The most-loved character will join the Storybook Walk public art trail in this peaceful, family-friendly reserve.
Thalassa Park is a favourite spot for families to play, relax, explore, and enjoy the outdoors with a nature-themed playground, BBQ facilities, rose garden, walking trails, and wonderful elevated views.
StoryBook Walk is a highlight of the park, where 17 well-known characters from Australian children’s stories leap off the page as playful sculptures for children to interact with.
This year, a new sculpture is coming, and you get to help choose which story will be featured next.
Four fantastic Australian children’s books have been shortlisted for kids aged 8–12.
Check out the four options below and vote for your favourite book. The story with the most votes will become the next sculpture.
Encourage the young readers in your family, playgroup or school to pick their favourite. We’ll also be visiting local schools to invite students to have their say. Onkaparinga Libraries will have voting slips available too.
We can’t wait to see which story you all choose to become the next sculpture on the trail.
Help choose the next book character to be featured! Tap the story title to find out more about each book.
The 13-Storey Treehouse has 13 storeys, including a bowling alley, a tank full of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows us around and fires marshmallows into our mouths whenever we’re hungry.
In this book we describe a typical day in the treehouse where Terry and I deal with flying cats, sea-monkeys, a sea monster, a mermaid, real monkeys and a giant gorilla.
Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerless to change the things she sees around her, until one day she rescues her totem animal, the dirran black cockatoo, and soon discovers her own inner strength.
The Nevermoor series is a fantasy children's book series written by Australian author Jessica Townsend.
The series centres around Morrigan Crow, a cursed child living in the Wintersea Republic fated to die on the last day of the year, Eventide.
When it comes time for her to die on Eventide day, she is saved by Jupiter North and taken to the city of Nevermoor, where Jupiter is a hotel owner and member of the Wundrous Society, a prestigious institution where each member has a "knack", a supernatural ability that allows them to be better than average.
Deltora Quest is the collective title for three distinct series of children's fantasy books, written by Australian author Emily Rodda.
It follows the adventures of three companions as they journey across the fictional land of Deltora, endeavouring to recover the seven gems stolen from the magical Belt of Deltora and defeat allies of the evil Shadow Lord.
