Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family and the main language of Italy. Worldwide there are approximately 85 million speakers of Italian. In Australia, Italian was for many years the most frequently spoken language other than English (LOTE). In the 2016 Census, 271,597 people indicated that they speak Italian at home, which makes it the 5th most frequently spoken LOTE.
Level 1
| Title | Language | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
| After school (Dopo la scuola) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (290kb pdf) |
| Come and see (Vieni a vedere) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (330kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (300kb pdf) |
| Dog (Il cane) | Italian | b and w (200kb pdf) | colour (240kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (240kb pdf) |
| Fruit and vegetables (Frutta e verdure) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (250kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (250kb pdf) |
| I can (Lo so fare) | Italian | b and w (210kb pdf) | colour (220kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (220kb pdf) |
| I like animals (Mi piaggiono gli animali) | Italian | b and w (200kb pdf) | colour (280kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (260kb pdf) |
| Jobs (I lavori) | Italian | b and w (260kb pdf) | colour (330kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (330kb pdf) |
| Look at me (Guardami) | Italian | b and w (230kb pdf) | colour (290kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (290kb pdf) |
| On the move (In movimento) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (310kb pdf) |
| Tails (Code) | Italian | b and w (200kb pdf) | colour (260kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (260kb pdf) |
| This is a house (Questa è una casa) | Italian | b and w (270kb pdf) | colour (370kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (370kb pdf) |
| Very big! (Molto grande!) | Italian | b and w (210kb pdf) | colour (220kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (220kb pdf) |
| What is hiding? (Cosa si nasconde?) | Italian | b and w (360kb pdf) | colour (360kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (360kb pdf) |
| What is Starfish doing? (Cosa fa la stella marina?) | Italian | | colour (90kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (110kb pdf) |
| Where do we go? (Dove andiamo?) | Italian | b and w (320kb pdf) | colour (320kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (320kb pdf) |
Level 2
| Title | Language | Black and white edition | Colour edition |
|---|
| At the market (Al mercato) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (260kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (260kb pdf) |
| Crossing the road (Attraversare la strada) | Italian | b and w (320kb pdf) | colour (360kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (360kb pdf) |
| Gecko is hungry (Il geco a fame) | Italian | b and w (210kb pdf) | colour (240kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (230kb pdf) |
| Homes (È casa) | Italian | b and w (260kb pdf) | colour (320kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (290kb pdf) |
| Like this (Cosí) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (230kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (230kb pdf) |
| The box (La scatola) | Italian | b and w (240kb pdf) | colour (290kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (290kb pdf) |
| The rock pool (La pozza di marea) | Italian | b and w (260kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (310kb pdf) |
| Up and down (Su e giù) | Italian | b and w (250kb pdf) | colour (310kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (320kb pdf) |
| Where are they? (Dove sono?) | Italian | b and w (220kb pdf) | colour (260kb pdf) |
| | Italian and English | | colour (260kb pdf) |