Books & Reading

Graeme Base’s Animalia is here!

The much loved Animalia by Graeme Base has moved from print form into the digital space. 

Designed to complement and augment the printed book, Animalia Digital is an interactive digital program which takes the magic of the book into new and exciting areas of learning. The program includes engaging digital read-throughs and levelled activities, games and puzzles focusing on literacy and language for children aged 5-12.

Just download it to your tablet, enter your library membership number and begin. There's a handy app for tablets available through itunes app store or android google play or there are PC options (Mac installer or Windows setup)

Better Reading aims to be a great source of independent book recommendations for Australian readers and their families.

Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations. See what your friends are reading, organise what you've read, list your favourite books, discuss literature, form groups, and connect with other readers.

Inside a Dog is to be a virtual home for Australia’s bookish teens. It is a bright, fresh place for sharing reviews, creative writing, book news and more.There are lots of spaces where book lovers of all ages can come together to share their love of YA, but few which are for the ‘young adults’ the category is all about. This is part of the reason only 12-18 year olds can be registered users of this site. But adults can still read all published content on the site, keep up with Inky Awards information  and general news, but you won’t be able to write content, comment or enter our competitions. 

Free access to 4,000 online (public domain) children's picture books in Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, French, Croatian, Portuguese, Hebrew, German, Filipino, Russian, Thai, Italian and others.

Jaga Jaga is a ‘rainbow warrior’, proudly fighting the good fight in defence of his people’s homeland (e-book via Amazon)

Story Box Library as an online 'reading room' that allows children and parents to look at a book and listen to a range of celebrated stories read aloud by a diverse range of storytellers including actors, comedians, sports people, musicians, artists, authors and children with varying accents and from different cultures.

It is an interactive experience for 2-12 year olds via a smartphone, tablet or other device with an internet connection.

Log in with your library membership number and start streaming!

Tumblebooks takes existing picture books and adds animation, sound, music and narration - in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Russian. Titles are only accessible online. Also available to Murrindindi Shire Borrowers.

A new way to choose what to read. Whichbook enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your needs.

Welcome to the online version of Who Else Writes Like…? which is designed to help anyone who enjoys reading fiction to expand the number of writers they read. It is designed to answer the perennial question “I’ve read all the books by my favourite authors, who shall I read next?”

Simply follow the links to find an author whose books you like, and see which other writers are recommended underneath.

The aim of this website is to encourage readers to try the works of new authors and to open up to them the wealth of good reading that is available in their local public library.