Award for Bear in Space!

Congratulations to the dynamic duo Deborah Abela and Marjorie Crosby-Fairall. Their picture book

Bear in Space

has been awarded

Best Book in Translation in Malta

It was published here in Australia by Walker Books Australia in 2020 and in Malta by Merlin Publishers.

It was translated by author and lecturer, Claire Azzopardi. Its Maltese name is Ors Fl-Isapzju.
You can watch the trailer!

Bear is different.
When he dreams of flying into space,
The other bears laugh.
In space he’s happy,
but lonely,
until something extraordinary happens.

A story about being different and finding friends who love you just the way you are.

Bear’s story began at a SCWBI sketch and scribble - How wonderful that he is now in the hearts and minds of children across the world!

Award for Mark Carthew

Congratulations to Mark Carthew, the author of

The Thing That Goes Ping!

illustrated by Shane McG and published by Ford Street Publishing, which won the

2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award
(5 - 8 years category)

This whimsical picture book features the delight of wordplay through rhythmic narrative and evocative illustration. The engaging and playful story introduces the concept of onomatopoeia.

Congratulations - our hearts go ZING when we hear such news!

Award for Kaye Baillie

Congratulations to Kaye Baillie whose picture book

Boo Loves Books

won the 3-5 years category in the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2021. This book was illustrated by Tracie Grimwood and published by New Frontier Publishing in May 2020.

The Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards aim to promote children’s books as literacy tools, as well as raising awareness of the role of speech pathologists play in helping children develop language and literacy skills.