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Lian Tanner's new picture book

August 4, 2019

Congrats to Lian Tanner on the publication of

Ella and the Ocean

Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley

Published by Allen and Unwin, in hardback

For ages 4 - 6.

Ella lives in the red-dirt country where the earth is as dry as old bones and it hasn’t rained for years and years and years … A story of drought and renewal, of family, imagination and the power of hope.

Extremely timely - congrats again Lian!

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