A is for Aunty

This stunning picture book was inspired by growing up on a mission in northern New South Wales. Using the letters A-Z as a framework, Elaine Russell depicts daily routines and incidents at the mission, including billycart racing, fishing for yabbies and having a possum as a pet.

A is for Aunty became the 2001 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Information Book Honour Book, and was shortlisted for the 2001 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book Award. No children's bookshelf is complete without this classic.