[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]She was small when she heard about them…
the incredible freedom machines.[/perfectpullquote]
In this sumptuous story of exploration and breaking boundaries, a young girl uncovers her very own freedom machine – a vehicle that carries her to all kinds of wondrous places.
A poetic and visual feast from First Nations author Kirli Saunders and multi-award winning illustrator Matt Ottley.
Kirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai Woman, award-winning author, multidisciplinary artist and consultant who creates to connect to make change. She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts (2022). Kirli has partnered with global organisations including Google, Fender, Sydney Opera House, Qantas and Spotify, Mecca and Aesop to celebrate stories and cultivate change. Her books among others include Bindi, Kindred and Returning (Magabala). Her play, Going Home, is in development. She is currently writing her anticipated novel, Yaraman assisted by AUSCO.
Bio: Magabala Books
Photo: Salty Dingo Media, courtesy of Magabala Books
Matt Ottley is a multi-modal artist working across the fields of visual arts, music and literature. He is an award-winning picture book writer and illustrator, with 25 picture books published. He spent his childhood in Papua New Guinea, and has travelled widely throughout Australia and the world. As a teenager and during his early twenties he worked as a stockman on remote cattle stations in the Australian outback, before studying fine arts and music. He lived for three years in Britain working as an equestrian painter, painting some of Britain’s finest racehorses and polo ponies.
He is now one of Australia’s most popular children’s author/illustrators, and has been published in several different languages around the world. His book and musical work for young adults, Requiem for a Beast was awarded the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Picture Book of the Year in 2008, and the Queensland Premier’s Award for Young Adult Literature in the same year. His picture book, What Faust Saw was an international best seller. Matt has also worked as a professional flamenco and classical guitarist. He is currently working on two large-scale orchestral projects that will also have visual and literature components.
Bio: Penguin Random House
Photo: Tina Wilson, courtesy of Penguin Random House
Author Kirli Saunders
Illustrator Matt Ottley
Publisher Scholastic Australia
Date of Publication 2018
ISBN 9781760275235
Category Children's Books, Picture Books
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