‘Blak Book of the Month’ is a The Yulang Effect initiative to support the inclusion of First Nations children’s books regularly throughout the year in all Australian classrooms. This initiative can be lead by individual teachers in their classrooms or taken up across the whole school by downloading the other ‘Blak Book of the Month’ resources for:

• Year 1 and 2

• Year 3 and 4

• Year 5 and 6

  The Early Childhood and Foundation Pack includes:

• My Country - Ezekiel Kwaymullina and Sally Morgan

• This is Me - Sally Morgan

• Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean Up - Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina

• ABC Dreaming - Warren Brim

• My Lost Mob - Venetia Tyson

• Once there was a Boy - Dub Leffler

• Colour Me - Ezekiel Kwaymullina and Moira Court

• Kick with my Left Foot - Paul Seden and Karen Briggs

• Bush Tucker Counting - Maureen Glover and Gabrielle Fry

• My Culture and Me - Gregg Dreise

• My People - Eddie Betts

• An Important Message from Mr Beaky (please note this title is currently replacing Waru and Dhangal visit the Torres Strait Islands, as this book is unfortunately unavailable at the moment)

  Several of the books listed are also read online by First Nation storytellers on the Story Box Library (SBL) website and app.