Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association
Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association
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Picture Books<br />
www.walkerbooks.com.au<br />
Walker Books Australia<br />
Walker Books Australia<br />
Rights Contact: Melissa Keown<br />
melissa.keown@walkerbooks.com.au<br />
ph. +61 2 9517 9577<br />
www.walkerbooks.com.au<br />
A BUS CALLED HEAVEN<br />
By Bob Graham<br />
Walker Books Ltd<br />
Bob Graham’s acclaimed chidlren’s picture books include How to Heal a Broken Wing,<br />
winner of the 2008 Western <strong>Australian</strong> Premier’s Book Award; and April Underhill, Tooth<br />
Fairy, short-listed for the 2011 Kate Greenaway Medal. He has also won the <strong>Australian</strong><br />
Children’s Book of the Year Award an unprecedented three times.<br />
Rights Available: World rights all languages.<br />
BILBY SECRETS<br />
By Edel Wignell, Illustrated by Mark Jackson<br />
Walker Books Australia<br />
Every wonderful word is true!<br />
Mark Jackson has co-illustrated several books with his wife, Heather Potter, and <strong>Australian</strong> their desert.<br />
work has been featured in several exhibitions. He has published several titles with<br />
Walker Books Australia and his book Stuck!, written by Charlotte Calder, received a<br />
Notable mention in the Picture Book Category for the 2010 CBCA awards.<br />
The sun beats down on the red earth of<br />
It is a hostile place to live in.<br />
But deep underground, a mother bilby<br />
and her baby share the secrets of<br />
surviving in this harsh environment.<br />
Rights Available: Sub-licensed into Danish translation, all other rights available ex ANZ.<br />
WIGNELL & JACKSON BILBY SECRETS<br />
BILBY SECRETS<br />
EDEL WIGNELL & MARK JACKSON<br />
THE BUTTERFLY<br />
By Roger Vaughan Carr, Illustrated by Ann James<br />
Walker Books Australia<br />
Ann James is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 60 children’s books. In<br />
2000, Ann received the Pixie O’Harris Award for Distinguished and Dedicated Service<br />
to the Development and Reputation of <strong>Australian</strong> Children’s Books. The Butterfly was<br />
short-listed for the NSW Premier’s Award in 1997.<br />
Rights Available: World rights, all languages.<br />
EDGE OF THE WORLD<br />
By Ian Trevaskis, Illustrated by Wayne Harris<br />
Walker Books Australia<br />
Nobody smiled in the village<br />
near the edge of the world.<br />
The wind blew cold,<br />
snow lay thick on the ground<br />
and each day<br />
the villagers went about their<br />
lives with heavy hearts.<br />
That was until the day<br />
Wayne Harris has illustrated over 30 books, including DragonQuest by Allan Toby McPhee Baillie<br />
sailed out to<br />
the very edge of the world<br />
and found just what was<br />
which was short-listed for the 1997 CBCA Picture Book of the Year. He was needed to short-listed<br />
bring joy<br />
back to their lives.<br />
in the 1995 NSW Premier’s Award for writing Judy and the Volcano, the same year<br />
Going Home was named an American Library <strong>Association</strong> Notable Children’s Book.<br />
TREVASKIS . HARRIS EDGE OF THE WORLD<br />
EDGE OF THE WORLD<br />
Rights Available: World rights, all languages.<br />
www.walkerbooks.com.au<br />
IAN TREVASKIS . WAYNE HARRIS<br />
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