The Thing That Goes Ping!
Written by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Shane McG.
Published by Ford Street Publishing.
In the faraway town of Figgy-tra-ling,
you may hear the faint ring of a thing that goes ping!
Join in the quest for the thing that goes ping –
and meet some fun animals along the way!
Winner of Book of the Year 2021, Speech Pathology Australia
Purchase and download free resources at Ford Street Publishing
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The Dingle Dangle Jungle
Written by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Dave Atze.
Published by Ford Street Publishing.
In the Amazonian jungle,
you’ll find monkeys, rats and shrews . . .
pumas, sloths and marmosets.
Which ones would you choose?
Come along on a rollicking romp through the jungle.
Shortlisted: Australian Publishers Association (APA) Educational Publishing Awards Australia, 2020.
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The Dingle Dangle Jungle Trailer!
The Great Zoo Hullabaloo!
New Edition - Nov 2024
The Australian PB ISBN 978-1-925594-12-6
Written by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Anil Tortop.
Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award.
Purchase in Australia from New Frontier Publishing AU https://www.newfrontier.com.au/authors-and-illustrators/mark-carthew
Purchase in the UK from New Frontier Publishing UK
https://www.newfrontierpublishing.co.uk/authors-and-illustrators/mark-carthew
Purchase in the USA from via Lerner Books: Exceptional Books for PreK-12. https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25212...
Also available in Türkiye from EOLO as Büyük Hayvanat Bahçesi Şenliği
The Great Zoo Hullabaloo! Trailer
Meerkat meeting – Mark reads to the Meerkats at Melbourne Zoo to launch The Great Zoo Hullabaloo!
The Moose is Loose!
Written by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Matt Stanton.
Published by HarperCollins / ABC Books.
Shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award.
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* This song, performed by Mark & The Mooseketeers, also matches the story sequel - The Great Zoo Hullabaloo!
Newt, Lutes and Bandicoots
20th Anniversary Edition
Written by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Mike Spoor.
Published by Leaping Lizards Press. Originally published by Scholastic Press, IpKidz. 2003, 2011, 2020
Dive into any page of this action-packed book of rhymes, riddles and pictures and be lost for hours. Can you find a flute, a suit or a boot? What about a bed, a thread or a newlywed?
Each rhyme and riddle’s matching END SOUND is a clue to the many different creatures, people, places, actions, or things to be found on each page.
English end sounds are often spelled differently!
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Marvin and Marigold: The Big Sneeze
Written by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Simon Prescott.
Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Shortlisted 2017 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award.
Marvin and Marigold: A Stormy Night
Written by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Simon Prescott.
Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Shortlisted 2019 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award.
Marvin and Marigold: A Christmas Surprise
Written by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Simon Prescott.
Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Watch and listen to JUICED TV and their friends at The Children's Hospital Foundation's special reading of Marvin and Marigold: A Christmas Surprise!
Can You Keep a Secret?
Timeless rhymes to share and treasure,
10th Anniversary Edition
Selected by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Jobi Murphy.
Published by Leaping Lizards Press.
Now available in eBook & Print on Demand (POD). Full anthology and individual chapter titles. Random House Australia 2008, Leaping Lizards Press 2020.
Children’s Book Council of Australia - Early Childhood Notable book!
**See Songs & Music menu for FREE downloads of all 16 songs from the CD
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Get individual chapters, including Nursery Rhymes, Playtime Rhymes, Action Verse, Counting Rhymes, Finger Plays and Lullabies.
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Witches' Britches, Itches & Twitches!
Written by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Mike Spoor.
Published by Leaping Lizards Press.
Witches in britches, zoom over the ditches.
This crazy book will give you some twitches!
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Wicked Wizards and Leaping Lizards
Written by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Mike Spoor.
Published by Leaping Lizards Press.
Wizards with Lizards and witches in britches.
This batty book will have you in stitches.
Fun jokes, rhymes and riddles about broomsticks and bats.
Ogres, big noses, goblins and cats!
Crazy book titles, plus doctors galore...
Grab hold of this book and you'll laugh till you're sore!
Shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of Year
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The Gobbling Tree
Written by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Susy Boyer.
Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Winner 2009 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards! Best Book For Language Development: Lower Primary.
Purchase at New Frontier Publishing https://www.newfrontier.com.au/authors-and-illustrators/mark-carthew
Watch and listen to Giggle and Hoot read The Gobbling Tree!
Five Little Owls
Written by Mark Carthew. Illustrated by Mini Goss.
Published by New Frontier Publishing.
Shortlisted 2008 Speech Pathology Australia Book Awards.
Also available in South Africa via Shuter & Shooter Publishers (SONGOLOLO), and in Korea.
Purchase at New Frontier Publishing https://www.newfrontier.com.au/authors-and-illustrators/mark-carthew
Footprints on the Moon:
Poems about Space
Selected by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Helen Poole.
Published by Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA, USA.
Hardback ISBN 978-1-4807-1709-1Paperback ISBN 978-1-4333-5564-6If you want to take a trip,
climb aboard this rocket ship!
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Flabbergaster
Selected by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Ed Myer
Published by Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA, USA.
Hardback ISBN 978-1-4807-1725-1Paperback ISBN 978-1-4333-5603-2Inside these pages is an amazing world that will turn your world upside down and inside out. Dive into poems about cogs and cranks, digging machines, a mad machine, a roller coaster and lots more. You’ll be flabbergasted!
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Vroom, Vroom!
Selected by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Paul Nicholls
Published by Teacher Created Materials, Huntington Beach, CA, USA.
Hardback ISBN 978-1-4807-1725-1Paperback ISBN 978-1-4333-5603-2Using a variety of styles and conventions, Vroom Vroom! Poems About Things with Wheels is an exciting and humorous way to expose young readers to poetry. All the poems contain literary elements such as alliteration, imagery, and rhyming. Young readers will love the cartoon-style images coupled with fun poems about trucks, trains, robots, and so much more.
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Speak Up! :
Poems Selected by Mark Carthew, Illustrated by Annie White.
Published by Teacher Created Materials,
Huntington Beach, CA, USA.
Hardback ISBN 978-1-4807-1152-5Paperback ISBN 978-1-4333-5496-0Rhymes from around the world to read out loud
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or…
Click here to read to read a sample
We’re Orff!
By Tamara O’Brien and Dr Mark Carthew
THE PROGRAM THAT TRAINS YOU AS YOU TEACH.
A stunningly easy program for teaching music using the Orff approach.
NO ORFF EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.
Orff practitioner and award-winning Australian composer Tamara O'Brien joins forces with Dr Mark Carthew, Children's rhyme guru, to bring 10 delightful Orff-based units to life.
Utilising speech, rhyme, rhythm, body percussion, movement, tuned and untuned percussion ... and lots of exploration and improvisation ... these infectious activities all lead to joyful performance.
Clearly set out, easy to follow steps – a recipe for success. Activities supported by CD tracks and filmed demonstrations. Little to no set-up time required. Each unit steps the teacher and students through an Orff-based approach to exploring music.
Each package consists of:
- BOOK of lesson plans
- CD demos of songs, backings and teaching ideas
- DVD workshop of Tamara teaching students (+ teacher tips)!
Machino Supremo!
Poems about Machines by Janeen Brian & Mark Carthew.
illustrated by John Veeken. Published by Celapene Press.
What's your favourite machine? Is it a clanker, a rattler, a whiner, a whoosher, a whizzer, a thumper or grinder?
Check out the quirky machine poems in Machino Supremo!
Crank up this book for ...a power of fun!
OUT OF PRINT
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Apple on a Stick
Playground Chants and Rhymes by Mark Carthew.
illustrated by Lucinda Hunnam.
Published by Pearson Education Australia, 2004. ISBN 9780123603074
Rhymes -old and new- to recite, talk about and play with. There are plenty to choose from for fun in the classroom and the playground.
OUT OF PRINT.
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Simon’s Ball
by Mark Carthew, illustrated by David Cox
Published by Pearson Education Australia, Chatterbox Emergent Fiction series, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 ISBN 9780733922817
OUT OF PRINT.
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Imagine
by Mark Carthew, illustrated by Susy Boyer
Published simultaneously by Pearson Education Australia & Celebration Press USA, Chatterbox Early Fiction series, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 ISBN 9780733938085
OUT OF PRINT.
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Where Do Flies and Spiders Sleep?
by Mark Carthew, illustrated by Jane Wallace-Mitchell
Published simultaneously by Pearson Education Australia & Celebration Press USA, Chatterbox Early Fiction series, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 ISBN 9780733938252
OUT OF PRINT.
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Join In Too!
by Mark Carthew, illustrated by Bettina Guthridge
Published simultaneously by Pearson Education Australia & Celebration Press USA, Chatterbox Emergent Fiction series, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 ISBN 9780733923005
OUT OF PRINT.
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Let’s Sing
by Mark Carthew, illustrated by Mitch Vane
Published simultaneously by Pearson Education Australia & Celebration Press USA, Chatterbox Emergent Fiction series, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 ISBN 9780733922442
OUT OF PRINT.
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Last Night I dreamed of Chickens!
Selected by Mark Carthew.
illustrated by Trish Hill.
Published by Pearson Education Australia / Celebration Press (USA), 2004. ISBN-10 : 0765238357 ISBN-13 : 978-0765238351
This lively collection of rhymes is guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and make your tonsils chatter. With poems about hairy trolls, mysterious cats, amazing noses and crazy chickens… you’ll be clucking for more!
OUT OF PRINT.
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Munch, Crunch, Zoom, Roar! Poems that make a noise
Selected by Mark Carthew.
illustrated by Ned Culic.
Published by Pearson Education Australia / Celebration Press (USA), 2004. ISBN: 9780123603081
‘Glubita, glubita’ and ‘ Bleep, bleep, bleep’. Read these poems out loud and you’ll make alot of noise!
POETRY
OUT OF PRINT.
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A Piece of it All:
Poems inspired by nature
Selected by Mark Carthew.
(With photography).
Published by Pearson Education Australia / Celebration Press (USA), 2004. ISBN: 9780123604309
Have you ever wondered about the eagle soaring above the mountains, or sat and watched the tide creeping over the sand? There is a nature poem here for everyone.
POETRY
OUT OF PRINT.
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Doctor!Doctor!: Skits and Sketches
Collected by Mark Carthew,
illustrated by David Cox.
Published by Pearson Education Australia / Celebration Press (USA), 2005, 2010.
ISBN: 9780733970504
Looking for a short, funny skit or sketch?
Search no further….
This collection features some of the funniest!
POETRY
OUT OF PRINT.
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Kaleidoscope:
Three plays based on poems by Michael Rosen
Adapted by Mark Carthew, illustrated by Terry Denton
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks), Collins Big Cat Series, 2002, 2007.
You’ll hear about an amazing creature, square tomatoes, bathtubs, underwater torches, and lots more in these wonderfully wacky plays, based on original poems by Michael Rosen.
Playscripts
OUT OF PRINT.
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T-Rex and the Stoneragers
A play by Mark Carthew and Bill Condon
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks series), Collins (Big Cat) UK, ETA Cuisenaire (USA) 2001, 2004, 2005
Content: Often involves in pretend play scenarios, as seen in school performances.
Series: Part of the Voice Works: Language Play series. Musical play script (Full colour)
Accompanying songs (3) by Mark Carthew & Rob Fairbairn
OUT OF PRINT.
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A Gaggle of Geese:
A book of collective nouns
by Mark Carthew, illustrated by Katie Jardine.
Published by Pearson Education Australia, 2004.
ISBN: 0123603064
Collective nouns told in rhyme.
POETRY
OUT OF PRINT.
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The Hairy Toe:
A traditional American Tale
Adapted and retold as a play by Mark Carthew
illustrated by Cath Lindsey
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks series), Collins Big Cat UK, 2001, 2007
Illustrated play script
Folklore
OUT OF PRINT.
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The Pedlar’s Caps
A play by Mark Carthew based on
a traditional tale
Illustrated by Ruth Ohi
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks series), Collins (Big Cat) UK, ETA Cuisenaire (USA) 2001, 2004, 2005
Illustrated play script
Folklore
OUT OF PRINT.
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Brown Bread and Honey
by Pamela Allen
Adapted as a play by Mark Carthew
Illustrated by Pamela Allen
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks series), Pearson International (Hong Kong), Collins (Big Cat) UK, Scholastic Canada (French Ed.), ETA Cuisenaire (USA) 2003, 2004, 2007
Tiddalick the Thirsty Frog
A play based on an Australian Aboriginal Story
Retold by Mark Carthew
Illustrated by Greg Rogers
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks series), Collins (Big Cat) UK, ETA Cuisenaire (USA) 2001, 2004, 2005
Illustrated play script
Indigenous story
OUT OF PRINT.
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
A play based on a traditional poem
by Mark Carthew with Michael Rosen
Illustrated by Ann James
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks series), Collins (Big Cat) UK, ETA Cuisenaire (USA) 2003, 2004, 2007
Illustrated play script
POETRY
OUT OF PRINT.
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La Capra Bugiarda
(The Goat That Told Lies)
A play based on a traditional Italian Folktale
by Rosabla Bonsegna and Mark Carthew,
illustrated by Naomi Lewis.
Published by Pearson Education Australia (VoiceWorks), 2001
and Scholastic Canada, French Ed. (En Scene) 2006.
Playscript.
Italian Folktales
OUT OF PRINT.
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