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Phil Lesnie Phil Lesnie i(6982094 works by)
Gender: Male
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y separately published work icon A Boy And A Ball Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2020 18929398 2020 single work picture book children's

'The cloudless sky suddenly roared like thunder. Shadows, swift and frightening, descended. The boys brother grabbed him by the arm. Run, quickly, But my ball. Leave it. From the Prime Ministers Literary Award-shortlisted creators of Feathers, comes this compassionate tale of a familys search for a safe place to call home.' (Publication summary)

2021 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Sarah Mitchell
y separately published work icon Feathers Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2017 10283823 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'The sandpiper stretched its wings in the chilling breeze. It knew it was time to leave... so it took flight.

'Follow the feathers as they fall along this exquisite journey of heartache, hope and home.' (Publication summary)

2018 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children's Fiction
2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Picture Book of the Year
y separately published work icon Once a Shepherd Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2014 7071373 2014 single work picture book children's

'In poignant verse, the story of one young shepherd makes the experience of soldiers in World War I accessible to children.

'Once there sang a carefree shepherd in a field of emerald green. ... Once Tom's world was all at peace.

'Here is the tale of Tom Shepherd, tending his lambs and shearing their fleece and wooing his sweetheart, who weaves the sheep's wool to make him a coat. But then the Great War comes, and Tom must leave his beloved wife and his unborn child and go off to fight. In a moving, sobering story that resolves in a heartbreaking but beautiful ending, Once a Shepherd evokes the reality of war in a way young children can understand, while fostering a deep-felt hope for peace.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2015 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Five to 8 Years
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