Award for Claire Saxby and Max Hamilton

Congratulations to author Claire Saxby and illustrator Max Hamilton on being awarded

Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award for Children's Natural History Award

for their non fiction picture book, for ages 5-9 published by Walker Books in 2022,

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil is the story of a mother and her two imps. The RZSNSW Whitley Awards are awarded annually recognising the best of Australasian zoological literature.

New JF for Nathan Luff and Chris Kennett

Congratulations to author Nathan Luff and illustrator Chris Kennett on the publication of

Family Disasters: Storm Warning

a Paperback junior fiction for ages 8+ published by Scholastic Australia

01 November 2023

Book 2 in the Family Disasters series sees Jakob and his family embarrassing themselves onboard a cruise liner while a cyclone brews out at sea.

These books sound like a lot of fun! What else can go wrong for this family?

New PB for Margeaux Davis and Crystal Corocher

Congratulations to illustrator Margeaux Davis and author Crystal Corocher on the publication of

Giovanni

a hardback non-fiction picture book for 6-10 year olds publiched by Wombat Books

04 October 2023

The epic adventure of four-year-old Giovanni and the journey that could have ended his life, bringing him instead to start a new adventure in a new country, Australia.

This moving story follows four-year-old Giovanni and his family on the perilous Marquis de Rays expedition - from Italy to Australia, in 1881.

A beautiful book!