Claire Saxby
Claire Saxby was born in Melbourne, moved to Newcastle as a toddler and to Bougainville Island in PNG when she was ten. She attended many schools around Australia before studying in Melbourne to become a podiatrist. For several years Claire worked in…
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Jess Racklyeft
Jess Racklyeft creates a variety of illustrated things – picture books, paintings, prints, pins and cards – mainly in watercolours. She works from her Melbourne home studio with her cat and dog at her feet, and occasionally one of her kids joins …
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Underground
Led by an unconscientiously objecting wombat registered for military service during Australia's war …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Mirranda Burton
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2021
Crow Country
A gripping time-slip adventure, in the tradition of Ruth Park's Playing Beatie Bow.
Sadie isn't …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Kate Constable
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2011
Iceberg
This CBCA Winner about an iceberg born into spring that travels through the seasons before dying in …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Claire Saxby
Illustrator:
Jess Racklyeft
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2021
What About Thao?
From the author of the bestselling Thai-riffic, Con-nerd and The Other Christy comes a funny and …
Year:
Secondary
Author:
Oliver Phommavanh
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Published year:
2022
Michelle Pereira
Michelle Pereira is an illustrator who spent her childhood in Nairobi, Kenya and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Communication Design and became a professional illustrator after a somewhat …
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Sandhya Parappukkaran
Sandhya Parappukkaran left her job as a Food Technologist so she could put her feet up and read. Then she rediscovered her passion for children’s books. She writes stories with themes of ‘embracing your cultural identity’ inspired by her South …
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The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long …
Year:
Primary
Author:
Sandhya Parappukkaran
Illustrator:
Michelle Pereira
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Publishing
Published year:
2021
Nick Bland
Nick was born on a farm in Victoria's Yarra Valley, the son of two school teachers. When he moved to the bush at the age of 6, he discovered a wonderful new world and his creativity bloomed. Nick always wanted to be a cartoonist and a writer, but it …
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