Highly Commended, Best Designed Children’s Picture Book, APA Book Design Awards 2012 Woody was a skunk with no funk!Ī book about a boy and his buttons, and how the search for one thing can lead to the delightful discovery of another. Not a whiff of mud, not a sniff of swamp, not a dash of dung.

Shortlisted, Griffith University Children’s Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards 2015 Shortlisted, Best Designed Children’s Illustrated Book, ABDA Book Design Awards 2016 Winner, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 Once there was a boy who had to leave home. When her grandmother’s time comes, Mabel finds something left behind.Ī beautiful story about how a tiny thimble and an unfinished blanket can help mend a heart. Meet Spike, the most adorable and inspiring picture book heroine, who readers will be cheering all the way to the finish line! The Speedy Sloth (illustrated by Heath McKenzie) is ALIA’s National Simultaneous Storytime picture book for 2023. Teacup (illustrated by Matt Ottley) won the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 and has been published internationally. These days I love working with words and pictures as both a publisher and an author. My days were filled with chalk drawings on driveways, backyard battles, blanket forts, dollhouse drama, journal ramblings. With lyrical text and gorgeous artwork, this poignant picture book is perfect for discussing all of life’s toughest challenges-a big move, a divorce, long-distance separation, or even the current refugee crisis-in a way that’s reassuring and inspiring for children and adults alike.I grew up in suburban Sydney with two brothers, a swing set and the scent of gardenias. until another traveler joins him, bearing the seed to build a new home. At last, the boy finds land, but it doesn't feel complete. And some days, the smallest amount of hope grows into something glorious. Some days, storms threaten to overturn his boat.

Some days, the journey is peaceful, and the skies are cloudless and bright. He brings with him a teacup full of earth from the place where he grew up, and sets off to sea. “A lyrical tale of leaving home and finding a new one…Thought-provoking and arrestingly beautiful.”Ī boy must leave his home and find another. “A potent discussion starter… Enchanting, beautiful, and full of hope. “ moving, allegorical tale… inspiring reflection and empathy” A stunning picture book that addresses life’s big journeys with hope, beauty, and reassurance

Teacup by Rebecca Young