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April 2024
Inclusive picture books: our top picks
Picture books are often the first books that children fall in love with. As well as giving you the chance to spend quality time with your child, beautiful illustrations can convey important messages. Good inclusive picture books allow children of...Read more about Inclusive picture books: our top picks
![A mother sits on a sofa with her two young children on her lap. They are reading a picture book together.](https://www.acd.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/iStock-1465293994-300x195.jpg)
October 2023
A boy with Down syndrome has a dream
A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON tells the story of Zak, a young man with Down syndrome who runs away from his care home to attend the professional wrestling school run by his idol, The...Read more about A boy with Down syndrome has a dream
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Let’s celebrate neurodiversity
Some Brains: A book celebrating neurodiversity is a heartwarming and funny picture book written by Melbourne comedian and author Nelly Thomas and illustrated by Cat MacInnes in the Some Kids series. It’s about a young girl who shows us that...Read more about Let’s celebrate neurodiversity
![Some Brains - A book celebrating neurodiversity, by Nelly Thomas, illustrations by Cat MacInnes](https://www.acd.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Some_Brains-277x300.jpg)
Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling, illustrated by Gina Perry
You’ve got to love a feisty heroine. Aven Green is a real deal sleuth who takes loads of notes and has her own Private Investigator’s kit to dust for fingerprints. Aven has a super-powered brain. She explains this by letting...Read more about Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling, illustrated by Gina Perry
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