Untangled Tales

The following titles are suggested books to read with children aged under 5 years. Why not print the list and take to the library next time you visit? Visit your local public library and speak to the staff about books, resources, activities and programs that they have available for you and your child as part of the Summer Reading Club and throughout the year.

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Untangled Tales–Preschool

• Aladdin illustrated by Elisa Squillace (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• Ali Baba and the forty thieves illustrated by Claudia Venturini (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• Bachelor and the bean: a Jewish Moroccan folk tale by Shelley Fowles
• Bat and the crocodile: an Aboriginal story told by Jack Dolumyu & Hector Jandany, compiled by Pamela Lofts
• Beauty and the Beast by illustrated by Jess Stockham (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• Cinderella by Jess Stockham (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• The cockerel, the mouse and the little red hen by Jess Stockham (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• Dear fairy godmother by Michael Rosen ; [illustrated by] Nick Sharratt
• Dunbi the owl: an Aboriginal story by told by Daisy Utemorrah, compiled by Pamela Lofts
• The fairy tales illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
• The frog prince illustrated by Jess Stockham (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• Gigantic turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy & Niamh Sharkey
• Goblin and the empty chair by Mem Fox
• Great fairy tale disaster by David Conway & Melanie Williamson
• Hansel and Gretel by illustrated by Andrea Petrlik (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• How the birds got their colours: an Aboriginal story told by Mary Albert, compiled by Pamela Lofts
• How the kangaroos got their tales: an Aboriginal story told by George Mung Mung Lirrmaiyarri, compiled by Pamela Lofts
• Kangaroo and the porpoise: an Aboriginal story told by Agnes Lippo, compiled by Pamela Lofts
• Little Red: a fizzlingly good yarn retold by Lynn Roberts
• Little Red Riding Hood by Nick Sharratt & Stephen Tucker (a lift-the flap fairy tale)
• Luurnpa the magical kingfisher: a dreaming narrative belonging to Bai Bai
• Malu kangaroo by Judith Morecroft & Bronwyn Bancroft
• Napangarti edited by Christine Nicholls
• The Orchard book of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales retold by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
• The pirate treasure map: a fairytale adventure by Colin & Jacqui Hawkins
• Three billy goats gruff  illustrated by Alison Edgson (Flip-up fairy tales series)
• Ugly duckling by Ian Beck
• Warnayarra the rainbow snake: an Aboriginal story told by the senior boys class, Lajamanu School, compiled by Pamela Lofts
• When the snake bites the sun: an Aboriginal story told by David Mowaljarlai, compiled by Pamela Lofts
• The willy-willy and the ant by Cecilia Egan & Elizabeth Alger