Publisher's synopsis
A gorgeous and inspiring picture book about a young girl, Nell, who invents a machine to fix the pollution that is choking the city.
‘It’s done!’ said Nell. ‘My invention is finished! I must show it to the people in the Big City as soon as I can.’
Far from Nell’s home in the countryside, the Big City is growing more polluted every day – and Nell has a brilliant mind and an ingenious invention. She sets off on the long journey, only to find that the problem is far worse than she’d imagined. But Nell is determined to succeed.
A beautifully illustrated picture book about a small girl with a big dream to make the world a better place.
Awards
- Shortlisted, Speech Pathology Award, Five to Eight Years, 2019, AU
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Sher Rill Ng is a Melbourne-based author and illustrator. She graduated from RMIT with a Bachelor of Design and works as a web and mobile UX/UI designer. She took part in the Imaginism House Workshop, an intensive art training program in Montreal, Canada, working with leading artists in the concept art/animation industry. Her works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, including the Light Grey Art Lab (Minnesota) and Gallery 1988 (Los Angeles). Sher Rill’s debut picture book, Our Little Inventor, was followed by contributing Thumbelina’s illustrations to the anthology Fairytales for Feisty Girls by Susannah McFarlane and illustrating Emma Allen’s The Night of the Hiding Moon.
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