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Walker Books is bringing the best of children’s publishing to Australia and New Zealand!

Walker Books Australia has been bringing the best of children’s publishing to Australian children for over 20 years and is recognised as a market leader in quality children’s books, publishing award-winning authors and illustrators. The company is dedicated to publishing books of unwavering quality for children and young adults to read and treasure. Equally, Walker Books Australia is passionate ab

out the Australian Children’s book industry and renowned as a haven for the most highly talented authors and illustrators, both emerging and award-winning. Walker Books Australia is proud to be the home of Black Dog Books, an award-winning imprint with a reputation for publishing some of Australia’s finest writers including Carole Wilkinson, Sue Lawson and Suzy Zail. Walker Books Australia is a part of the Walker Books Group, one of the world’s leading independent publishers of books and content for children. This vibrant international group includes Walker Books UK, London; and Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts. Renowned for its truly original publishing and outstanding quality, the Walker Books Group is home to books for readers of all ages. Award-winning authors and illustrators for the group include Cassandra Clare, Kate DiCamillo, Patrick Ness, Anna Branford, Jeannie Baker, Sally Sutton, Bob Graham, Meg McKinlay, M.T Anderson, Sally Murphy and Jon Klassen, and major brands for the group are Maisy, Guess How Much I Love You, Tilly and Friends, the widely acclaimed Judy Moody and the bestselling Where’s Wally.

12/06/2024

A poignant and moving LGBTQ+ story that explores sexuality and masculinity with a touch of humour by bestselling author Patrick Ness, with illustrations by Tea Bendix.

Now in paperback.

09/06/2024

A celebration of all the things that make you extraordinary, unique and gorgeously YOU!

By Jonathan Van Ness, illustrated by Kamala M. Nair 🌈

08/06/2024

CONGRATULATIONS to Scout and the Rescue Dogs, written by and illustrated by !!

Scout and the Rescue Dogs has won the 2024 WA Premier's Prize for Children’s Book of the Year 🎉

The judges described the books as "a delightful story crafted with tenderness and empathy. Wolfer pulls at the heartstrings and generates belly laughs while providing commentary on the realities of climate change, animal displacement and the bravery of everyday heroes."

Congratulations to all the winners in all categories, and all the books that were shortlisted! 🫶 For more details, head to

07/06/2024

Despite his name, Sleepy Sheepy is NOT sleepy!

From New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald and critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins comes a hilarious bedtime read-aloud that will be loved by all 🐑

04/06/2024

Join us in wishing a very Happy Book Birthdays to our June releases 💚

03/06/2024

We are proud to celebrate diversity, to celebrate inclusion, and we are proud to publish stories to match the rich experiences, expressions and individualities of all our readers.

Happy Pride Month, from all of us here at Walker Books Australia. For the best Pride books, look for the bear 🌈

Visit https://linktr.ee/walkerbooksaus to discover more 🔗

31/05/2024

In this happy and hopeful picture book for the very young, we see the world through a child’s eyes as he thanks all of the things that give him joy 🌙

Jarvis creates beautiful collage art in this first book of gratitude; a book that inspires children to think about what they might like to say ""thank you"" to, too!

29/05/2024

Lindsay Eagar’s dazzling YA debut welcomes us backstage at the Family Fortuna circus, where wonders lurk in and wait to steal your breath away. You won’t believe your eyes!

26/05/2024

The third book in the much loved Wolves series - with another ingenious mystery to solve, from award-winning creator Lucinda Gifford. A romp of a read and packed with endearing illustrations! 🐺

24/05/2024

Elmer Day is on May 25th! For fun-at-home activities, check out the 2024 celebration pack:https://www.walkerbooks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/resource/Elmer_Day_Celebration_Pack_2024.pdf 🐘🌈

22/05/2024

Follow a mother bear as she teaches her cubs how to survive in the wilderness in this beautiful and absorbing Nature Storybook picture book 🐻

By Nick Crumpton, with illustrations by Colleen Larmour.

20/05/2024

Congratulations to the wonderful Levi Pinfold for winning the Patricia Wrightson Prize in the 2024 NSW Premier's Literary Award!

It was an honour to have Paradise Sands shortlisted, and an even greater privilege to be awarded this prize 🦁 Thank you to everyone at The State Library of NSW, and an additional congratulations to all other short-listees and recipients!

17/05/2024

A hilarious follow up to "Never Trust a Gemini" featuring Cat Phillips, astrology aficionado and chaotic teen le***an, as she struggles to balance romance, friendship and a star turn onstage ⭐

By Freja Nicole Woolf.

15/05/2024

Every life is made of hours, moments and feelings … what will you remember? 📷

A unique invitation to ponder the moments that create our memories and the mystery of time by Clare McFadden.

12/05/2024

Wishing you a Happy Mother's Day from everyone at Walker Books Australia 🌷

Illustrations from Mums and Mogs by Mick Elliot.

10/05/2024

ABIA awards night 🥂 We had such a great time last night with our shortlisted authors Bradley Christmas, Angourie Rice and Kate Rice.

A huge congratulations to all winners who were announced last night! We were so honoured to have two titles shortlisted - Stuck Up & Stupid for Book of the Year for Older Children and Saltwater Boy for The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year.

09/05/2024

Being the new kid is hard enough, without your secret thoughts being put on display for all to see. Shy, library-lurking Cora Lane moves to a small town, where her parents have bought an old theatre to renovate. After discovering the secret letters of a famous local performer, Cora writes back, usin...

08/05/2024

An iconic picture book collaboration about feelings and acceptance from two of the most beloved voices in children's literature, Laura Dockrill and Lauren Child 🤍

A beautiful book full of empathy and understanding that will provide comfort and hope to readers of all ages.

07/05/2024

When Cora's parents decide to renovate an old theatre in small-town Tasmania, she realises this is the perfect opportunity for her to reinvent her personality. Enter Cora 2.0, stage left 🎭

The second novel from beloved children's author Zanni Louise.

03/05/2024

Learn all about opposites through renowned master picture book-maker Anthony Browne's beloved primates 🐵

What's the opposite of old? Young! What's the opposite of sad? Happy! But what's the opposite of opposite...?

01/05/2024

Celebrate these May titles with us by wishing them a very happy book birthdays! 💙

29/04/2024

The race is on! Take your position and challenge yourself or go head-to-head with an opponent to spot Wally, his friends and over a hundred more truly tricky things!

By Martin Handford ⏲️

24/04/2024

When Fenton and his father catch the coach to Geelong, they have no idea that their driver of the team of powerful horses is the famous Edward Devine - 'Cabbage tree Ned' - or of the incredible adventure that lies ahead 🐎

By Neridah McMullin, with illustrations by Andrew McLean.

23/04/2024

The future of war-torn Cretacea hangs in the balance, in this exhilarating finale to The Deadlands series 🦕

By Skye-Melki-Wegner.

22/04/2024

The first in a funny chapter book crime series about a well-behaved child who doesn’t fit in to his family of criminals—featuring a prison break, a diamond heist and a lie that saves the day 🕵

B️y Anders Sparring, with illustrations from Per Gustavsson!

A Gecko Press book.

19/04/2024

Lavishly illustrated with witty illustrations that combine artwork and photography, and verified by the experts at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Science FACTopia! brings STEM topics to life with facts children will be desperate to share with their friends and family 🧪

By Rose Davidson, with illustrations by Andy Smith.

17/04/2024

A spectacular two-century journey into the Daintree Rainforest, and the life cycle of the extraordinary Bull Kauri Pine 🌱

From the award-winning creators Pamela Freeman and Liz Anelli.

15/04/2024

1942. The world is at war. Sixteen-year-old Hilly is desperate to do something useful to help the war effort, so when she sees the poster recruiting for the Australian Women’s Land Army, she jumps at the chance to make a difference …

From award-winning historical novelist, Pamela Rushby.

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Once you learn the secret to celebrating hair … EVERY DAY is a GOOD HAIR DAY! 🎀 Good Hair by Yvonne Sewankamb, with illustrations by Freda Chiu is out June 3rd. Good Hair © 2024 Yvonne Sewankambo. Illustrations © Freda Chiu 2024. All Rights Reserved.

The most remarkable true stories of all time and around the world brought vividly to life – from the Big Bang right up to the present day 🤯 Informative illustrations and photographs by Andy Forshaw are paired up with author Christopher Lloyd’s engaging narrative to bring to life the most remarkable true stories of all time!

Find out how plants, humans, pet dogs and everything else came to be and what this might mean for our future 🦎 Real-life scientists Sarah Darwin and Eva-Maria Sadowski, with illustrations by Olga Baumert, enlighten you about the fascinating facts of evolution: what it is and how it works!

An awe-inspiring encyclopedia with more than 200 original infographic illustrations – the perfect book for visual learners 🦋 By Andrew Pettie & Conrad Quilty-Harper, With stunning infographics by internationally renowned data visualiser Valentina D’Efilippo!

A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions! Giselle Clarkson Illustration & Comics combines facts with comics, detailed illustrations, science and funny stories in this fascinating account of the small things all around us 🦗🐞 A Gecko Press Book.

In this follow-up to the bestselling picture book "Have You Seen Elephant?" boy, dog and elephant search in a dramatic cityscape for a dinosaur that’s surprisingly good at hiding 🦕 Written and illustrated by David Barrow Art! A Gecko Press Book.

Lionel is a cheeky and mischievous lion cub. Follow his adventures in Éric Veillé's Gecko Press boardbooks; Lionel Eats All By Himself and Lionel Poops - available now! And stay tuned for Lionel Is Just Like Dad, coming to bookstores this August 🦁

This morning, Fodo Dodo and Noodle go fishing. They take raincoats, boots, hats and a fishing rod. From their bathtub boat, they soon catch a beautiful striped fish out of the laundry basket—underguppies! This Gecko Press picture book by Edouard Manceau is out now 🎣

Dads and Dogs by Mick Elliott

Author and illustrator Mick Elliot talks about his dad-full, dog-full new book - Dads and Dogs! A delightful celebration of togetherness, dads and dogs 🐶

Discover facts about escaping penguins, farting zebras, leaping dolphins, snorting elephants, dancing bears and more – all connected in weird and wonderful ways 🐧🦓🐬🐘🐻 The fourth book in the bestselling FACTopia series by Julie Beer, with illustrations by Andy Smith.

Do you know what would make a great Christmas present? A Book That No One Wanted to Read 📚! Richard Ayoade's hilarious new book, brilliantly illustrated by Tor Freeman, is available now.

Look out! They're coming to get you 😲! Gotcha! by Clotilde Perrin is a monstrously funny and original lift-the-flaps adventure where a child finds hiding places in three famous fairytale houses before turning on their hide-and-seek pursuers. On shelves now!

From Chris Haughton comes a funny, suspenseful celebration of mothers set against an atmospheric Antarctic backdrop. The icy and treacherous Antarctic landscapes are breathtaking in this funny and exciting celebration of all that mothers do and all that mothers are. Well Done, Mummy Penguin is out now 🐧!

Look inside The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis. Enjoy an exuberant rhyming picture book about a school trip to the hills, where no one sees the danger — apart from quiet Liam, who saves the day with his particular hiding skill.

It's here! Watch the trailer for The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade, illustrated @tormalore .

See Sue Whiting, author talk about her new book, Tilda, and why she loves writing for young people! Watch the full video here: https://r.walkerbooks.com.au/tilda

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Allison Rushby 's latest mystical adventure is Miss Penny Dreadful and the Midnight Kittens! Illustrated by Bronte Rose Penny Pickering dreams of her famous authoress aunt turning up at her boarding school and whisking her away. So when Aunt Harriet appears at Miss Strickland’s School for Girls of an Enquiring Mind and asks Penny if she would like to join her on an adventure, Penny knows exactly what to say – yes, please!

My Dad Thinks He's A Pirate

Just in time for Father's Day, My Dad Thinks He's a Pirate is out now! By Katrina Germein and illustrated by Tom Jellet

The Ape Star | Book Trailer

Learn more about The Ape Star, a heartwarming and unconventional chapter book about love, adoption, friendship, and seeing from different perspectives. Out now from our friends at Gecko Press!

Cress Watercress Book Trailer

A lavishly illustrated woodland tale with a classic sensibility and modern flair—from the fertile imagination behind Wicked. Gregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on, and finding community. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It’s a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what’s left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone’s business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbours, and no Papa, ever be home? In the timeless spirit of E. B. White and The Wind and the Willows — yet thoroughly of its time — this read-aloud and read-alone gem for animal lovers of all ages features an unforgettable cast that leaps off the page in glowing illustrations by David Litchfield. This tender meditation on coming-of-age invites us to flourish wherever we find ourselves.