CRAFT BOOKS

Schmidt, Dagmar and Freya Jaffke. Magic Wool: Creative Activities with Natural
Sheep’s Wool, Floris Books, 2000 ISBN-13: 978-0863153136
Activities with colorful, unspun sheep's wool offer a wide range of creative possibilities that will stimulate the creative imaginations of children and adults alike. The authors combine their craft and teaching talents and experience to show how to create beautiful figures and animals using a variety of techniques.


Stoffer, Ruth. Great Barrier Reef Coloring Book. Dover Publications,
ISBN-10: 0486456897
With a variety of life rivaled only by a tropical rain forest, Australia's Barrier Reef is the sea's grandest jewel. This collection offers incredible illustrations of a tiger shark, clown anemone fish, blue ringed octopus, harlequin sweetlips, razorfish, nudibranch, cuttlefish, regal angelfish, mandarin fish, and21 more.

Stull, Kathy, editor, et al. Hands On Crafts for Kids Around the World.
Hands on Crafts for Kids, 1998 ISBN-13: 978-1891514012
Projects for Australia include: Cave Painting, Pony Bead Crocodile, Boomerang, Koalas, Eucalyptus tree and wooly sheep. Book includes craft projects for 10 other countries. Some crafts may have to be simplified by substituting with less expensive items, but the ideas are great.

_____ Hands On Crafts Around the Earth. Hands on Crafts for Kids, 2000
ISBN-13: 978-1891514036
Travel to the habitats of the world and learn about their people, environment, products and wildlife through crafts. There are crafts for the Outback and the Coral Reefs. The book also includes crafts for 10 other habitats. Projects for the Outback include: Dilly Bag with Message Stick, Pocket Pals, Aboriginal Oil Pastel, Aboriginal Punched Bolo Tie and Crocodile Candles. Projects for the Coral Reefs include: Bleach Bottle Fish, Creeping Crab, Fish Spiral Mobile, Sea Anemone Bouquet and Clay Pot Sea Turtles. Some crafts may have to be simplified by substituting with less expensive items, but the ideas are great.



NON-FICTION
Arnold, Caroline. Australian Animals. Harper Collins, 2000
ISBN-13: 978-0688167660

_________. Uluru: Australia's Aboriginal Heart. Clarion Books, 2003
ISBN-13: 978-0618181810
__________. Walk on the Great Barrier Reef. Carolrhoda Books, 1998
ISBN-13: 978-0876142851
Banting, Erin. Australia the People (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures),
Crabtree Publishing Company, 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0778797128
Bartlett, Anne. The Aboriginal Peoples of Australia (First Peoples)
Lerner Publications, 2001 ISBN-13: 978-0822548546
Davis, Kevin. Look What Came From Australia. Franklin Watts, 2000
ISBN-13: 978-0531164334
Gordon, Sharon. Australia. Benchmark Books, 2005, ISBN-10: 0761417915
Griffiths, Diana. Australia (Festivals of the World). Gareth Stevens, 1999
ISBN-10: 0836820215
Heiman, Sarah. Australia ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Australia. Picture Window Books, 2003 ISBN-13: 978-1404803503
Heinrichs, Ann. Australia. Children’s Press, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0516248738
_______. My Farm. Houghton Mifflin, 1999 ISBN-13: 978-0395977217
McCollum, Sean. Australia. Lerner, 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0822571261
Peterson, David. Australia (True Books, Continents). Children’s Press, 1998
ISBN-13: 978-0516263724
Richardson, Adele. Australia. Creative Education, 2007,
ISBN-13: 978-1583414439
Vierow, Wendy. Australia. Power Kids Press, 2004, ISBN-10: 0823966909

STORIES FROM AUSTRALIA

Burns, Dal. The Kookaburra and Other Stories. Publish America, 2007
ISBN-13: 978-1424117703
Germein, Katrina. Big Rain Coming. Clarion Books, 2000
ISBN-13: 978-0618083442
Lester, Alison. Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo. Houghton Mifflin, 2001
ISBN-13: 978-0618104420
Wolkstein, Diane. Sun Mother Wakes the World: An Australian Creation Story.
HarperCollins, 2004 ISBN-13: 978-0688139155

VIDEOS ABOUT AUSTRALIA

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The Australia Series
A series of 4 documentaries that offers in-depth studies on the geography, history, culture, and wildlife of the island-continent, Australia; also informative perspectives on significant contemporary issues are addressed. Titles include: Australia: the Big Picture, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: One Beautiful Day, Australia: They “Shoot” Crocodiles, Don’t They? and Jabiluka – Aboriginal Swindle (Australian Uranium Mining)
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