NAIDOC Week Kids Fiction

Kids Fiction celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Updated July 8, 2024
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The Broken Rainbow
Walton, Tasma.
Paper Book
Guardians
Gould, Jordan
Paper Book
Meet Wylah: warrior, hero and friend. Her adventures have been 40,000 years in the making!
Custodians
Gould, Jordan
Paper Book
Full of heart-stopping adventure, starring a hero for the ages and her mega-funny megafauna friends, this best selling series is a total delight.
Protectors
Gould, Jordan.
Paper Book
A heart-stopping adventure, starring a hero for the ages and her mega-funny megafauna friends - this best-selling series is a kid favourite.
Maku
Wyatt, Meyne
Paper Book
OUR STORIES is a funny, relatable and engaging new early-chapter book series that celebrates Australia's multicultural society with authors and illustrators from a diverse range of backgrounds. Maku loves watching movies - it's his favourite thing in the world to do. He especially loves the ones...
Little Ash. Friendship fix-it!
McGaughey, Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash can't wait to play tennis with the big kids at school today! But when...
Perfect match!
McGaughey, Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash loves to play sport. She's tried karate, softball, netball and gymnastics....
Little Ash. Tennis rush!
McGaughey Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. It's the day of the tennis tournament and Ash is so excited to compete! But...
Little Ash. Goal getter!
McGaughey, Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash loves playing sport, but when she loses the lunchtime touch footy match,...
Party problem!
McGaughey, Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash and James have been invited to their friend's birthday. It's a fancy-dress...
Lost luck!
McGaughey, Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash has a fun hockey game coming up, but on the day of the match she wakes up...
Sports carnival!
McGaughey, Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash LOVES tennis. So when it's the school sports carnival, Ash wishes she was...
Puppy playtime!
McGaughey, Jasmin
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash is so excited to get a NEW PUPPY! He is full of energy and ready to play, but...
Little Ash Sleepover Surprise!
Barty, Ash.
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. It's time for a SLEEPOVER! Ash is so excited to watch a movie and eat popcorn...
Little ash big break!
Barty, Ash.
Paper Book
Australian tennis superstar Ash Barty teams up with Jasmin McGaughey and Jade Goodwin to bring young readers this fun and exciting new illustrated series about school, sport, friendship and family. Ash can't WAIT for family beach day. All the cousins play beachside tennis,...
Ubby's underdogs. 3, Return of the dragons
McKenna, Brenton E.
Paper Book
It is the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still recovering from WWII. Ubby, a smart, street-wise Aboriginal girl, is the leader of a small rag-tag gang known as the 'Underdogs.' Ubby's Underdogs: Return of the Dragons (Book 3) is storytelling on a...
Ubby's underdogs. [Volume 1], The legend of the Phoenix dragon
McKenna, Brenton E.
Paper Book
Set in the 1940s when the pearling town of Broome is recovering from World War II, The Legend of the Phoenix Dragon is an epic tale that follows the heroics of Ubby, a street-wise Aboriginal girl and the leader of a rag-tag gang known as the 'Underdogs'. When Ubby recruits Sai Fong, a Chinese girl...
Heroes beginnings
McKenna, Brenton E.
Paper Book
It's the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still recovering from WWII. Ubby, a smart, street-wise Aboriginal girl, is the leader of a small rag-tag gang known as the 'Underdogs'. Ubby's Underdogs: Heroes Beginnings (Book 2) is storytelling on a...
Meet Poppy
Wang, Gabrielle.
Paper Book
Meet Poppy is the first story in a set of four about the amazing journey of a young Chinese Aboriginal girl, who lives on a Christian mission in 1864. It is a story of bravery and love, as Poppy sets out to chase her brother after he escapes from the Mission in search of freedom and a better life.
Wongutha tales : Bawoo stories & Badudu stories
O'Brien, May
Paper Book
Wongutha Tales represents stories of May's childhood - from traditional teaching stories to life at a mission.
Wombat, mudlark & other stories
Milroy, Helen
Paper Book
From a falling star to a lonely whale, an entertaining lizard to an enterprising penguin, these Indigenous stories are full of wonder, adventure and enduring friendships.
Bindi
Saunders, Kirli
Paper Book
*Winner of the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards: Children's Book Award* *Shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards 2021: 8 to 10 Years** *Shortlisted for the 2021...
Wurrtoo
Elisara, Tylissa.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 READINGS CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE Described as an Indigenous Blinky Bill meets Winnie the Pooh, this heartwarming and beautifully illustrated middle-grade novel from 2021 black&write! fellow Tylissa Elisara follows Wurrtoo the wombat on...
Silver leaves
Milroy, Gladys
Paper Book
Age range 6+ A beautiful story about conservation, working together and hope. Owl and Night Parrot are nocturnal. They have a lovely big tree well away from all the noisy birds ... until one day they...

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