To purchase Growing Pains: https://ekbooks.org/product/growing-pains/
For Growing Pains Teachers’ Notes: https://ekbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Teachers-Notes__Growing-Pains.pdf
To watch the Growing Pains book trailer: https://youtu.be/Vl3sLfsCa58
Alison’s first picture Book Hotel For Bees, was published by the State Library of Qld in 2020 as part of the Stories For Little Queenslanders Series and is available to borrow from every public library in Queensland.
For Teacher’s Notes for Hotel For Bees: please email Alison at alisonandpeter@optusnet.com.au and she will send them straight out to you, or shoot her a request on the Contact page on this website.
How to make your own Bee Waterer: https://www.gardensthatmatter.com/make-bee-waterer/
How to make your own Bee Hotel: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/04/how-to-build-a-bee-hotel/
OUT NOW! Great and Small
Alison’s third picture book, Great and Small, was published by Storytorch Press in 2022. This story about a tiny unicorn, celebrates diversity, inclusivity and ability in its many forms. Available at http://www.storytorch.com.au, Booktopia and all good bookstores.
Free Teacher’s Notes: https://alisonmclennanorg.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/cc8a2-greatandsmallteachersnotes.pdf
Free Classroom Poster: https://www.storytorch.com.au/s/Being-Different-Is-A-Superpower-POSTER-A3-A-as-smaller-file.pdf
Activity based on inclusion and accessibility: https://moad-web.s3.amazonaws.com/heracles-production/9fb/794/8d4/9fb7948d4272ebc01996f092ee2f2f98fb8756f9d1eb8e56459e7c009a62/Learning%202022%20Great%20and%20Small%20Activity%20Sheet-2.pdf
Curriculum Links: HASS, Visual Arts, English, PD/H/PE
Age Range: K – 6
Watch the book trailer: https://youtu.be/-8izpQeAPXU
Alison McLennan 