Publisher's synopsis
This lovely story about a child and their grandfather searching for cicadas is part of the award-winning narrative nonfiction Nature Storybooks series.
In the summertime, Grandpa and I go cicada-watching. We put our camping gear into my wagon and walk down to the local reserve. Last year we saw five Green Grocers, three Yellow Mondays and one Floury Baker. Can we find the rare Black Prince this year?
This picture book brings together award winners Lesley Gibbes and Judy Watson to showcase the wonder and beauty of cicadas as well as highlight the common summer pastime of cicada-watching.
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Awards
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CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Lesley Gibbes is an Australian children’s author and primary school teacher. She is the author of CBCA Early Childhood Book Of The Year Honour Book SCARY NIGHT and the hilarious chapter book series Fizz, both illustrated by Stephen Michael King. She lives on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Photo courtesy of Hachette Australia
Judy Watson grew up in a house behind her father’s veterinary clinic, and spent all her holidays on a farm near the beach. When she was not reading or drawing, she could be found lying in the long grass watching bugs and birds. Judy’s picture book with Frances Watts (Goodnight, Mice!) won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Children’s Fiction in 2012, and her illustrations have been shortlisted or longlisted for several awards. She particularly enjoyed drawing Australian plants for Searching For Cicadas (written by Lesley Gibbes).
Photo courtesy of Judy Watson
