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Lights Out, Leonard
Melbourne
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Puffin
,
2019
16655226
2019
single work
picture book
children's
'A cheeky story about night-time fears from award-winning Australian singer and songwriter Josh Pyke.
Leonard doesn't like bedtime, especially when there's a five-nosed, seven-tailed, eleven-handed, scaly-waily monster hiding in the corner of his bedroom. It seems like Leonard will never sleep again ... until he discovers a mysterious book called How to Frighten Monsters.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2020 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Three to 5 Years
- 2020 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Marina Messiha
- 2020 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Picture Books
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Pandamonia
Fremantle
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Fremantle Press
,
2016
9500515
2016
single work
picture book
children's
'When visiting the zoo, whatever you do, DON’T WAKE THE PANDA! Join in the fantastic fun as one grumpy panda sets off a frenzy of wild partying.' (Publication summary)
- 2017 finalist Crystal Kite Award — Australian and New Zealand Division
- 2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book
- 2017 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Picture Books
- 2016 longlisted Frankfurt Book Fair Global Illustration Award
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Meet...Captain Cook
North Sydney
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Random House Australia
,
2013
6188921
2013
single work
picture book
biography
children's
'Captain Cook was the first European to discover the eastern coast of Australia. Along with his crew on the HMB Endeavour, Cook set out from England with royal orders to look for signs of the great southern land known as Terra Australis, which they chartered in 1788 [sic].
'From Ned Kelly to Saint Mary MacKillop; Captain Cook to Douglas Mawson, the Meet ... series of picture books tells the exciting stories of the men and women who have shaped Australia's history.' (Publisher's blurb)
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