Bandicoot Book Corner

Welcome to our Junior Landcare Bandicoot Book Corner. The Bandicoot Book Corner is our brand-new resource for educators to find out about inspiring and beautiful books that will encourage children to learn about Australian Nature and the environment.   

We have grouped books into topics that align with our four pillars of learning – Biodiversity, Food Production, First Nations perspectives and Waste Management. 

Know about a book that you think should be included in our reading lists? There’s no better recommendation for educators than from like-minded peers. Please submit your recommendation here.    

Why have we created the Bandicoot Book Corner? 

Research regularly shows that reading for pleasure helps young learners to become better readers and why not use their enthusiasm for Junior Landcare activities to find out more about the environment around them.    

We will regularly add new books to our online reading lists. The new Bandicoot Book Corner book of the month is:

A cartoon bandicoot reading a book

Welcome to the charmingly funny and perfectly peculiar world of Aussie animal parents, and their amazing offspring. Peculiar Parents introduces young readers to 60 Australian native animals, focusing on all things family, including their courting practices, gestation periods, births and the raising of their young.

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