100 Ideas for Australian Themed Book Week Costumes

If you are looking for book ideas for this year’s book week and are interested in highlighting a character or story that centres around our beautiful country then you have come to the right spot. Below, we have compiled a list of 100 Australian-themed books that you could get some awesome book week characters from.

1. Blinky Bill by Dorothy Wall
2. Possum Magic by Mem Fox
3. Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie by May Gibbs
4. Bluey by Bluey
5. Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
6. The Kookaburra Who Couldn’t Laugh by Robert Cox
7. Edward or Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles
8. Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
9. Little Brown Bushrat by Georgie Ripper
10. Come fly with Captain Kangaroo by Mandy Foot
11. Who sank the boat? by Pamela Allen
12. Koala Lou by Mem Fox
13. Olga the Brolga by Rod Clement
14. Feathers for Phoebe by Rod Clement
15. Alexander’s Outing by Pamela Allen
16. Wombat Devine by Mem Fox
17. Waddle Giggle Gargle by Pamela Allen
18. Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan
19. The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
20. Are we there yet? by Allison Lester
21. Magic Beach by Allison Lester
22. Greetings from Sandy Beach by Bob Graham
23. Possum in the house by Kiersten Jensent
24. Christmas in Australia by John Williamson
25. Peppa’s Australian Underwater Adventure
26. Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey by Alliston Lester
27. The Hidden Forest by Jeannie Baker
28. Sailing Home by Colin Thompson
29. Stellaluna by Jannel Cannon
30. Bunyips Don’t by Sally Odgers
31. Sebastian Lives in a Hat by Thelma Catterwell
32. Snap by Marcia Vaughn
33. Bobby the Tree Kangaroo by Eva-Marie Welsh
34. My dad’s in the Australian Army by Hayley Ann Boswell
35. Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle by Glenda Millard
36. Santa’s Secret by Mike Dumbleton
37. Time for Bed by Mem Fox
38. An Aussie Day before Christmas by Kilmany Niland
39. An Aussie Night before Christmas by Yvonne Morrison
40. The Rainbow Serpent
41. Summer Rain by Ros Moriarty
42. A Bush Christmas by J. Dennis
43. Santa’s Aussie Holiday by Maria Farrer
44. Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Patterson
45. There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Mozzie by P. Crumble
46. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
47. Koala’s Eat Gumleaves by Laura Bunting
48. The Little Dog and the Christmas Wish by Corinne Fenton
49. Big Rain Coming by Katrina Germain
50. Billie B Brown series by Sally Rippin
51. Spikey’s Day Out
52. Santa’s Aussie Mix-Up by Colin Buchanan
53. The Little Refugee by Ahn and Suzanne Do
54. The Great Expedition by Peter Carnavas
55. Animal Tales by Susan Hall and Ben Guy
56. The Rabbits by John Marsden
57. My Place by Nadia Wheatley
58. My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day by Catriona Hoy
59. The Dog on the Tuckerbox by Corinne Fenton
60. The Australian Twelve Days of Christmas by Heath McKenzie
61. Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly
62. You and Me: Our Place by Leonie Norrington
63. Lizzie Nonsense by Jan Ormerod
64. Stolen Girl by Trina Saffioti
65. Audrey of the Outback by Christine Harris
66. Nancy Bentley by Tracey Hawkins
67. Amazing Grace by Stephanie Owen Reeder
68. Brindabella by Ursula Dubosarsky
69. The Legend of Moondyne Joe by Mark Greenwood
70. Ned Kelly and the Green Sash by Mark Greenwood
71. Click Go the Shears by Charlotte Lance
72. Chip the Lifeguard by Kylie Howarth
73. The Man from Snowy River by Banjo Patterson
74. From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody
75. Cassy’s Tale by Eva-Marie Welsh
76. Mopoke by Philip Bunting
77. The Biggest Frog in Australia by Susan L. Roth
78. There’s a Big Green Frog in the Toilet by Anh Doh
79. Miss Lily’s Fabulous Pink Boa by Margaret Wild
80. Sam’s Bush Journey by Sally Morgan
81. The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Arnold
82. The Smallest Bilby and the Easter Tale by Nette Hilton
83. The Old Woman Who Loved to Read by John Winch
84. Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay by Narelle Oliver
85. Radio Rescue! by Jane Jolly
86. Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French
87. A Year on Our Farm by Penny Matthews
88. Isabella’s Bed by Allison Lester
89. You and Me Murrawee by Kerri Hashmi
90. Papa and the Olden Days by Ian Edwards
91. Bilby Moon by Margaret Spurling
92. Farmer Shulz’s Ducks by Colin Thiele
93. The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright
94. Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by Banjo Patterson
95. Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey
96. Treehouse Series by Andy Griffith
97. Fly Guy by Ted Arnold
98. The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
99. Shelly The Sea Turtle by Eva-Marie Welsh
100. A Walk In the Bush by Gwyn Perkins