For educators
Made for the room, not just the shelf.
Every Big Book is fully laminated and stapled to survive a year of mat time. Teachers' notes give you three ways in, and the questions on each page are open, so the group does the thinking.
Purchase orders, invoices, bank transfer
Order the way your centre pays
Pay by card at checkout, or choose Pay by invoice. A childcare centre's invoice is due 14 days from the invoice date and a school's or group's 30 days, and the books can be sent before it is paid.
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Choose the books
Use the book-keeper or browse. Add them to the basket like any order.
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Choose Pay by invoice at checkout
Say who the order is for. A PO number is optional at this point.
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We email the invoice
Send the PO number when it is ready and we add it to the invoice.
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Pay by bank transfer
By the due date on the invoice: 14 days from the invoice date for a centre, 30 days for a school or group of centres. The books can be sent before payment. Free delivery in Australia over A$199 and in New Zealand over NZ$199 (from $199.01 after discounts).
Free, for every title
Teachers' notes
Three ways into each book: a question to open with, a small-group activity and a way to notice what changed. Download the PDF from the educator library, no account needed beyond an email.
No notes are listed for your region yet. Ask the team about the title you need below.
Notes for every title are on its product page. The library here shows the titles with notes ready today.
By region, not in the menu
Curriculum links on every book
The shop is organised by the questions children ask. The framework you plan against appears on each product page for your region, so the same shelf works in Melbourne, Auckland or Miami.
Australia
- EYLF v2.0
- learning outcomes named per title
- NQS
- quality areas the book supports
- Australian Curriculum F to 2
- content descriptions per title
New Zealand
- Te Whāriki
- strands and goals per title
- New Zealand Curriculum
- learning areas for years 0 to 3
United States
- Head Start ELOF
- domains per title
- State early learning standards
- mapped on request for your state
Planning a unit? Describe it to the book-keeper and the short list comes back with the links for your framework.
In person
A representative can visit your centre
Representatives visit centres and schools in Australia, New Zealand and the United States with the books in hand. Email us with your suburb or city and we will tell you whether someone visits your area and when.
Ask about a visitWholesale and trade
Retailers, education suppliers, libraries
Trade enquiries are welcome. Tell us about the organisation and the intended sales channel, and we send current terms after a look. Approved accounts order through the wholesale portal with assigned pricing.
Trade enquiryAsk for educator support.
Tell us the room, age group or learning need you are working with, and we will respond with something useful rather than a brochure.