ACARA Foundation-Year 2
— A farming couple who despise cats accidentally bring home two from the shelter, then discover the resulting litter makes perfect garden tillers.
— Autumn comes alive through sensory comparisons — rainbows after rain, warm pumpkin seeds, leaves showering down, and sun playing hide-and-seek with clouds.
— A child observes another child eating ice cream alone while she laughs with friends at school, reflecting on their shared humanity despite different circumstances.
— A child observes a lime tree through the seasons, noting its winter bareness, spring birdsong, summer growth, and autumn abundance of leaves.
— A young poet observes rivers, leaves, clouds, and birds, concluding with the hope that nature returns their love.
— A young poet captures summer through garden growth, beach days, and songs, ending with a wistful plea for the season to remain.
— A lyrical catalog of a garden's inhabitants — leaves, trees, bushes, flowers, birds, and bugs — celebrates nature's overwhelming abundance and mystery.
— A bored village boy seeks a legendary magical harp in Madagascar's forests, solving riddles and overcoming obstacles to bring music to his silent village.
— A rock on the beach narrates what it has witnessed over ages — seagulls, tides, weddings, sunsets — and invites readers to make memories it will keep safe.
— A child traces the day from morning cheer through sunset to a dark night where drops fall outside and nothing returns.