Visual clues connect from scene to scene, from high overhead or at close quarters. Can you spot things from high up and then again down on the ground?,Big, bold images contain vibrant colours and feature Australian natural elements rendered in a fresh and quirky illustration style.,Teachers' notes and resources on cockatoos and onomatopoeia in endnotes and online at www.cleverkids.net.au.
ISBN
9780645910605
Publish date
01 November 2025
Page count
36
Dimensions
230 x 230 mm
About the author
Maree Coote is author and illustrator of three award-winning local histories and more than 20 children’s books with high-concept Design and Art themes, each with a notable sense of place. Coote has maintained a prolific output since 2003. She is also renowned for her fresh and playful take on typography that blurs the boundaries between word and image. Her unique ‘Letter Art’ or ‘Fontigram’ typographic style has generated exciting collaborations and numerous exhibitions in Italy and in South Korea. Coote’s books have been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council Awards in Australia; won the Non Fiction Mention Prize at the Bologna Ragazzi Fiere in 2017, and been awarded South Korea’s Nami Concours 2017 Distinction Prize, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria Gold Award 2012, Silver for Best Illustration in Moonbeam Awards USA, 2018, and three times Gold for Best Regional Book in the USA Independent Publisher Awards USA in 2014, 2015 and 2023.
