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BOLOGNA 2020 RIGHTS GUIDE
 C H I L D R E N ’S & YO U N G A D U LT
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CONTENTS
 PICTURE BOOKS

 JUNIOR & MIDDLE GRADE

 YOUNG ADULT

GENERAL ENQUIRIES
If you are interested in any of the titles in this Rights Guide or would like further information,
please contact us:

Elizabeth O’Donnell
International Rights Manager
HarperCollins Publishers (ANZ)
t: +61 2 9952 5475
e: elizabeth.odonnell@harpercollins.com.au

HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000
PO Box A565, Sydney South NSW 1235
AUSTRALIA
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RUBY RED SHOES:                                                                                THE UNWILLING TWIN
MY WONDERFUL                                                                                   F R E YA B L A C K W O O D
GRANDMOTHER
                                                                                               AGES: 3+
K AT E K N A P P
                                                                                               A charming and beautiful new picture book
AGES: 3+                                                                                       from the multi-award-winning creator
                                                                                               Freya Blackwood.
Let Ruby welcome you into her world as
she tells you all the wonderful things about                                                   Manuscript Available                                                                               f r e ya b lac kw o o d

her grandmother.
                                                                                               November 2020 | 32pp | 216x267mm
Manuscript Available                                                                           Hardback | ISBN 9781460757536
April 2020 | 32pp | 225x225mm
Hardback | ISBN 9781460758885
                                                                                               Jules and George are the same in every way.
                                                                                               It is quite impossible to tell them apart.
What’s wonderful about my grandmother is she wears x-ray spectacles.                           But after a long day at the beach, even twins sometimes disagree …
She can see deep inside me and knows just what I’m feeling.
                                                                                               From Kate Greenaway medallist Freya Blackwood comes a cheeky and charming story about the
Ruby Red Shoes is an aware hare who lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother,         ups and downs of sibling love.
Babushka Galina Galushka.
Ruby loves her grandmother very much and thinks she is wonderful for all sorts of very
special reasons.
What’s wonderful about your grandmother?

                                                                                                    and jump waves!                                                                                                      watch seagulls,
                                                                                                                                        George doesn’t like waves.

                                                                                                                                                                     There is so much for twins
                                                                                                                                                                     to do at the beach.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  They collect shells,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           go snorkelling,

Illustrator and artist Kate Knapp is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art. Her design   Freya Blackwood is a multi-award-winning illustrator and writer. Her picture books are beloved
studio, Twigseeds, produces cards, prints, stationery and books.                               for her warm and perceptive drawings. Since publishing her first picture book in 2003, Freya has
                                                                                               worked with writers such as Libby Gleeson, Margaret Wild, Jan Ormerod, Nick Bland and Danny
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Ruby Red Shoes will be published in the US (Doubleday PRH) in 2020, and has been selected      Medal, for her book Harry and Hopper. And in 2015 she did what no other creator has ever done,
for the ‘Winter 2019 Kids Indie Next List’; also published by Macmillan UK, Goraebook          taking out three CBCA Book of the Year awards in a single year.
Library, Korean; Edelvives, Spanish and Catalan; Jiangsu Phoneix FA, Simplified Chinese
characters; Vivat, Ukrainian.                                                                  Rights Held: World English and translation
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SELF-HELP FOR BABIES                                                                                RUDIE NUDIE CHRISTMAS
B E C K & M AT T S TA N T O N                                                                       E M M A Q U AY
AGES: 0-2 YEAR OLDS                                                                                 AGES: 0-3
A N D T H E I R PA R E N T S !
                                                                                                    A delightful Rudie Nudie celebration of the
Self-Help for Babies: if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.                                               joy of Christmas from award-winning creator
                                                                                                    Emma Quay.
Manuscript Available
September 2020 | 24pp | 180x180mm | Hardback                                                        Manuscript Available
ISBN 9780733341151 & 9780733341168                                                                  October 2020 | 24pp | 230x252mm
                                                                                                    Hardback | ISBN 9780733338342

                                                                                                    One, two Rudie Nudie,
                                                                                                    Rudie Nudie, where are you?
                                                                                                    It is very nearly Christmas Day …
If you’ve had a baby, you’ve no doubt had some well-meaning parent smugly say, ‘You know,           For Rudie one … and two.
babies don’t come with a manual.’
                                                                                                    It’s Christmas Eve and two little rudie nudies are on the run again!
Well, now your newborn can READ the manual with Self-Help for Babies, a hilarious new
series from bestselling Australian authors Beck and Matt Stanton.                                   From bestselling author-illustrator Emma Quay comes the perfect book for your rudie nudie
                                                                                                    this holiday season.

            BOOK 4 -                   BOOK 5 -                BOOK 6 -
                                                                                                               n   d and round
            DECEMBER 2020              MARCH 2021              MARCH 2021                                  rou

                                                                                                                                    Deck the halls in red and green,
                                                                                                                                    for a Rudie Nudie king
                                                                                                                                    and a Rudie Nudie queen.

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                                                                                                                                                             e,   just
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Matt Stanton is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator, with over 930,000 books sold in    Emma Quay is an illustrator and writer of many award-winning picture books; her memorable
Australia alone. He is the co-creator of the mega-hit picture books There Is a Monster Under My     characters for Rudie Nudie, Baby Bedtime, Shrieking Violet, Bear and Chook, Daddy’s Cheeky
Bed Who Farts and This Is a Ball. He launched his much-anticipated middle-grade series, Funny       Monkey, Good Night, Me and Scarlett, Starlet are favourites on children’s bookshelves all over
Kid, in 2017. The first book in the series, Funny Kid for President, debuted as the #1 Australian   Australia. Her most recent title, for very young children, is My Sunbeam Baby. Emma grew up
kids’ book, and Funny Kid is fast winning legions of fans around the world.                         in the English countryside, and has wanted to illustrate children’s books for as long as she can
Beck Stanton is the acclaimed co-creator of the bestselling picture books This Is a Ball, Did You   remember. She works from a studio in her home and sometimes feels like she barely leaves it, but
Take the B from My _ook?, The Red Book, Wait! and The Book That Never Ends. Before her career       her illustrative work is held in collections around the world, including the Victoria and Albert
in children’s books, Beck worked as a primary school teacher. She lives in Sydney with her          Museum, London.
husband, bestselling author-illustrator Matt Stanton, and their three young children.
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W H AT D O Y O U C A L L                                                                                 THE POLAR BEAR IN
Y O U R G R A N D PA ?                                                                                   SYDNEY HARBOUR
ASHLEIGH BARTON &                                                                                        BECK & ROBIN FEINER
MARTINA HEIDUCZEK
                                                                                                         AGES: 3+
AGES: 3+
                                                                                                         A polar bear in Sydney Harbour?
An inclusive picture book for grandfathers
everywhere.                                                                                              Manuscript Available
Manuscript Available                                                                                     September 2020 | 32pp | 244x244mm
                                                                                                         Hardback | ISBN 9780733339400
July 2020 | 32pp | 244x244mm
Hardback | ISBN 9780733340864

In every country around the world are grandpas short and tall.                                           When Hannah spots a polar bear in Sydney Harbour, she knows something isn’t right … But even
Though they go by different names, we love them one and all.                                             worse, none of the adults seem to notice him at all.

From brilliant new talents Ashleigh Barton and Martina Heiduczek, comes a charming and                   Can Hannah help her new friend find his way back home?
heart-warming book that celebrates the many different ways we say grandpa.                               From the creators of If I Was Prime Minister comes an empowering and inspiring new picture book
What Do You Call Your Grandpa? is a love letter to grandfathers and families from every corner           about standing tall and shining bright.
of the globe.

                                                                  Here’s the world’s most dapper chap,
                                                                  in his vest and driving cap.
                                                                  Every week he’s at the barber.
                                                                  Levi calls his grandpa Saba.

                           He plays trumpet in a band.                                                                        BONDI PAVILION
                           Sell-out shows in halls so grand.
                           Silence please, here comes his solo.                                                                                           LIFEGUARD
                           Kaya calls her grandpa Lolo.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Hannah and Rodney
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     were an unlikely
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     pair, but she’d
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     always wanted
                                                                                                                                                                                  Hannah’s ferry docked and so did the               a pet.
                                                                                                                                                                                  polar bear’s iceberg.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Running over as fast as she could, she wasn’t
                                                                                                                                                                                  prepared for quite how enormous polar bears are.

                                                                                                                                                But down on the sand, everyone    ‘What’s your name?’ Hannah asked. But the polar
                                                                                                                                                was too busy relaxing to notice   bear just gazed at her. ‘Well, if it’s up to me,
                                                                                                                                                the girl with the polar bear.     I think I’ll call you Rodney.’

Ashleigh Barton is a communications professional with a background marketing and promoting
children’s books from board books to young adult novels. She works as a freelance content                Beck Feiner is an art director, graphic designer and illustrator. Her first book, Aussie Legends
writer and copywriter, crafting countless website content, blog articles, marketing materials and        Alphabet, was released in 2017. Her second book, If I Was Prime Minister, created with her
social media marketing for clients in various industries all over the world. She also runs a food        husband Robin, was released in 2018. Beck lives in Sydney with her family.
blog and Etsy store, just for fun.                                                                       Robin Feiner is a lover of communication with originality and craft. As an advertising creative, he’s
Martina Heiduczek grew up in a small village on the Baltic Sea in Germany. Here you could                written campaigns that Australians talk about. Now, with two young children, Robin writes books
find her mostly galloping through the forests with flying piggy tails on her Shetland pony,              that he thinks they would love.
drawing or reading. These days she is an illustrator and graphic designer and lives in Australia.
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Martina’s illustrations are a mixture of digital and traditional media. With a passion for colour
and textures she works with layers of scanned materials, coloured pencils, watercolour and
gouache. Her works are inspired by nature, people, places, and the emotionally moving and silly
things she sees out there … Magic is everywhere!

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F I R E W O M B AT                                                                              P E A A N D N U T:
JACKIE FRENCH                                                                                   GO FOR GOLD!
& DANNY SNELL                                                                                   M AT T S TA N T O N
AGES: 3+
                                                                                                AGES: 3+
As the bushfire swallowed up the world they
knew, a wombat shared his warren with other                                                     Meet Pea and Nut: best friends and
animals.                                                                                        also ... best rivals!

Manuscript Available                                                                            Manuscript Available

November 2020 | 24pp | 244 x 244mm                                                              August 2020 | 24pp | 250x240mm
Hardback | ISBN 9781460759332                                                                   Hardback | ISBN 9780733340680

                                                                                                When a chilled-out panda and a hyperactive flamingo go head to head, there can be only one winner.
As the flames of the bushfire approach, one small wombat is bravely followed by other animals
                                                                                                Pea the panda relaxes by the pool. Nut the flamingo doesn’t do relaxing. It’s time for a race, and
to the safety of her underground burrow.
                                                                                                this time Nut is going for gold!
From best-selling author and Australian Children’s Laureate, Jackie French, and award-winning
                                                                                                The second book in the hilarious bestselling series featuring two adorable oddballs by bestselling
illustrator, Danny Snell, comes a story of survival, courage and friendship.
                                                                                                author Matt Stanton.

                                                                                                PRAISE FOR MATT STANTON’S BOOKS
                                                                                                ‘Humour is injected into every page’ – Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Reading Time
                                                                                                ‘Witty, silly, and interactive ... A rollicking read for children and adults alike’ – Kirkus Reviews

   ALSO BY JACKIE FRENCH:                           ALSO BY DANNY SNELL:                                                                                     ALSO IN THE SERIES:

Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, Australian Children’s
Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Her books have been translated into many
languages, and sold over 4 million copies internationally.
                                                                                                Matt Stanton is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator, with over 930,000 books sold in
Danny Snell has worked as an illustrator for 20 years creating work for ad agencies, design     Australia alone. He is the co-creator of the mega-hit picture books There Is a Monster Under My Bed
studios, newspapers and magazines. Danny also illustrates children’s books, and working in      Who Farts and This Is a Ball. He launched his much-anticipated middle-grade series, Funny Kid, in
a variety of media and with a focus on simple compositions he brings a gentle whimsy to his     2017. The first book in the series, Funny Kid for President, debuted as the #1 Australian kids’ book,
characters and settings. His book Jeremy won 2014 CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information        and Funny Kid is fast winning legions of fans around the world.
Books and the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature – Picture
Fiction for Seagull, which he wrote and illustrated. Danny’s most recent book with Working      Rights Held: World English and translation
Title Press is Ozzie Goes to School by Jocelyn Crabb.

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PINK!                                                                                           W H AT A L O T O F
MARGARET WILD                                                                                   NONSENSE
& JUDITH ROSSELL                                                                                SHEENA KNOWLES
                                                                                                & J O N AT H A N B E N T L E Y
AGES: 2–5
                                                                                                AGES: 3+
Pink was born to stand out.
                                                                                                From the author of the internationally
Manuscript Available                                                                            bestselling Edward and Edwina the Emu, comes
July 2020 | 32pp | 244x244mm                                                                    a book that presents readers with a puzzle – to
Hardback | ISBN 9781460757499                                                                   find the anagrams hidden on every page.

                                                                                                Manuscript Available
                                                                                                March 2020 | 32pp | 244x244mm
                                                                                                Hardback | ISBN 9781460756140
Pink is a small dinosaur who stands out from the crowd. Hide-and-seek is her favourite game,
but her colour means she’s always the first one to be found. She doesn’t want to be pink        Dear reader, please take time to note
anymore ... until her difference helps her friends find their way home again.                   Two ways to read this book I wrote.
An adorable new picture book about accepting yourself and finding your strengths, from award-   The first way is for everyone,
winning author Margaret Wild and award-winning illustrator Judith Rossell.                      Just read the book, enjoy the fun.
                                                                                                The second way will challenge those
                                                                                                Who like to look beyond the prose.
                                                                                                Who’d like to ACT just like a ‘cat’
                                                                                                (And that’s an anagram, in fact).
                                                                                                Join in the fun with a host of quirky animals, and find out why a bear doesn’t want to be bare, a seal
                                                                                                goes to a sale, and a dingo is doing a dance.

Margaret has written more than 40 books for children. Her books are published around the        Sheena is the author of Edward the Emu and Edwina the Emu, both illustrated by Rod Clement,
world and have won numerous awards.                                                             and What a Lot of Nonsense, illustrated by Jonathan Bentley.
Judith Rossell is the multi-award-winning author-illustrator of the bestselling Stella          Jonathan has illustrated over forty books and written four of his own, including Where is Bear? and
Montgomery series. Judith has written thirteen books and illustrated more than eighty. Her      Cat and Dog. He counts himself very lucky to worked with so many wonderful authors including
work has been published in the US and UK, and translated into more than twenty languages.       Margaret Wild, Andrew Daddo, Shaun Micallef, Patrick Guest, Lian Tanner and even the Wiggles.

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TELL ‘EM!                                                                                           MY FOLKS GREW UP IN
K AT R I N A G E R M E I N ,                                                                        THE 80S
R O S E M A R Y S U L L I VA N                                                                      BECK & ROBIN FEINER
& KAREN BRIGGS
                                                                                                    AGES: 5+
AGES: 5+
                                                                                                    Travel back in time to the era no-one has ever
A joyous and exuberant picture book about life                                                      forgotten - the '80s - because those outfits were
in a remote community.                                                                              so rad you had to wear shades.
Manuscript Available                                                                                Manuscript Available
June 2020 | 32pp | 250x240mm                                                                        October 2019 | 32pp | 285x230mm
Hardback | ISBN 9781921504921                                                                       Hardback | ISBN 9780733339417

                                                                                                    Welcome to the 1980s. Mum and Dad have described it to me, and it was totally whack. It was
Tell ‘em how us kids like to play.                                                                  a time when crimped hair and perms were cool, kids listened to cassette tapes, thought dancing
We got bikes and give each other rides.                                                             on your head was the ultimate, and synth pop ruled the school. It makes no sense to me of
Tell ‘em about the dancing and singing,                                                             course, but it looked kinda fun, don't you think?
And all the stories the old people know.
                                                                                                    My Folks Grew Up in the '80s is a stroll down memory lane for the kidz who grew up then, and a
In this book, written in conjunction with children from Manyallaluk School in the Roper River       hilarious chance to share the decade's downright weirdness with a whole new generation.
region in the Northern Territory, the voices of Indigenous children sing out across the land to
tell us about their life in a remote community.

Rosemary Sullivan’s first picture book, Tom Tom, was nominated as a Honour Book in the 2009
CBCA Book of the Year Awards for Early Childhood and has sold more than 28,000 copies.
                                                                                                  Beck Feiner is an art director, graphic designer and illustrator. Her first book, Aussie Legends
Katrina Germein is a bestselling author whose books are published worldwide. Her first book,      Alphabet, was released in 2017. Her second book, If I Was Prime Minister, created with her
Big Rain Coming, has remained continuously in print since 1999 and her popular title My Dad       husband Robin, was released in 2018. Beck lives in Sydney with her family.
Thinks He’s Funny was Highly Commended in the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
                                                                                                  Robin Feiner is a lover of communication with originality and craft. As an advertising creative,
Karen Briggs’s first picture book, Kick with My Left Foot, written by Paul Seden, was published   he's written campaigns that Australians talk about. Now, with two young children, Robin writes
in 2014, and shortlisted for the CBCA Crichton Award in 2015.                                     books that he thinks they would love.
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DIPPY AND THE                                                                                         TOP KOALA
DINOSAURS                                                                                             JACKIE FRENCH AND
JACKIE FRENCH, BRUCE                                                                                  M AT T S H A N K S
W H AT L E Y & B E N W H AT L E Y
                                                                                                      AGES: 3+
SMITH
                                                                                                      This koala just has to be on top!
AGES: 3+
                                                                                                      Manuscript Available
An 'Ice Age' meets Diary of a Wombat story.
                                                                                                      December 2019 | 32pp | 244x244mm
Manuscript Available                                                                                  Hardback | ISBN 9781460754818
February 2020 | 32pp | 210x280mm
Hardback | ISBN 9781460754092

Dippy the diprotodon is the BIGGEST and friendliest wombat who lived 100,000 years ago.               I am top of every tree!
Dippy has dug a new hole. A BIG hole, which leads him to a strange new world - and even               Top is always best to be.
stranger new friends. But do these giant creatures really just want to play?                          And this koala is determined to be at the very top of EVERYTHING. From a mast in the
Based on a concept by Ben Smith Whatley and brought to life by the creators of the                    Sydney to Hobart yacht race to the Parliament House flagpole in Canberra, this koala travels
internationally bestselling Diary of a Wombat, this is an hilarious story of prehistoric daring and   around Australia and tops it all!
chaos set in the fascinating world of ancient Australian megafauna.                                   The sequel to the delightfully funny Koala Bare, internationally renowned author Jackie French
                                                                                                      and talented illustrator Matt Shanks have created another ... top-notch book.

                                                                  ALSO IN THE SERIES:                                                                    ALSO IN THE SERIES:

Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, Australian Children’s                 Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, Australian Children’s
Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Her books have been translated into many         Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Her books have been translated into many
languages, and sold over 4 million copies internationally.                                            languages, and sold over 4 million copies internationally.
Bruce Whatley is one of Australia’s most highly regarded and talented authors and illustrators        Matt Shanks's early fascination for the combination of words and pictures saw him complete
for children, both here and internationally. Since 1992 Bruce has written and/or illustrated over     a Bachelor of Design at the University of Sydney in 2003. It took him 10 years though, while
70 picture books.                                                                                     working as a Creative Director at some of Melbourne's best design agencies, to realise that this
                                                                                                      'watercolour hobby' of his needed to be shared with more than just his wife and cat. Matt has
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DUCK, APPLE, EGG                                                                                             G O O D N I G H T, L I T T L E
GLENDA MILLARD &                                                                                             TOUGH GUY
MARTINA HEIDUCZEK                                                                                            MICHAEL WAGNER &
                                                                                                             TOM JELLETT
AGES: 0+
                                                                                                             AGES: 3+
A new picture book for the very young from
multi-award-winning author Glenda Millard.                                                                   The bestselling creators of Why I Love Footy
                                                                                                             team up again to bring us a bedtime story
Manuscript Available                                                                                         for all the little toughies out there.
March 2020 | 24pp | 244x244mm
Hardback | ISBN 9780733340185
                                                                                                             Manuscript Available
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Duck on the green,                                                                                           Hardback | ISBN 9780733339356
sun in the sky,
egg in the nest,                                                                                             The superheroes are settling down.
apple on the tree,                                                                                           The firefighters are fitting in forty fabulous winks.
and me.                                                                                                      And the cowboys and cowgirls are completely cactus!

From multi-award-winning author Glenda Millard comes a delightfully simple story about the                   After a long, hard day of being very strong and powerful, it's time for all the tough guys in the
joys of playing in a garden. Beautifully illustrated by Martina Heiduczek, this poetic book will be          world to settle down for a peaceful night's sleep ...
treasured by families everywhere.                                                                            From the bestselling creators of Why I Love Footy comes a bedtime story that'll help sweet little
                                                                                                             toughies head off to the land of Nod.

Glenda Millard is a writer of great talent who has the ability to write across all genres and age            Michael Wagner is the author of more than 70 books for children including the much loved, 20-
groups - from picture books to junior fiction to YA novels. Her first novel about the Silk family,           book Maxx Rumble series (still in print after 15 years), the bestselling The Undys series, and the
The Naming of Tishkin Silk, was published in 2003 by ABC Books. It was shortlisted in the CBC                CBCA Notable picture books Why I Love Footy and Bear Make Den (co-written by his partner Jane
Book of the Year Awards and for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She has also had numerous                 Godwin).
picture books and children's novels published.
                                                                                                             Tom Jellett has been an editorial illustrator for News Limited, working with The Australian, The
Martina grew up in a small village on the Baltic Sea in Germany. Here you could find her mostly              Weekend Australian and The Daily Telegraph. He has also illustrated a number of books for
galloping through the forests with flying piggy tails on her Shetland pony, drawing or reading.              children, including Australia at The Beach by Max Fatchen, Why I Love Footy, The Gobbledygook
These days she is an illustrator and graphic designer and lives in Australia. Martina's illustrations        is Eating A Book by Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting, My Dad Thinks He's Funny by Katrina
are a mixture of digital and traditional media. With a passion for colour and textures she works             Germein, and Why I Love Summer by Michael Wagner.
with layers of scanned materials, coloured pencils, watercolour and gouache. Her works are
inspired by nature, people, places, and the emotionally moving and silly things she sees out there...        Rights Held: World English and translation
Magic is everywhere!

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BUMBLEBUNNIES:                                                                                     ALL OF US
THE BALLOON                                                                                        JACKIE FRENCH, VIRGINIA
GRAEME BASE                                                                                        HOOKER & MARK WILSON
                                                                                                   AGES: 8–14
AGES: 3+
                                                                                                   A stunning non-fiction picture book that
From the creator of the internationally
                                                                                                   explores the history of Southeast Asia.
acclaimed picture book, Animalia.

Manuscript Available                                                                               Manuscript Available
                                                                                                   October 2019 | 48pp | 280x260mm
February 2020 | 24pp | 220x220mm
                                                                                                   Hardback | ISBN 9781460750025
Hardback | ISBN 9781460754030

Another exciting BumbleBunnies adventure!                                                          Join two children as they journey through the history of Southeast Asia – the fascinating lands
Wuffle the puppy, Lou the kitten and Billington the duck are looking forward to a quiet            linked to each other and Australia by the seas and monsoon winds. Share with them the discovery
afternoon in the garden.                                                                           of a world filled with traders, adventurers and conquerors, the struggles for independence they
                                                                                                   witness, and the exciting arrival of the new millennium with its hopes and challenges.
But a stray balloon is heading for the rose bush. Oh no!
                                                                                                   This is a story that started 200,000,000 years ago – a history that includes all of us. Written by
When disaster strikes, who will save the day?
                                                                                                   former Australian Children’s Laureate Jackie French and social historian Emeritus Professor Virginia
From the award-winning, bestselling creator of Animalia comes a new series to delight young        Hooker, this fascinating book has been exquisitely illustrated by award-winning artist Mark Wilson.
readers.
                                                                                                   A beautifully illustrated book that will engage both children and adults alike and provides
                                                                                                   insights into the intriguing region of Southeast Asia.

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                                                                                                   Jackie French is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, Australian Children’s Laureate
                                                                                                   and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Her books have been translated into many
                                                                                                   languages, and sold over 4 million copies internationally.
                                                                                                   Professor Virginia Hooker is Emeritus Professor of Southeast Asia at the ANU. She is
Graeme Base has been writing and illustrating for children for over thirty years, with worldwide   acknowledged nationally and internationally by Australian and Southeast Asian governments as
bestsellers Animalia, The Eleventh Hour and The Waterhole known and loved by millions around       the pre-eminent scholar in her field and in high demand as a consultant.
the world. The recipient of numerous Australian and international publishing awards, and           Mark Wilson is a respected painter and children’s book illustrator, who exhibits regularly. He
with global sales exceeding six million copies, he has established himself as one of Australia’s   also plays drums in a number of bands and is a long-time supporter of the Wilderness Society.
preeminent creators of imaginative works for children.                                             He lives in Melbourne.

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PICTURE BOOKS

MY SUNBEAM BABY
E M M A Q U AY

AGES: 0–3

From the bestselling creator of
Rudie Nudie comes another irresistible
picture book for the very young

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See my bouncing baby, jigging on my knee.
Then snuggling for a story, just baby, book and me.
A gorgeous picture book about how much we love our babies, from Emma Quay, the creator of
the bestselling and award-winning Rudie Nudie.

PRAISE
‘A great present for expectant parents’ – Books+Publishing
‘...bright and fun, yet tender and sensitive. It reminds us how special babies are to us, showing
the genuine joy a baby brings and the power of the love you feel for that baby... This is such a
charming book that will make for a special reading experience between parent and child. It would
be a perfect gift for any new parent!’ – Kids’ Book Review

Emma Quay is an illustrator and writer of many award-winning picture books; her memorable
characters for Rudie Nudie, Baby Bedtime, Shrieking Violet, Bear and Chook, Daddy's Cheeky
Monkey, Good Night, Me and Scarlett, Starlet are favourites on children's bookshelves all over
Australia. My Sunbeam Baby is a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book for 2019.
Emma grew up in the English countryside, and has wanted to illustrate children's books for as
long as she can remember. She works from a studio in her home and sometimes feels like she
barely leaves it, but her illustrative work is held in collections around the world, including the
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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W E A R E W O LV E S                                                                                  THE ODDS
K AT R I N A N A N N E S TA D                                                                         M AT T S TA N T O N
AGES: 10+                                                                                             AGES: 7+

Bestselling author Katrina Nannestad returns                                                          They’re invaders from another world.
with her most masterful novel yet – a book to                                                         Your imagination.
crack open your heart, a book to light you up
inside, a book to love.                                                                               Manuscript Available

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November 2020 | 320pp | 210x153mm
Hardback | ISBN 9780733340888

Sometimes it’s good to be wild.                                                                       Kip is a quiet kid in a loud city. She’s easy to miss and that’s the way she likes it.
Sometimes you have to be wild.                                                                        Then, one day, Kip’s quiet life is suddenly interrupted. Ten of her favourite characters have
When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must           stepped out of their worlds and into hers.
flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the     But what happens when a dragon-hunting rabbit leaves his comic strip? When an old man leaves
middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother and sister safe.         his picture book? When a ninja leaves her TV show, a race-car driver leaves their video game, and
But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad things. Dangerous things. Wild things.                  a dinosaur turns up from Kip’s nightmares?

Sometimes to survive, you must become a wolf.
                                                                                                      From million-copy bestseller Matt Stanton comes the start of a hilarious and heart-filled
                                                                                                      graphic novel series about identity, imagination and discovering who you are.
                                                                                                      Meet The Odds … because fitting in is overrated.

                                                                                                                                                                                          What? I was trying

                                                                                                             SAMPLE SPREAD:
                                                                                                                                                                                                               You know her?        I know
                                                                                                                                                                                           to be different.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      you!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    You’re
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lance!

                                                                                                                                                    This is no time
                                                                                                                                                     for sillyness!                      I’m freaking out!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     You’re my
                                                                                                                                                                      Where                                                        dad’s cartoon
                                                                                                                                                                       am I                                                         character!
                                                                                                                                                                      right
                                                                                                                                                                      now?

                                                                                                                                                                             Hey!
                                                                                                                                                                      You’re the scary
                                                                                                                                                                          dinosaur
                                                                                                                                                                          from my
                                                                                                                                                                        nightmares!

                                                                                                                                                                                Ahhh!
                                                                                                                                                                                 You’re
                                                                                                                                                                                  the
                                                                                                                                                                              scary kid from
                                                                                                                                                                              my nightmares!

                                                                                                                                                                              8                                                9

Katrina Nannestad is an award-winning Australian author. Her books include The Girl Who               Matt Stanton is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator, with over 930,000 books sold in
Brought Mischief, the Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt   Australia alone. He is the co-creator of the mega-hit picture books There Is a Monster Under My
Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series and Bungaloo Creek.                                         Bed Who Farts and This Is a Ball. He launched his much-anticipated middle-grade series, Funny
                                                                                                      Kid, in 2017. The first book in the series, Funny Kid for President, debuted as the #1 Australian
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HEROES OF THE                                                                                            THE GHOST OF
SECRET UNDERGROUND                                                                                       HOWLERS BEACH
S U S A N N E G E R VAY                                                                                  JACKIE FRENCH
AGES: 10+                                                                                                AGES: 10+

A timely and powerful timeslip story inspired                                                            Butter O’Bryan has been told there are ghosts
by the story of the author’s family in Budapest                                                          on Howlers Beach, but are there?
during the Holocaust.
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April 2021 | 240pp | 198x128mm                                                                           Paperback | ISBN 9781460757727
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Twelve-year-old Louie lives with her two brothers, Bert and Teddy, in a hotel run by their               Howlers Beach, 1932
grandparents. It is a grand building, rich in history, mysteries … and secrets.                          Butter O’Bryan lives in a Very Small Castle with his father and three aunts – Aunt Elephant, Aunt
The sudden discovery of a rose-gold locket once thought lost, and the reappearance of a girl from        Cake and Aunt Peculiar. These aren’t their real names, of course, just as Butter’s father isn’t really
the past, sends Louie and her brothers spinning back in time. Back to a world at war: Budapest in        called ‘Pongo’.
the winter of 1944, where their Jewish grandparents are hiding secrets of their own.
                                                                                                         And even though Butter is only twelve years old, and the grandson of one of Australia’s most
In a desperate race through the bombed streets of Budapest, the children must find the locket and        successful Jam Kings, he is very aware of the hardship many people are experiencing.
unravel the mysteries of the past.
                                                                                                         Butter has been told there are ghosts at the nearby isolated Howlers Beach, but are there? And how
And in doing so they must become heroes themselves.                                                      can the children Butter plays cricket with on the beach simply vanish? Who are these children and
From bestselling author Susanne Gervay comes a heart-racing timeslip story inspired by her               why do they refuse his help?
family’s escape from Budapest during the Holocaust.                                                      Butter is certain they’re hiding a secret and he’s determined to uncover it.

PRAISE                                                                                                   PRAISE FOR JACKIE FRENCH
‘A story of light and love and exceptional courage’ – Ursula Dubosarsky, best-selling, award-            ‘Jackie French has a passion for history, and an enviable ability to weave the fascinating minutiae
winning author and Australian Children’s Laureate 2020 – 2021                                            of everyday life into a good story’ – Magpies Magazine
‘Impossible to stop reading. The insights and compassion of her characters will stay with you always’
– Jackie French, best-selling, award-winning author and Australian Children’s Laureate 2014 – 2015

You’ll find Susanne planting 3000 mangroves in Kiribati; in Istanbul speaking to 1000s of kids
about NO bullying; in remote indigenous schools bringing literacy to kids; touring with her I Am
Jack play adapted by Monkey Baa Theatre across Australia and the USA. An advocate for libraries,
literacy, reading and kids, her acclaimed books are widely endorsed by many associations including
the Cancer Council NSW, Variety the children’s charity, The Children’s Hospital Westmead, anti-
bullying organisations. An ambassador for Room to Read bringing education to the children of the
developing world, Role Model for Books in Homes taking books to disadvantaged and indigenous
children in Australia, literacy ambassador for many campaigns, she is also Regional Advisor for the      Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian
Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators SCBWI promoting the community of writers and              Children’s Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Her books have been translated
illustrators in Australia and internationally. As the child of refugees, books were a safe and special   into many languages and sold over 4 million copies internationally.
place to explore the world and ideas. She wants that for all young people. She has been awarded
the Lifetime Social Justice Literature Award by the International Literacy Association, an Order of      Rights Held: World English and translation
Australia and nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

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EVIE AND POG:                                                                                       FUNNY KID
PA R T Y P E R F E C T !                                                                            PEEKING DUCK
TA N I A M c C A R T N E Y                                                                          M AT T S TA N T O N
AGES: 6+                                                                                            AGES: 7+

In the bestselling tradition of Ella and Olivia,                                                    For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates
comes a further book in a new series for early                                                      and WeirDo, Funny Kid is the mega-bestselling
readers about best friends, Evie and Pog.                                                           series from author-illustrator Matt Stanton.

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High in a tree house live two very best friends. Evie and Pog. A     ALSO IN                        Every kid wants to laugh, but Max is the boy who can make it happen.
girl and a dog.
                                                                     THE SERIES:                    He’s not the smartest kid; he’s not the fastest kid; he’s not the prettiest kid; but he might just
Evie is six years old. She likes reading and baking and rolling on                                  be the funniest kid you’ve ever met.
the daisy-spot grass.                                                                               Max and his friends take a road trip to Adventure Park to dare each other to ride The Tower of
Pog is a pug. He is two and likes to drink tea and read the                                         Dying Deathly Doom. But it may be Duck who is the bravest one of all.
newspaper. He also likes fixing things.
But most of all, Evie and Pog love to have fun – especially at
parties! Join them for three further adventures – Book Parade,
Art Show Muddle and Party Time!

                                                                                                    ALSO
                                                                                                    IN THE
                                                                                                    SERIES:

                                                                                                    Matt Stanton is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator, with over 930,000 books sold in
Tania McCartney is an author, illustrator and editor with experience in magazines and book          Australia alone. He is the co-creator of the mega-hit picture books There Is a Monster Under My
publishing. Tania’s books have won awards and shortlistings, and have been released in Australia,   Bed Who Farts and This Is a Ball. He launched his much-anticipated middle-grade series, Funny
NZ, the UK, the US, Canada and China. Recent awards include several CBCA Notable books,             Kid, in 2017. The first book in the series, Funny Kid for President, debuted as the #1 Australian
the Laurie Copping Award for Distinguished Service to Children’s Literature 2017, and the           kids’ book, and Funny Kid is fast winning legions of fans around the world.
SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2017 for Smile Cry. Tania is the author-illustrator of Mamie and lives     Rights Held: World English and translation
in Canberra with her family.
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THE SCHOOLMASTER’S                                                                                     DANNY BEST
DAUGHTER                                                                                               W AT C H T H I S !
JACKIE FRENCH                                                                                          J E N S T O R E R & M I T C H VA N E
AGES: 10+                                                                                              AGES: 7–11

Drawing on her own family history, this is a story                                                     For fans of Funny Kid and Weirdo, comes the
from Jackie French about education in Colonial                                                         fourth hilarious book about a legend named
Australia – and how women once had to fight for                                                        Danny Best. Best by name, best by reputation ...
their right to it.
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June 2020 | 304pp | 198x128mm                                                                          Paperback | ISBN 9780733333361
Paperback | ISBN 9781460757710

January 1901                                                                                           Watch this!
Sharks circle a stranded ship as a young girl and her family stagger from the waves …                  No.
                                                                                                       Hang on.
Rescued by a Pacific Islander boy named Jamie, Hannah’s family begin a new life in Port Harris,        Read this!
which at first seems a paradise for the schoolmaster’s daughter. But local fortunes are built on       Seriously. You will be dazzled by EVERYTHING in this book.
slavery and the whip.
                                                                                                       Including:
As the new Federal Parliament passes a law that will force Pacific Islanders from their homes,         The boy with the musical bum
Hannah and her mother risk everything to run a secret school, while Hannah and Jamie must fight        Rampaging dead dinosaurs.
for their rights to education and equality. Can friendship and love win against prejudice and power?   Freaked-out Ninjas in outer space.
Inspired by real events, this powerful new novel brings to life the bravery and battles of the past,   And sooo much more!
and gives us courage for the challenges of today.                                                      Four new awesome stories from the genius who always, without fail, brings you The Best stories!

                                                                                                       PRAISE FOR DANNY BEST
                                                                                                       ‘The Danny Best book is great! ... I loved all the drawings throughout. My favourite part about
                                                                                                       this book was how he overexaggerated everything!’ – Lucas, age 11 on Danny Best: Me First!
                                                                                                       ‘If there’s a message in this book it’s this: kids like having fun when they read. Let them. A daft,
                                                                                                       diverting new series for kids 7 and up.’ – Readings on Danny Best: Full On!

                                                                                                            ALSO
                                                                                                            IN THE
                                                                                                            SERIES:

Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, Australian Children’s Laureate
and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Her books have been translated into many languages         Jen Storer has written many acclaimed books for children, including the best-selling Truly Tan
and, and sold over 4 million copies internationally.                                                   series, illustrated by Claire Robertson.
                                                                                                       Mitch Vane has had a long career as an illustrator and artist. Her distinctive loose energetic style
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                                                                                                       can be seen in many of the children’s books she has illustrated including The Deep End (Ursula
                                                                                                       Dubosarsky) and Bed Tails (Meredith Costain).

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THE GIRL, THE DOG AND                                                                                      JINXED!: THE CURIOUS
THE WRITER IN LUCERNE                                                                                      CASE OF CORA BELL
K AT R I N A N A N N E S TA D                                                                              REBECCA MCRITCHIE AND
                                                                                                           SHARON O’CONNOR
AGES: 8+
                                                                                                           AGES: 8+
All will be revealed in the girl, the dog and the
writer’s final adventure by award-winning author                                                           Magic awaits around every corner ...
Katrina Nannestad.
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October 2019 | 352pp | 198x128mm                                                                           Paperback | ISBN 9781460757642
Paperback | ISBN 9780733338199
                                                                                                           Cora is eleven years old and missing one eye. She lives with an elderly lady named Dot in a room
At last, Freja and her mother, Clementine, are together again. Tobias and Vivi are in love. And Lucerne,   hidden behind a wall. In a crowded, industrial city, where everyone looks out for themselves, Cora
their new home, is a paradise of snowy alps, sapphire lakes, white swans and delicious Swiss chocolate!    and Dot hunt and sell rare and exotic things - apple seeds, silver forks, shoe polish. Until one day,
It all seems perfect, until poor Lady P appears, bandaged from head to toe after a fall (or was it         Cora finds a few words scribbled on a piece of paper.
a push?). Crimes break out across the city, all involving chocolate. Clementine doesn’t seem her           She takes it home and says the words aloud. Then two plump, hairy fairies named Tick and Tock
usual self. And still Freja has not solved the biggest mystery of all -- who is Tobias Appleby?            crash land in her path to warn her that she is in terrible danger. Cora has unknowingly summoned
                                                                                                           a sinister creature known as a Jinx. Jinxes eat magical beings and once they have a scent, they never
PRAISE FOR THE GIRL, THE DOG AND THE WRITER SERIES                                                         forget it. But Cora isn’t a magical being … is she?
‘Sure to be treasured’ – Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Reading Time                               Quickly, Cora is thrown headfirst into a world filled with magic, necromancers, shape-shifters,
‘Children from eight up will really warm to this funny, sad, happy book, and many adults will be           enchantresses, fairies, nightwalkers, witches and giants.
charmed too’ – The Book Bubble                                                                             Richly illustrated throughout by Sharon O’Connor, this is a very exciting magical new series from
2018 Australian Book Industry Awards – Longlisted | 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards – Notable            the talented author of Whimsy & Woe.
                                                                                                           2019 Aurealis Awards – Shortlisted

ALSO
IN THE
SERIES:

                                                                                                           Rebecca McRitchie would love to tell you that she was raised by wolves in the depths of a snow-
                                                                                                           laden forest until she stumbled upon and saved a village from the fiery peril of a disgruntled
                                                                                                           dragon. But, truthfully, she works as a children’s editor and lives in Sydney. Whimsy and Woe and
Katrina Nannestad grew up in country NSW in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children.                the sequel, Whimsy and Woe: The Final Act, are her first fiction titles.
Her adult years have been spent teaching, raising boys, perfecting her recipe for chocolate-chip           Sharon O’Connor is a freelance illustrator who lives in Melbourne with her husband and triplet
bickies and pursuing her love of stories.                                                                  sons. After graduating from RMIT Graphic Design, Sharon has spent many years designing and
Katrina’s award-winning book The Girl Who Brought Mischief has been licensed in the US and Japan.          illustrating in publishing, textiles and packaging with a particular love of character design. In her
                                                                                                           spare time she likes to paint, bake, hang out with animals and take lots of photos.
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YOUNG ADULT
Y O U N G A D U LT                                                                                   Y O U N G A D U LT

HOW TO GROW                                                                                          T H E L O N G D I S TA N C E
A FA M I LY T R E E                                                                                  P L AY L I S T
ELIZA HENRY JONES                                                                                    TA R A E G L I N G T O N
AGES: 13+                                                                                            AGES: 12+

From the author of P is for Pearl comes a heart-                                                     Told primarily in emails, instant messenger
warming book about family, friendship and                                                            conversations, Skype, notes and texts, this is Jaclyn
what home can mean.                                                                                  Moriarty’s Feeling Sorry for Celia for the modern teen.

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April 2020 | 336pp | 198x128mm                                                                       January 2020 | 384pp | 198x128mm
Paperback | ISBN 9781460754955                                                                       Paperback | ISBN 9781460755211

Stella may only be seventeen, but having read every self-help book she can find means she knows      Taylor and Isolde used to be best friends - before THAT FIGHT, 18 months ago. It’s been radio
a thing or two about helping people. She sure wasn’t expecting to be the one in need of help,        silence ever since - until Taylor contacts Isolde to sympathise with her breakup: the breakup that she
though.                                                                                              never saw coming; the breakup that destroyed her confidence and ended her dreams of joining the
Thanks to her father’s gambling addiction, Stella and her family now find themselves living at       National Ballet School.
Fairyland Caravan Park. And hiding this truth from her friends is hard enough without dealing        Taylor’s had his own share of challenges, including a life-altering accident that has brought his
with another secret. Stella’s birth mother has sent her a letter.                                    hopes of competing at the Winter Olympics to a halt.
As Stella deals with the chaos of her family, she must also confront the secrets and past of her     Isolde responds to Taylor, to be polite. But what starts out as heartbreak-themed Spotify playlists
‘other’ family. But Stella is stronger than she realises.                                            and shared stories of exes quickly becomes something more.
                                                                                                     And as Taylor and Isolde start to lean on each other, the distance between them begins to feel not so
PRAISE FOR HOW TO GROW A FAMILY TREE                                                                 distant after all ...
‘… a complex and sincere reminder that life doesn’t need to be perfect to be beautiful’              A boy. A girl. A one-of-a-kind friendship. Cross-country convos and middle-of-the-night playlists.
– Books & Publishing                                                                                 With big dreams come even bigger challenges.

Eliza Henry Jones was born in Melbourne in 1990. She was a Young Writer-in-Residence at the          Tara Eglington grew up in Byron Bay, NSW surrounded by crystals, chakras and sound-based
Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre in 2012 and was a recipient of a Varuna residential      healing. Tara’s only option for teen rebellion was to complete a non-arts degree and move to
fellowship for 2015. She has qualifications in English, psychology and grief, loss and trauma        Sydney for a ‘normal’ career, but she ended up in a creative industry anyway. Tara is the author
counselling. She is currently completing honours in creative writing - exploring bushfire trauma -   of four YA novels: How to Keep a Boy from Kissing You, How to Convince a Boy to Kiss You, My
and works in community services. She lives in the Dandenong Ranges with her husband and too          Best Friend is a Goddess and The Long-Distance Playlist. Her hobbies when she’s not writing
many animals.                                                                                        include watching endless cat videos on YouTube, planning pretend holidays to the Maldives,
                                                                                                     and daydreaming about who would play Hayden Paris in the film adaption of How to Keep a
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Y O U N G A D U LT                                                                                      Y O U N G A D U LT

LILIES, LIES AND LOVE                                                                                   CLANCY OF THE
JACKIE FRENCH                                                                                           OVERFLOW
A G E S : 1 4 + ( M AT U R E R E A D E R S )                                                            JACKIE FRENCH

As the King of England wavers between duty                                                              A G E S : 1 4 + ( M AT U R E R E A D E R S )
and love, Sophie knows that she must choose
                                                                                                        The final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga.
duty.

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                                                                                                        November 2019 | 448pp | 234x153mm
April 2020 | 336pp | 234x153mm
                                                                                                        Paperback | ISBN 9781460754771
Paperback | ISBN 9781460754986

The year is 1936 and the new King Edward VIII wishes to marry American divorcee, and                    This is the story of our nation, told in a single sweeping love story.
suspected German agent, Wallis Simpson. Top-secret documents that the king must read and sign           Jed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of her grandparents. The tale that
are being neglected for weeks, and some are even turning up in Berlin.                                  unfolds is one of Australia’s greatest romances, that of Clancy of the Overflow, who gave up everything
And as Germany grows its military might with many thousands of new fighter planes every year,           for Rose, the woman he adored, and yet still gained all he’d left and more. But Nancy’s story is not the
Britain and its empire are under increasing threat.                                                     history that Jed expects. More tales lurk behind the folklore that surrounds Clancy - the stories of the
Can Miss Lily’s most successful protege, Sophie Vaile, the Countess of Shillings, seduce the new        women hidden in Australia’s long history, who forged a nation and whose voices need to be heard.
king, prevent his marriage to Wallis Simpson, and turn him from fascism?                                It is also a story of many kinds of love. Clancy’s growing passion for the bush, immortalised in
And if a man can sacrifice his life for his country, should a woman hesitate to sacrifice her honour?   Paterson’s poem, which speaks to him in the ripple of the river and the song of the stars, and
                                                                                                        Nancy’s need to pass on her deep understanding of her country. But perhaps the most moving
Based on new correspondence found in German archives, Lilies, Lies and Love is a work of fiction.       love story of all was the one that never happened, between Matilda O’Halloran and Clancy of the
Or is it?                                                                                               Overflow. And as Jed brings all of these stories to life in her book, Matilda and Clancy will once
                                                                                                        again waltz beside the river and the forgotten will be given a new voice.
In the fourth title in the Miss Lily series, Jackie French explores one of the most controversial
events in history that saw the unthinkable happen when a king chose love over duty.                     PRAISE
                                                                                                        ‘An engrossing mystery story, an ode to strong women, and a moving exploration of the private
                                                                                                        wounds we carry ... The Last Dingo Summer [The Matilda Saga, book 8] is a must for your
                                                                                                        summer reading list’ ’ – Better Reading

                                                                                                        A L S O I N T H E M AT I L D A S A G A :
ALSO IN
THE SERIES:

Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, Australian Children’s Laureate          Jackie French’s books have been translated into many languages, and sold over 4 million copies
and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. Her books have been translated into many languages          globally.
and, and sold over 4 million copies internationally.
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Y O U N G A D U LT

DAUGHTER OF LIES AND RUIN
JO SPURRIER
AGES: 14+

Why do the worst people sometimes make the best
family? From the author of Winter Be My Shield and
A Curse of Ash & Embers comes the next absorbing
Blackbone Witches novel.

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October 2019 | 352pp | 210x135mm
Paperback | ISBN 9781460756348

‘If they didn’t want to get turned into beasts and used to fuel a ritual, they shouldn’t have attacked a
witch. That’s all there is to it.’
There’s something strange brewing in this tinder-dry forest -- a girl with a sword and a secret, a
troupe of vicious bandits vanished without a trace, beasts that don’t belong and a witch with a
macabre plan.
Elodie hasn’t been learning witchcraft for long, but she knows enough to be worried, and the fact
that her mentor Aleida wants to pack up and leave in short order isn’t helping to settle her nerves.
Elodie just hopes to get everyone out of this mess unharmed, but it’s looking more unlikely with
every passing hour. And when the strange witch’s ire falls on her, Aleida’s wrath sparks a fire that
threatens to scorch the earth itself ...

PRAISE FOR THE BLACKBONE WITCHES
‘A great read and I highly recommend it to pretty much all fantasy fans’ – Tsana’s Reads 5/5
‘A charismatic narrative of enchantment and folklore, of independent women and shared experiences.
Wonderfully characterised, beautifully illustrated and emphatically captivating.’ – Diva Booknerd
‘A dark but engaging coming-of-age tale full of mystery that will have fans 13+ hooked.’ – Readings

ALSO IN THE                                  Shortlisted for Best
                                             YA Fantasy Novel
WITCHES OF
                                             at the 2018 Aurealis
BLACKBONE                                    Awards
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Jo Spurrier was born in 1980 and has a Bachelor of Science, but turned to writing because people
tend to get upset when scientists make things up. Her interests include knitting, spinning, cooking
and research. She lives in Adelaide and spends a lot of time daydreaming about snow.
Rights Held: World English language
Rights Licensed: UK (Harper360)
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