The Tweeting Galah
Digital literacy through storytelling.
The Tweeting Galah series is a proudly Australian series written to empower young children with digital literacy skills. With over 12,000 copies shared around the world, these books have helped educators, families and librarians start important conversations with children about how to use technology in safe, happy and healthy ways.
As of 2026, I'm proud to announce that all digital eBook versions of The Tweeting Galah series will be available for free download. My hope is this change will help increase access, so more educators and families can use these stories to spark important digital literacy conversations with children in their care.
All profits from printed book sales will continue to be donated to UNICEF. Printed copies are available via Amazon and other leading online retailers. You can also reach out to me directly for class sets.
To the many educators, families, and community members who have embraced my books over the years - thank you. Your support, passion and belief in the series has helped make this next chapter possible. Together, we are helping empower more children with the knowledge needed to safely navigate the digital world.
- Kim Maslin
Early years
Lily O'Frilly and the Rainbow Cake.
Lily O'Frilly is so excited to celebrate with her family tonight!
She sets out to bake the most scrumdiddlyumptious rainbow cake, but without a recipe it turns into a brown, bubbly flop! Luckily, Dad steps in to help by finding a screenshot of Nana's handwritten recipe on his tablet.
Join Lily O'Frilly, her dad, and just a smidge of sugar in this sweet story about learning to follow steps - and how a little technology can make real magic happen, and bring families closer together!
Lily O'Frilly and the Rainbow Cake is a charming, vibrantly illustrated story that teaches children the basics of interpreting data, following algorithms and using technology to enhance everyday experiences
Early years
The Little Possum who Looked Up
When Pebbles the Possum looks up from her screen, she sees the moon shining brightly outside her window. She decides to stop looking up faraway places on her tablet, and visit them in real life instead. But to finish her rocket ship and get to the moon, she’ll need some help from her family. If only they could LOOK UP from their screens long enough to help her!
The Little Possum Who Looked Up is an entertaining, relatable and age-appropriate approach to educate the whole family about the importance of screen quality and managing screen time.
Primary years
The Surfing Penguin
Unique and quirky Australian characters bring to life the common dilemmas faced by children growing up with technology in the 2020s. The Surfing Penguin facilitates important discussions with primary school students about the following cyber safety issues through four short, illustrated stories - viewing inappropriate (scary) content; cyber bullying; online gaming and trolling; and online privacy.
Primary years
The Tweeting Galah
The original! Unique and quirky Australian characters bring to life the common dilemmas faced by children growing up with technology in the 2020s. The Tweeting Galah facilitates important discussions with primary school students about the following cyber safety issues through four short, illustrated stories - posting online (digital footprint); cyber bullying and photo permissions; online stranger danger; and too much screen time.
Primary years
The Zooming Owl
With a termite attack forcing the closure of the Flying Academy for Young Galahs, Wing Commander Grey is transitioning his class to online learning. Gabbo and his friends are looking forward to video conferencing with the acclaimed Intergalactic Flying Operations Specialist, Pilot Wingstrong .... as long as technology issues don’t get in the way!
The Zooming Owl addresses online learning and how to troubleshoot basic technology issues.