigger than everything. ‘Hey Awesome’ explains how the same brain that can make them feel anxious sometimes, also comes with amazing strengths. It also includes powerful tips for children on how they can manage their anxiety. First we let them know how awesome they are, then we give them what they need to feel it for themselves.

A book for kids ages 5-12 (and up) about anxiety. Kids can do amazing things with the right information. Understanding why anxiety feels the way it does and where the physical symptoms come from is a powerful step in turning anxiety around. Anxiety explained, kids empowered.

HARDBACK 36 pages 270 x 210 mm

HARDBACK 32 pages 270 x 210 mm

ISBN: 9780648488828 Price: AU RRP $26.99

ISBN: 9780648488804 Price: AU RRP $26.99

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS A Year in Our New Garden 2/e By Gerda Muller

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Anna and Benjamin's family have just moved to a new house and can't wait to turn their messy grass into a beautiful garden, but first they must plan, plant and learn how to care for it. With the help of their neighbour Louis, the children grow beautiful flowers and tasty vegetables and discover the amazing wildlife living in their new garden. As the seasons change, Anna and Benjamin learn about all the wonderful things you can do in a garden: planting, harvesting, playing, enjoying picnics and spotting insects. Alongside the charming story, A Year in Our New Garden also gives real gardening tips accompanied by beautifully detailed illustrations.

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How Does My Garden Grow? 2/e By Gerda Muller

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Sophie lives in the city, and her vegetables come from the supermarket. Then she goes to visit her grandparents in the countryside -- and soon discovers how much there is to learn about how things grow! Sophie helps her grandfather through the different seasons, finding out about mulching onions, weeding, bees, catching beetles, picking, and composting. When winter comes, Sophie has to go home -- but her grandfather has one last surprise for her. This is a wonderful book for children to learn about vegetable gardening. Gerda Mullers characterful illustrations accurately depict the garden and its plants through spring, summer, autumn and winter.

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I Will Swim Next Time By Emily Joof, Illustrated by Matilda Ruta

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A child's first encounter with the sea leaves them feeling small and scared. When the family visits a lake and a river, the child's fear of water gradually starts to ebb as curiosity begins to flow. But playing in the water still doesn't feel right. Mama says there is no rush to try swimming, and that the water will wait. Maybe next time? This gentle story about taking your time and listening to yourself is now available in paperback for the first time. Lyrical words from Emily Joof remind us that its okay for progress to be gradual, while bold and dynamic illustrations from Matilda Ruta bring the journey to life with warmth and vibrancy.

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40 pages 02/2021 Colour Throughout 275 x 295 9781782507291 A $35.99

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

The Blanket

My Grandma the Chameleon

By Marie Dorleans, Translated by Katy Lockwood-Holmes

By Maria Loefgren, Translated by Polly Lawson

Tommy is afraid of everything. He is afraid of wind, rain, cats, dogs, dragonflies, loud laughs... All of it. One stormy night, Tommy wraps himself in a big red blanket and discovers that inside his knitted shield, he doesn't feel so afraid anymore. So, he wears his blanket everywhere. He wears it at home, in the car, at school, in the playground... Everywhere. Tommy starts to try new things, confident that nothing can hurt him. But his woolly armour has created a new barrier between himself and the world around him. Can he find a way to let go of his blanket and start living fully? Quirky imagination and gentle humour weave their way through both the words and illustrations in this distinctive picture book about dealing with anxiety and learning to step outside our comfort zone. From the creator of New York Times-acclaimed picture book The Night Walk.

Grandma loves to play hide and seek, and she's very good at not being seen, just like her pet chameleons. Ari loves searching for Grandma while exploring her fascinating house. Could Grandma be hiding among the surprising outfits in her closet, or the curious objects in her study? Or is she in the junk room among the exotic souvenirs from her adventures? Eagle-eyed young readers will spot Grandma peeking out from clever hiding places. They can also look for the ten colourful chameleons hiding throughout this quirky and characterful picture book. My Grandma the Chameleon is a fun celebration of curiosity, discovery and the special relationship between a grandparent and grandchild. Each page is packed with funny and intriguing details giving readers clues about Grandma's exciting life.

Hardback 36 pages 285 x 218 mm Publisher: FLORIS BOOKS Release Date: 06/2026 Discount: Trade International ISBN: 9781782509790 Illustrations: COLOUR SECTION(S)

Hardback 32 pages 280 x 215 mm Publisher: FLORIS BOOKS Release Date: 12/2025 Discount: Trade International ISBN: 9781782509547 Illustrations: COLOUR SECTION(S) AU RRP $39.99

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS My Home Is in My Backpack By Eugenia Perrella, Illustrated by Angela Salerno

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Clara knew that one day her family would have to leave. At dawn they join the caravan of people snaking over the hills. Every day they walk a long way. At night they make a village of tents and Clara visits her new friends to hear about their special homes. For Clara, home is drawing, Mama and Papa, her brother Pedro and Almond the dog. One night, Clara wishes on a shooting star that their long journey will come to an end. This poignant but hopeful view of forced migration and displacement is inspired by real-life refugee stories from Venezuela. Eugenia Perrellas lyrical text and Angela Salernos illustrations gently offer children a glimpse of this important subject, encouraging empathy and understanding.

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We Can Play Anything! By Marit Toernqvist

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"Do you want to play at my house? You can stay and play all day. We can play anything!" Maybe the friends will bake cookie animals that roar and quack, be butterflies fluttering in the wind, count rainbow birds, sleep in an animal hotel or put on a show -- together they can play everything! This vibrant and beautifully simple story from multi-award-winning authorillustrator Marit Tornqvist celebrates the extraordinary imaginations of young children and reinforces the value of play.

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The Slightly Spooky Tale of Fox and Mole By Cecilia Heikkilae, Translated by Polly Lawson

FLORIS BOOKS

Fox and Mole live alone on a headland, in two houses, side by side. Mole is carefree and self-centred. Fox is responsible and self-sacrificing. As autumn draws in, the friends read a spooky story together (that Mole keeps interrupting) about a scuffling monster while Mole eats Fox's cookies (all of them). Fox's anger with Mole's lack of consideration builds, and when Mole forgets Fox's birthday, Fox too begins to transform... Can Mole recognise what's wrong and fix things before it's too late? This humorously hair-raising gothic tale, told in four chapters, is perfect for older picture book lovers to curl up with on long, dark evenings.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS Something Happened to Our Planet Kids Tackle the Climate Crisis By Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Illustrated by Bhagya Madanasinghe Join the Earth Patrol! Written to help parents to begin conversations with their children about a challenging and important topic, Something Happened to Our Planet describes the narrator's efforts to help the planet, with her friends, by advocating for re-usable plates at her school. This book will inspire kids to make a difference in their own schools and communities. Includes a Reader's Note with more information about the impact of climate change, child-friendly definitions, sample dialogues, and guidance for discussing climate change with children. This book is printed with vegetable-based inks on responsibly sourced paper.

MAGINATION PRESS Trade International HARDBACK 40 pages 06/2023 254 x 203 9781433840722 A $40.99

The Paper Bridge FLORIS BOOKS By Joelle Veyrenc, Illustrated by Seng Soun Ratanavanh, Translated Trade International by Polly Lawson HARDBACK Anya lives in a paper village, where the people are paper-light 28 pages and put stones in their pockets to avoid being blown away by the late summer winds. The windy season has long past when 12/2024 Anya is knocked over by a great gust. What is causing the strange weather? Determined Anya has a plan to find out, but what will she find on the other side of the mountain? Told through beautifully crafted kirigami scenes, Seng Soun Ratanavanh created a real paper world for debut author Joëlle Veyrenc's wonderfully imagined story. This unique, modern fairy tale explores distrust of the unknown and the challenge of living through climate change.

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The Polar Bear Day By Jihee Park

FLORIS BOOKS

A young boy opens his door to find a surprising visitor: a playful polar bear! Boy and bear spend the day together -- dancing, sneaking snacks and hiding from mum -- until, too soon, it's time for the polar bear to return home. But the boy's ordinary day has been transformed by an unexpected new friend who has helped him see the world in new way. This is a striking, wordless picture book with characterful illustrations painted onto old cardboard boxes, turning rubbish into something beautiful. Park Jihee's unique artwork will captivate readers while also conveying a gentle message about the importance of caring for our endangered environment.

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