Bernie has boxes for everything: for home, for school and even for the park. When things fit into boxes, they make sense. But one day, Bernie’s boxes collide, and she must find a way to make sense of her world again.
When she loses her mother in a freak accident, Dylan finds herself on a road trip across outback Australia. A warm, funny and highly original portrait of a young girl’s search for identity and her struggle to deal with grief.
Zoë Bennett is an illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. Her work aims to capture the playfulness, curiosity and candidness of childhood, family and ordinary moments. She especially loves to capture quintessentially Australian scenes, colour palettes and characters. Picture books she has illustrated have been recognised by the Australian Children’s Book Council Awards and government initiatives. […]
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Jess Horn is a Sydney-based, neurodivergent children’s author and former speech pathologist whose books celebrate imagination, inclusivity and diversity. Her CBCA Notable debut picture book, Bernie Thinks in Boxes, was selected for the 2025 Victorian Government Prep Bags. With humour and heart, her stories explore the world from unique perspectives, bringing warmth and authenticity to […]
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Tania McCartney is a book creator. She has made over 60 books for children and adults, and has illustrated, edited and designed many of them, too. Her works have shortlisted and won an array of awards, and have reached the hands of children in more than 20 countries around the globe. A children’s literacy ambassador […]
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Cath Moore is of Irish/Afro-Caribbean heritage. She was born in Guyana, raised in Australia and has lived in Scotland and Belgium. She now lives in Melbourne. Cath is an award-winning screenwriter, a teacher and a filmmaker. Metal Fish, Falling Snow is her first novel. Bio and photo: Text Publishing
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Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder has worked as a school teacher, a librarian, an academic and a Hansard Editor at Federal Parliament. She is the author of over 30 multi-award-winning books for children. Her historical titles include five books in the Heritage Heroes series, including Lennie the Legend – which won the CBCA Book of the […]
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