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By the Billabong
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The bestselling picture book now in board format!
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Description
A wisdom of wombats,
A passel of possums,
A cluster of spiders knitting socks . . .
Who else might you meet on a trip to the billabong?
Find out in this delightful romp through a much-loved Australian landscape.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781922626615
Publisher: Affirm Press
Format: Board book
Date Published: 25 January 2022
Country: Australia
Imprint: Affirm Kids
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Cate James
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 181.0mm
Height: 220.0mm
Weight: 340g
Pages: 12
About the Author
Author detailsBorn and bred in New Zealand, Maura Finn now lives in Melbourne with her husband and two young daughters.In her early writing days, she ran a rather lucrative playground business, swapping tailor-made poems for lunchbox leftovers. Now, many years later, she has rediscovered the joy and value of picture books through sharing them with her own children, and is delighted to think that her stories may contribute to other children's love of reading.Illustrator detailsCate James is an illustrator, artist and author based in the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. She moved here from Edinburgh, Scotland in 2015 and loves the sunshine. She has been working as a full-time freelance illustrator since 2010 and has a background in printmaking. Cate works mostly in children's publishing on picture books and illustrated texts. In 2015 she had her first book published as author/illustrator.Also by Maura Finn
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