Jessica Walton
Jessica Walton is a picture book author, teacher, parent, daughter of a trans parent, and proud queer, disabled woman. They wrote Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship to help explain gender identity in a simple, positive way …
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Dougal MacPherson
Dougal MacPherson once drew a truck on a rainy Sunday afternoon to entertain his young son. Since then, he has illustrated for tech websites and conferences and now, a children's book. Dougal lives with his wife, son, daughter and a cat called …
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Introducing Teddy
Errol and his teddy, Thomas, are best friends who do everything together. Whether it's riding a bike…
Year:
Primary, Year 1
Author:
Jessica Walton
Illustrator:
Dougal MacPherson
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Published year:
2016
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David Metzenthen
David Metzenthen lives in and loves Melbourne. He was an advertising copywriter and a builder's labourer before turning to fiction. He tries to surf, fly-fish, and is a keen environmentalist. The natural world is where he likes to spend his time, and…
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Michael Camilleri
Michael Camilleri is a Melbourne artist who creates books, comics and visual theatre. His illustration work features in The Devil You Know by Leonie Norrington and on the album art and accompanying picture book for Martin Martini's Vienna 1913. He …
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Sher Rill Ng
Sher Rill Ng is a Woi Wurrung/Melbourne-based illustrator. She designed and illustrated for SaaS companies before releasing her first author-illustrated picture book Our Little Inventor in 2019. In 2022, Our Little Inventor was adapted into a …
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Paperboy
A story about bouncing forward when faced with adversity, and about making creative choices in the …
Year:
Primary, Year 4
Author:
Danny Parker
Illustrator:
Bethany Macdonald
Publisher:
Dirt Lane Press
Published year:
2020
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Michael Speechley
Michael Speechley has been a graphic designer and high school art teacher in WA.
His first picture book, The All New Must Have Orange 430, explores themes of consumerism and the environment. It was shortlisted and awarded as an Honour Book in the …
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Archie Roach
Archie Roach AM, a Gunditjmara and Bundjalung man, was born in Victoria in 1956. Taken at the age of two from parents he never saw again, he was placed into foster care. He started writing songs after meeting his soulmate Ruby Hunter when they were …
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Ruby Hunter
Ruby Hunter (1955–2010) was a proud Ngarrindjeri, Kukatha, Pitjantjatjara woman from South Australia. She forged a remarkable music career, releasing three highly acclaimed albums, while raising a family with her lifelong partner and soulmate, …
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