This is a book about Barbara, a ewe that lives on Tocal. She is part of a herd that stick together and look out for each other. Sometimes Barbara doesn’t feel as strong as she looks, so the rest of the herd help her out!
This new book joins our children's book series sharing information about Australian food production on Tocal. In Barbara children will learn about looking beyond appearances, as well as about how sheep are grown and sheared for wool production.
Barbara is one of a series of stories aimed at developing agricultural understanding in young students, as well as an appreciation of the work involved in producing food and fibre on Australian farms. The titles in this series are Barbara, Beatrice, Bosley and Bruce, Charlotte, Freda, Jack and Dunedoo and Sunny and Ruby. You can buy the whole series here.
Check out the activities designed to go along with these stories, created by the NSW Department of Primary Industries Schools program! They will help you get the most benefit out of the stories. Find them at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au. These books and related educational activities were shortlisted in the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia.
Author: Jo Hathway | Illustrated: Jessica Green
ISBN: 9781760589387 | 20 pages | A5
Catalogue number: B1002
Publisher: NSW Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development | 2025