This book was designed to supply information on available resources in Australian children's literature and a tradition of teaching which incorporates the Australian experience in an inclusive manner. Essays and their authors consist of the following: (1) "Children's Books in Australia: Two Hundred Years of Social Life" (Maurice Saxby); (2) "One of the Family" (Anne Hazel); (3) "Access to Australia's Past" (Colleen O'Sullivan); (4) "Performing Australian Poetry" (Sean Monahan); (5) "Conducting an Author Study" (Victoria Roberts and Vivienne Nicoll); (6) "Aboriginal Stories: Reliving the Experience" (Fran Murray); (7) "Tuning In to the Spirit of Place" (Lyn Linning); (8) "Death of the Spaghetti Dance" (Mary Mathias and Janet Oxwell); (9) "Rural Australia--Urban Australia" (Joan Zahnleiter); (10) "Outside-Inside Playground Rhymes" (Moira Robinson); (11) "Great Races and Challenges (Susan Hill and others); and (12) "Australia--Where Are We Going?" (Marie Luxford and Maureen Ferry). (MS)