Publisher's synopsis
Two seals are perched on a rock. When others need shelter, do they share it?
Room on our Rock celebrates the truth that there are two sides to every story.
This clever picture book has one story that can be read two different ways. When read from front to back, the seals believe there is definitely no room on their rock for others. But when the book is read from back to front, the seals welcome others to shelter on their rock.
A heartwarming story about sharing and compassion.
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Kate and Jol Temple are the internationally award-winning children’s authors of more than twenty books for children. Their books have been translated into 22 languages worldwide. Their picture books include the hilarious bestselling picture book series Bin Chicken.
In 2022, Winner Winner Bin Chicken Dinner was shortlisted for the ABIA Children’s Picture Book of the Year. In 2020, their picture book Room On Our Rock, a poignant allegory about empathy and refugees, was awarded the prestigious Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, recognising fiction that has the potential to transform children’s lives by inviting compassion, imagination and wonder.
Bio and photo: Scholastic Australia
Terri Rose grew up on a small farm in coastal New Zealand surrounded by animals of every kind and colour. With beaches, rivers and rolling hills to explore, Terri’s love for the outdoors and the animals that inhabited them was sealed. Upon leaving school she pursued a career as a script writer, becoming the writer for shows such as Jane and the Dragon and The Wotwots. However, the medium of picture books was always calling and in 2012 Terri published her first title, Mr Bear Branches and the Cloud Conundrum, which went on to be nominated for an Australian Book Design Award and a New Zealand Book Award. She now has four books under her belt and is becoming known for her subtly playful and expressive creatures, endeavouring with every pencil stroke to pay homage to those animal companions that shaped her childhood.
Bio and photo: Scholastic Australia
