Hachette Livre publishes many books that are suitable for use in the classroom or in other teaching environments.

What’s new in Children’s Books

For the top picks of picture books, junior fiction, books for teens and children’s non-fiction, have a look at our Top 10 Children’s books.

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Reading Lists

Our list for primary schools includes some amazing Australian titles suitable for the Federal Primary Schools Library subsidy grant.

• Hachette Livre Children’s Highlights Ages 3–12 (732kB)
• Books For Teens Highlights 2005 (929kB)

The Hachette Livre Australia Years 7–10 Recommended Reading list is a valuable resource for teachers. The titles have been chosen for their suitability as class reading texts.

• Recommendations for English class set titles Years 7–10 (232kB)

Teachers’ Notes

To assist teachers we have produced notes to accompany the books listed below. These notes are written to give educators ideas for discussions and activities that could take place using the respective book as a teaching resource. We’re adding more teachers’ notes regularly, so check back to see if there are resources here to help you in your teaching environment.

• Acceleration (131kB)
• Across the Nightingale Floor (160kB)
• Beneath the Surface (189kB)
• Beyond Duck River (200kB)
• Black Chicks Talking (300kB)
• Box the Pony (20kB)
• Dangerous Places (124kB)
• David Almond Author Study (460kB)
• The Divine Wind (220kB)
• Edgar & Ellen teacher notes (272kB)
• Garry Disher Author (400kB)
• Grass For His Pillow (158kB)
• Lesson Before Dying (159kB)
• Lily Quench and the Magicians’ Pyramid (134kB)
• Lily Quench and the Lighthouse of Skellig Mor (139kB)
• My Mum Tarzan (153kB)
• Old Ridley (181kB)
• Reggie and Lu (120kB)
• Roger Bacon Reporting (530kB)
• Shadow of the Ark (198kB)
• Sky Legs (159kB)
• There’s Nobody Meaner Than Cousin Georgina (290kB)
• Violin Man (135kB)
• Whisper (80kB)
• Willow Tree and Olive (240kB)
• Windmill Hill (155kB)

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