A book about animals

and their habitats by

children and parents
at Kingsbury Primary
and Maryborough
Kindergarten
 Charmaine and Cheyenne

Ainsley, Lily and Erin

Ruby and Amy
This book belongs to:

Nicole

Louise and
Amber
Anne and Nikhil

Kylie and Eboney

2
 What
Animals
Live here?
by Children and parents and Mia, Natasha
teachers working together.. and baby

Stella and Tianyi

Tommy and Mum Victoria

Stephen and
Natasha
Shamella

Jonathan and
Stephen Alicia
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 What animals live in the Australian bush?
The green tree frog.
Cheyenne

Koala
Amber

Cheyenne

Emu
Natasha

Red belly black snake.

Cheyenne Platypus
Amber

Emu’s egg
Lily
4
 I like baby
Possum!
Nikhil

A sugar-glider
jumping
between the
trees.
Natasha

Ro-Ro the kangaroo at night.

Ruby

5
 What animals live in the ocean?
Dolphin
Lily

Ebbie loves turtles.

Eboney
Cheyenne

6
 1 2 3 4 5, Once I caught a fish alive,
6 7 8 9 10, Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so!
Which finger did it bite ?
This little finger on my RIGHT!

There are lots of fish in

the sea
Tianyi

Dolphins love to flip in the

water.
Cheyenne

7
 What animals live in Vietnam?
Tiger and
cub
Ruby
Saltwater crocodile

Javan Rhinoceros

When I was 2 years old I remember one

elephant came to our house carrying a big
piece of wood and put it in a big lorry.
Nikhil

Deer
Ruby
Elephants
What animals live in India? Anne and Nikhil
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What animals live in New Zealand?
Bumblebees!
Mia
Ladybugs like to fly.
Ainsley The Kiwi is
I am a special sheep, New Zealand’s
The horse eats I am green with stars! National bird
grass and hay. I am eating grass
Ainsley Lily Sheep
Jonathan

Mummy and
baby panda in
the bamboo.
Ruby
What animals live in China?
Dragons!
Tianyi

9
 What animals live in the city?

This is a butterfly.
Jonathan Shammy

Jonathan

My dog Possum walks on fence

Tommy Nikhil

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What animals live in the zoo?
Looking at the platypus at
the zoo.
parrot Amber

platypus

An elephant
Tianyi I like giraffes.
Mia

A lion
Mia
A panda
Ruby

A tiger
Eboney

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What animals live where? Children
working with their parents as part
of Darebin Best Start’s Publisher-in-
Residence Program made their own
books about animals and their habitats
and contributed to this shared book.

Designed by Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership August 2009

We hope you enjoy reading it!
Victoria Ryle, Community Publisher
Kids’ Own Publishing

With thanks to Jane Redfern, Best Start facilitator;

Emma Bruty, Darebin Libraries, the Principals,
teachers and all the parents who supported this
residency.
ISBN 978-0-9806210-6-8