Hardcover ABC books · ages 1 to 3
The ABC bookhe'll actuallywant to read.
Thirty hardcover alphabet books about what Dad does and loves. Fishing, tradies, firefighters, cricket, flying. The gift he won't pretend to like, and the bedtime story that is finally about him.
- 2 books10% off
- 3 books25% off
- 4+ books35% off
Loved by 5,000+ dads across Australia.
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Packed in Australia and on its way within 1 to 2 business days.
Ships Australia-wide
Every state and territory. Free delivery over $99.00.
Built for ages 1 to 3
36 thick hardcover pages, one letter per spread.
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Read more. Save more.
The more on his bookshelf,
the more you save.
Mix any of the 30 titles. Two books and the discount starts. Three is where most dads land. Ten is half price.
2 books
10% off
$31.49 each · $62.98
Start his bookshelf →- Most popular
3 books
25% off
$26.24 each · $78.72
Pick his three → 4 books
35% off
$22.74 each · $90.96
Pick his four →10 books
Half price
$17.50 each · $175.00
Fill the bookshelf →
Discounts apply automatically in the cart. Free delivery over $99. Full price $34.99 a book.
Inside the pages
Built for Dad.
Built to last.
Finally, a book about the things Dad actually loves.
Not farm animals. Not fairies. McLaren, Nissan, a bunker, an albatross: 26 real words from his world, each with a dad fact he'll enjoy reading out loud. The bedtime story is finally about him.
Printed to be chewed, dropped and read 400 times.
Thick hardcover boards, heavy matte pages and bold type a toddler can point at. Built for small hands and the occasional chew, it still looks new after a year of bedtimes.
The whole bookshelf
30 worlds. 26 letters each.
One dad at the centre of every page.
Fishing to firefighting, golf to gridiron, tools to touchdowns. If he has a world, we have the alphabet for it.
On the shelf, not on order
Stocked, packed and shipped
from Australia.
Every title is a real hardcover sitting on a real shelf, ready to go. It's packed in Australia and on its way within 1 to 2 business days. No waiting on a print run, no "allow 3 weeks".
- Limited print runs: when a title shows "Running low", it really is
- Fragile-taped, boxed flat, built to arrive unmarked
- Free delivery over $99, anywhere in Australia
Why we exist
Our mission is to help 1,000,000 dads bond with their kids through our books.
It's printed inside every box we ship. Each book you buy is one more bedtime that's about him, and one more kid who learns the alphabet from Dad's world.
Find the right book fast
Which dad are you shopping for?
Pick his type and we will show you the books built for him.
Outdoorsman Dad
Fishing, camping, boating, surfing, gardening.
Sports Fanatic Dad
Golf, cricket, soccer, basketball, baseball and more.
DIY Dad
Tools, plumbing, mining, building things.
First Responder Dad
Police, fire, paramedics.
Fitness Dad
CrossFit, football, basketball, baseball.
Motor Dad
Sports cars, engines, race day.
Foodie Dad
Chefs, barbecue, the family cook.
Corporate Dad
Law, engineering, the office.
Medical Dad
Doctors, nurses, paramedics.
Military Dad
Army, navy, air force.
Tech Dad
Space, engineering, flying.
Creative Dad
Cooking, gardening, making things.
What arrives
Opens like a gift.
Because it is one.
Every order ships in our printed box with the mission inside the lid, so the first thing he reads is why this exists.
The hardcover book
36 thick pages, one letter per spread, built for little hands and the occasional chew.
Daddy's Library Card
All 30 titles to tick off. Chief Storyteller on top, Storytellers in Training underneath.
The box with the mission inside
Gift note at checkout and we ship it straight to him, no invoice inside.
The gift that gets read, not re-gifted
The Christmas present he'll open twice.
Once under the tree. Then every night after. Pick three for his three worlds, add a gift note, and we'll box it, mission inside, and ship it straight to him or to you.
Order early for delivery before Christmas, anywhere in Australia.
Every title, one alphabet per world
All 30 books
Pick the dad, pick the book. Every title is in stock and ships from Australia, Australia-wide. Sold-out titles are listed last and come back as soon as they are restocked.
Not just dads
Grandad reads them too.
Grandads, uncles, godfathers, step-dads, the mate who's just become one. If he's got a world, there's an alphabet for it. Most of our books are bought as gifts, and most of those by partners and grandparents.
- Partners
- Grandparents
- Mates
- Work gifts
- Baby showers
Our story
It started with a one-year-old and a bookshelf with no Dad in it.
Reading to his daughter Harper, our founder noticed every book was about farm animals and fairies and none were about his world: the fishing trips, the tools, the footy. So he made one. Then a pilot mate left flying to help make 29 more. Each book turns Dad's job, hobby or sport into a first alphabet, so her first words can include "wrench" and "touchdown".
Read the full storyGift guides and reading tips
From the club
Books About Dads and Sons: How a Story About Dad's World Becomes a Son's First Understanding of His Own
A son's first model of what it means to be a man is his father. Not consciously. Not through instruction or deliberate transmission. Through observation — the slow, continuous accumulation of watching the person he is most attached to move through the world.
Books About Dads and Daughters: The Stories That Shape the Father Daughter Relationship
What a daughter understands about her father in the first six years of her life shapes, in ways that persist across decades, how she understands herself in relation to the people she loves.
Dad and Child Bonding Books: The Books That Build the Relationship, Not Just the Bookshelf
That treatment — the wear, the insistence, the specific way a child reaches for one book rather than another — is the sign that a book has done something most books do not. It has become part of the relationship between a dad and his child. Not just a story they read together. A shared world they return to.
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