A beautifully told picture book about self-esteem, resilience and the discovery that being different can be something wonderful. From award-winning author Sonya Hartnett, with stunning illustrations by Gabriel Evans.
Sonya Hartnett (Author)
Sonya Hartnett's work has won numerous Australian and international
literary prizes and has been published around the world. Uniquely,
she is acclaimed for her stories for adults, young adults and
children. Her accolades include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Of
A Boy), The Age Book of the Year (Of A Boy), the Guardian
Children's Fiction Prize (Thursday's Child), the Children's Book
Council of Australia Book of the Year for both Older and Younger
Readers (Forest, The Silver Donkey, The Ghost's Child, The Midnight
Zoo and The Children of the King), the Victorian Premier's Literary
Award (Surrender), shortlistings for the Miles Franklin Award (for
both Of a Boy and Butterfly) and the CILP Carnegie Medal (The
Midnight Zoo). Hartnett is also the first Australian recipient of
the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2008).
Golden Boys, Sonya's third novel for adults, was shortlisted for
the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award. She also published her
fourth picture book, Blue Flower, illustrated by Gabriel Evans, in
2021 and it was shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year
Award.
Gabriel Evans (Illustrator)
Gabriel Evans is a Western Australian children's book author and
illustrator. Working primarily in watercolour and pencil, he
creates books from a small studio on a big hill. Gabriel's books
are published internationally in more than twelve countries, have
been reviewed in The New York Times, translated into ten languages
and read on ABC-TV's Play School.
Blue Flower by Sonya Hartnett, his first picture book with Penguin
Random House, was shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year
in 2022. His second picture book with Penguin, A Friend for George,
was published in 2023, followed by Listen, Hippo! released in 2024.
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