Editorial Collection
Explore six Book Dash picture books with free original readers, licensed covers and Suitabook guidance. Stories include feelings, belonging, nature, cooking and remembering someone who has died. Choose using your reader’s interests and your family’s preferences.
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Jen Thorpe
Writer: Jen Thorpe. Illustrator: Lara Berge. Designer: Emma Beckett. Editor: Janita Holtzhausen.
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The book uses familiar weather images to give a child a way to describe a range of feelings, including feeling capable, tired, sad or angry.
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Martha Evans
Writer: Martha Evans. Illustrator: Catherine Holtzhausen. Designer: Nadene Kriel. Editor: Ester Levinrad.
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A warm, visually clear story about wanting to belong and learning to value a difference. It gives a child’s feelings room on the page without making Lara’s change of appearance a lasting solution.
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Crystal Warren
Writer: Crystal Warren. Illustrator: Hayley Alonzo. Designer: Rat Western. Editor: Nabeela Kalla.
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A gentle supper-time story built around anticipation: Sam asks what is cooking, helps Mama collect ingredients, and finally gets soup. Food names and visible ingredients give the repeated question something concrete to follow.
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Paul Kennedy
Writer: Paul Kennedy. Illustrator: Graham Paterson. Designer: Nick Mulgrew. Editor: Arthur Attwell.
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A gentle, repetitive read-aloud built around Mr Sloth’s repeated hope of finding a suitable sleeping branch. The changing animal encounters and rhymes give the story a light, playful rhythm.
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Elana Bregin
Writer: Elana Bregin. Illustrator: Liam Longland. Designer: Heni Andrag. Editor: Carla Lever.
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A wordless family story about Busi’s attachment to a tree and her attempt to prevent her brother from having it cut down.
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Savnola Goldridge
Writer: Savnola Goldridge. Illustrator: Agrippa Hlophe. Designer: Jason Gien. Editor: Mariam Mahomed.
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A gentle family story about bereavement, showing children asking direct questions and adults acknowledging sadness while finding a shared way to remember someone they love.
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