Read Around The Continents: Australia/Oceania Reading List
Welcome back for our fifth installment of our series Read Around the Continents! So far we’ve read our way through Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, South America and North America.
This month we are exploring the reading, books and culture of Australia/Oceania!
FROM WIKIPEDIA-Oceania (UK /ˌoʊʃɪˈɑːniə, ˌoʊsɪ-/[1] or US /ˌoʊʃiːˈæniə/),[2] also known as Oceanica,[3] is a region centred on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean.[4] Opinions of what constitutes Oceania range from its three subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia[5] to, more broadly, the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago.[6] The term is often used more specifically to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate islands,[7][8][9][10] or biogeographically as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone (Wallacea and Australasia) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand[11] or from mainland New Guinea).[12]
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1. Possum Magic by Mem Fox, Julie Vivas
2. Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia by Alison Lester
3. Audrey of the Outback by Christine Harris
4. Ernie Dances to the Digeridoo by Alison Lester
5. Patterns of Australia by Bronwyn Bancroft
6. Here is the Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy
7. Outback Odyssey (Adventures of Riley) by Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz
8. This is Australia by Miroslav Sasek
9. Australia (Globe Trotters Club) by Sean McCollum
10. Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan
11. D is for Down Under by Devin Scillian
12. Australia and Oceania (True Books) by Mel Friedman
13. A Land of Two Halves by Joe Bennett
Explore Australia and Oceania by Bobbie Kalman, Rebecca Sjonger
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Fun Facts:
~Oceania is the smallest continent
~There are more sheep in Oceania than people
~Australia means “land of the south”
~Oceania has winter in June and July
~Rugby is the most popular sport in Australia
~Cricket is a popular summer sport
~Home to the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world
ONE LAST THING….
Every December 13th, we continue a long family tradition of celebrating St. Lucia. My parents were from Sweden and they brought this tradition along with them. In the darkest hours of the morning a young girl with a wreath of candles on her head brings hope, warmth and light to the darkest, coldest time of the year. I have taken all of our favorite recipes, activities and books that celebrate this event, along with the history of Santa Lucia as well, and created a very special color pdf for the holiday season.
The Celebrating a Santa Lucia Christmas pdf guide is my gift to you and simply click the image below to enjoy these fun family-friendly activities. Thank you!
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