Looking for a great book to read with the bambinos? Here are our favourite new children’s books to hit the shelves this autumn. Available at all good bookstores, or head into the library and borrow for free!
Best new children’s books for Autumn 2025
Dinner Time! Aussie Baby’s First Words 1
Bed Time! Aussie Baby’s First Words 2
By Tom Jellett
Aussie Baby’s First Words; by Tom Jellett
It’s time for dinner, baby! It’s time for bed, baby! A series of first words books for Aussie babies by award-winning creator Tom Jellett.
Find your bowl, spoon, cup and all the other things your baby needs at dinner time. Find your teddy, pyjamas and all the other things your baby needs before you tuck them into bed.
Containing Australian vocabulary (no diapers or strollers!), Aussie Baby’s First Words books are perfect for helping babies and toddlers learn their first words. These fabulous children’s books are designed to be read again and again (and again!). For ages 0–3.
Meet The Mubbles
By Liz Pichon
Meet The Mubbles; by Liz Pinchon
Welcome to the Isle of Smile – home of The Mubbles, where the beautiful island runs on sun, wind and flower power. Like the Wibbles of Wobble Mountain, the Earworms and the one-eyed Drib Drabs, everyone on the Isle of Smile lives in perfect harmony – most of the time. Until the Clouds of Joy bump together, making a wonky rainbow that means one thing: someone or something is coming to visit.
Blending learning and creativity into a wonderful mix of edutainment, visit the magical Isle of Smile, where fun and creativity never end!
This is the first book in a new graphic novel series for readers aged 5+ from Liz Pichon, the creator of Tom Gates.
Fabulous Frogs
By Katrina Germei; Illustrated by Suzanne Houghton
Fabulous Frogs; by Katrina Germei
Australian frogs are fabulous frogs! Did you know that there are frogs that change colour? Or some frogs that would rather walk than jump or that can use their eyes to swallow food? And that some tadpoles can control when they turn into a frog?
Fabulous Frogs is a celebration of Australian native frogs and their fascinating features and behaviours. Gorgeously described in rhyme and illustrated in vivid detail, this non-fiction story includes frog lifecycles and environmental elements that froggies love. Published by CSIRO, for ages 5 – 9.
Revenge of the Toxic Space Potato
An Indefatigable EnviroTeens Story
By First Dog on the Moon
Revenge of the Toxic Space Potato; by First Dog on the Moon
Letitia, Binky and Worried Norman are no ordinary teens. They are the superheroes better known as the Indefatigable EnviroTeens! Unluckily they have been space snorkelled—sucked up by giant tubes, teleported through the galaxy, stripped of their powers and squeezed out on … Mars?! Forced to join the Great Snorkel Manufactory, the three teenagers overhear the evil Baron Kartuffelpoffen’s plan to snorkel up all of Earth’s water. Can their trusty sidekicks, Stuart the wobbegong and Beverly the sourdough starter, come to the rescue?
A hilarious full-colour illustrated cosmic adventure for fans of Dog Man and the Treehouse books from Australia’s best-loved marsupial cartoonist.
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