Books written by Sally Murphy

  • 豬老大
    豬老大

    Traditional Chinese edition of The Head Hog by Australian writer Sally Murphy, illustrated by the prolific Ben Wood.

  • Toppling
    Toppling

    When his best friend falls ill, John learns poignant lessons about loyalty, silliness and loss when he is challenged to discover new ways to spend time with those closest to him.

  • Looking Up
    Looking Up

    Pete visits Grandad and is thrilled to discover they share a passion for the night sky. Looking Up is a moving story about family, forgiveness and the stars.

  • My Australian Story: Bushfire
    My Australian Story: Bushfire

    One of a series of meticulously researched, historical novels in which each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in Australian history.

  • Bushfire
    Bushfire

    Amy is staying in Marysville with her grandmother, and helping in the garden and cleaning out her gutters. It is, after all, bushfire season.

  • Meet Mary MacKillop
    Meet Mary MacKillop

    Discusses how Australia's first saint, a woman who believed every child deserved an education, set up her first school in Penola, South Australia.

  • Worse Things
    Worse Things

    Worse Things by Sally Murphy and Sarah Davis, selected as an Honour Book in the CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers category 2021. A touching and inspirational story about connections and the things that bind us all.

  • Teaching Poetry for Pleasure and Purpose
    Teaching Poetry for Pleasure and Purpose

    Dr Murphy's book is packed full of poem-driven activities and tips for engaging students with poetry. Dr Murphy says "As well as writing books, I am a poet.

  • Pearl Verses the World
    Pearl Verses the World

    Since Pearl's grandmother's became seriously ill, Pearl's world view has changed, causing her to feel like an island in school, isolated and alone, especially when her teacher keeps asking for poems that rhyme and Pearl's somehow, seldom do ...

  • The Floatingest Frog
    The Floatingest Frog

    Ferdinand the Frog wants to outdo his brother Frankie in every possible way.

  • Fly-in Fly-out Dad
    Fly-in Fly-out Dad

    Written by award-winning author Sally Murphy, this book gives us an insight into one family with a Fly In, Fly Out Dadset against a backdrop of the Western Australian mining region. An Australian story.