Picture books

• Armstrong, S (2002) If the World Were a Village,NSW: Allen & Unwin
• Baker, J. (1992) Window, London: Random House Children’s Books.
• Baker, J (2004) Belonging, London: Walker Books
• Base, G. (2006) Uno’s garden, Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin Group.
• Child, L. (2008) Look after your planet, London: Puffin.
• Cheng, C. (1997) One child, Flinders Park, South Australia: ERA Publications.
• Cook, J and Crosby-Fairall, M ( 2011) My Little World, South Australia: Omnibus Books
• French, J. (2010) The Tomorrow Book, Australia : HarperCollins Publishers
• Howes, J. and Harvey, R. (1998) Islands in my garden, Port Melbourne: Roland Harvey Books.
• Mathews, P. (2009) Something About Water, Australia: Scholastic
• Metzger, S. (2007) We’re going on a nature hunt, New York: Scholastic Inc.
• Morgan, S., Kwaymullina, E. and Bancroft, B. (2009) Sam’s bush journey, Surry Hills, N.S.W. : Little Hare Books.
• Oktober, T. (1991) Bush song, Rydalmere, NSW: Hodder and Stoughton.
• Randall, B. and Hogan, M. (2008) Nyuntu ninti (what you should know), Sydney : ABC Books.
• Seuss, Dr. (1971) The Lorax, London: Collins
• Silverstein, S. (1964) The Giving Tree, London : Snake Eye Music
• Strauss, R. (2007) One well: The story of water on Earth, Sydney: ABC Books..
• Toft, K.M. (2005) The world that we want, St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
• Tonkin, R. (2006) Leaf litter: Exploring the mysteries of a hidden world, Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins.
• Wheatley, N. and Searle, K. (2007) Going bush, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• Wheatley, N. and Rawlins, D. (1987) My place, Melbourne: Collins Dove.
• Wheatley, N. (2011) Playground, NSW: Allen & Unwin
• Zed, B. (1997) Mr Green’s garden, Flinders Park, South Australia: Era Publications.

 

Reference texts

• Atkinson, L. (1993) Life in a Rotten Log, St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin
• Bone, E. and Pratt, L. (2009) Recycling things to make and do, London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.
• Crook, S and Farmer, B (2004) Just Imagine: Creative Play Experiences for Children under Six , Australia; Tertiary press
• Crook, S. (2004) Just Improvise! Innovative Play ideas for children under 8, Australia: Tertiary Press
• Long, J. (1957) The Big Picture Book of Environments, NSW: Allen & Unwin
• Queensland Museum. (2007) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane
• Young, T. and Elliot, S. (2003) Just discover! Connecting young children with the natural world, Croydon, Victoria: Tertiary Press.

 

Storythread

• Egan, K. (1988) Teaching as storytelling, London: Routledge.
• Pullenvale Storythread Approach – www.storythread.eq.edu.au
• Tooth, R. and Gulikers, S. (2006) The Pullenvale storythread: Education for sustainability
through arts based inquiry learning, Pullenvale, QLD: Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre.

 

Environmental Education

• Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative – www.deh.gov.au/aussi
• Broda, H.W. (2007) Schoolyard-enhanced learning: Using the outdoors as an instructional tool, K-8, Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.
• Children and Nature Network – www.childrenandnature.org
• CitySmart, Brisbane City Council – greenheartcitysmart.com
• Kids’ Place Maps – www.kidsplacemaps.wa.edu.au
• Littledyke, M., Taylor, N. and Eames, C. (eds) (2009) Education for sustainability in primary curriculum: A guide for teachers, South Yarra, Victoria: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Louv, R. (2008) Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature deficit disorder, 2nd edition, Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
• Special forever: An environmental communications project – specialforever.org.au
• Thomashow, M. (1996) Ecological identity, Cambridge: MIT Press.

 

Drama in the Classroom

• Cusworth, R.A. and Simons, J. (1997) Beyond the script: Drama in the classroom, Marrickville, NSW: Primary English Teaching Association.
• Ewing, R.A. and Simons, J. (2004) Beyond the script: Take 2: Drama in the classroom, Newtown, NSW: Primary English Teaching Association.
• Neelands, J. (2000) Structuring drama work: A handbook of available forms in theatre and drama, 2nd edition, Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press.
• O’Toole, J. and Dunn, J. (2002) Pretending to learn: Helping children learn through drama, Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education.

 

Thinking Tools

• Wilson, J. and Wing, J. (2008) Smart thinking: Developing reflection and metacognition, Carlton, South Victoria: Curriculum Corporation.
• The Thinking Toolbox CD – www.tmela.com.au

 

Websites

• Atlas of Living Australia – ala.org.au
• ABC – http://www.abc.net.au/science/
• Australian Native Plant Societyhttp://anpsa.org.au/
• Brisbane Catchments network – www.brisbanecatchments.net.au
• CSIRO – http://www.csiro.au/en/Portals/Education.aspx
• Gould League Environmental Education – http://www.gould.edu.au/
• Land Art for Kids – http://landartforkids.com/
• Planet Ark – www.planetark.org.au