COVER REVEAL! Fauna: Australia's Most Curious Creatures

I'm thrilled to reveal the cover for my upcoming book with the National Library of Australia - Fauna: Australia's Most Curious Creatures - a graphic design-style book featuring some of our most curious and marvellous and eye-popping creatures. Being Australian, it's easy to forget how unique and remarkable our animals are - and Fauna celebrates these creations, both present and past ... with plenty of ecological references, including conservation status.

The book is out 1 November, but if you live near the National Library, you might snaffle a book sooner from the bookshop, and you can also pre-order the book right here.

Also, if you live in Canberra or plan to visit, I'll be installing a Fauna window at the NLA bookshop soon - it will be in situ for November and perhaps longer, so do pop by for a look.

Here is some more info on the book... and if you scroll down, you may just see a peek at an internal page spread!

Fauna: Australia's Most Curious Creatures 
(November 2019, National Library Publishing, $24.99, hard cover, 9780642279545)
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Did you know that platypus have retractable webbing on their hind feet to enable an easy transition from swimming to digging?

In Fauna: Australia's Most Curious Creatures, readers are constantly introduced to facts that delight, amaze and induce sheer wonder at the clever design and adaptability of our much-loved native fauna.

The information on each individual species is presented in small 'bites' to hold the interest of younger readers, while the information taken in total gives a comprehensive summary of each species, including breeding and feeding habits, physical characteristics, habitat and other unique and quirky features.

Fauna also has a strong conservation message with an 'extinction roll call' and a rating for the vulnerability of endangered species.

The stylised illustrations in Fauna are lively, colourful and informative, highlighting facts that lend themselves more to pictures than words e.g. the actual size of crocodile teeth, or the mechanics of the echidna's beak. There is also humour in the illustrations - is that kangaroo with dark glasses actually from a different kind of mob?



Teaching Notes - coming soon