Australian Suppliers of Felt Board Stories

Here are a couple of responses to a recent query about felt board stories which came through the yplib list. 
Check out the following website which! specialises in providing fair trade, multicultural and educational toys and resources to children aged between 0 and 12 years.
Here is some more valuable feedback on the subject:
Modern Teaching Aids and Kesco catalogues have lots of felt board sets of the 'traditionals' eg 3 Pigs, Billy Goats, Red Riding Hood, as well as lots of felt sets which can be made into numerous stories eg farm set, jungle set, sea creatures.
K&K Creative Toys have lots of felt and magnetic board story kits - though they are very expensive.


I have also found that many of the weekend craft markets have a stall of felt finger puppets, some already made into story kits. I once bought 10 white cockatoos this way. I also use these as a simple template or pattern and make up more for myself.

If you are making up numerous story kits for all the branches, cut up the actual picture books from discards, laminate the pictures and attach velcro for a felt board or magnetic tape for a whiteboard. This way I have all my favourites storyboard ready - Elephant and the Bad Baby, Wombat Stew etc. Finally, it is a great use for all the old broken up wooden puzzle pieces - attach a magnet and you have tractors, trains, animals and people.

I would also recommend Fabric Artist, Donna Toussaint. She made the LLOP Big Book and may be interested in making up kits as long as it is a sizeable order.