Paul Jennings has written over one hundred stories and has won
every Australian children's choice book award. Since the
publication of Unreal! in 1985, readers all around the world have
loved his books. The top-rating TV series Round the Twist and
Driven Crazy were based on a selection of his enormously popular
short- story collections such as Unseen!. In 1995 he was made a
Member of the Order of Australia for services to children's
literature and he was awarded the prestigious Dromkeen Medal in
2001.
Craig Smith is one of Australia's most prolific children's book
illustrators, with over 380 books published. He has collaborated
with many of Australia's best-loved authors, including Paul
Jennings on the Cabbage Patch series. Craig's work over the last
thirty years has been acknowledged in the Children's Book Council
of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year awards, as well as in
children's choice awards around Australia. In 2011, Craig was
awarded the biennial Euphemia Tanner Award, which recognised his
distinguished services to children's literature and his
encouragement of the joy of reading in children.
"this tale...has a lot of quirk and heart." --School Library Journal
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