Open World 3, Unit 7: Backpacking
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The theme of this unit is a trip to Australia to see the kangaroos. Books on this list include stories set in Australia, or ones written by Australian authors.
Seven Little Australians, by Ethel Sybil Turner
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What’s the Big Idea? Australian Inventions that Changed the World, by Sue Lawson
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Show Me the Money, by Sue Lawson
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A Waltz for Matilda, by Jackie French
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Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey
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Nanberry, by Jackie French
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That Boy Jack, by Janeen Brian
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The Dogs that Made Australia, by Guy Hull
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The Upside Down Version of Down Under, by Alison Lloyd
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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, by Doris Pilkington
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