Australian Baby Animals

By: Frané Lessac

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Hardcover | 18 November 2019

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A classic showcase of Australian baby animals and their families for very young children from a consummate author/illustrator.

With one animal baby featured on each double page spread, this colourful introduction to iconic Australian creatures groups them according to their baby names: joeys, hatchlings, fry, chicks, puggles, pups and platypups. The animals cover the full gamut of family groups: from marsupials to monotremes and reptiles to birds, Each baby animal is described by one line of text (in bold type). And there's a special additional fact for extra interest.

Book Features:

An early companion to A is for Australia (a Notable Book for the 2016 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, CBCA Awards and Winner of the 2016 Crystal Kite Members Choice Award) and A is for Australian Animals.
A celebration of Australian baby animals and their special baby names.
Includes high interest facts and full colour illustrations of the rich diversity of animals throughout Australia, which every Australian child should know.

About the Author

Frané Lessac is an author and illustrator of international renown, having over forty children’s books published throughout the world. She was born in the USA and lived on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and London before moving to Australia. Frané has contributed her distinctive paintings to many critically acclaimed children’s picture books, including My Little Island, a Reading Rainbow feature book. Also, On the Same Day in March was named a Top Ten Science Books by ALA Booklist.

Frané’s contribution to Amnesty International’s We Are All Born Free, celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has been translated into more than 30 languages and was a USBBY Outstanding International Book. Her most recent Walker Books are A is for Australian Animals and Under the Southern Cross.

Industry Reviews

Another winner from talented WA author/illustrator Frane Lessac, this colourful, informative book about Australian baby animals is sure to entertain and delight young children as well as adults. * Writing WA *

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