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Under the Southern Cross

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Under the Southern Cross
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Frane Lessac
Illustrated by Frane Lessac
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 260,Width 250
ISBN/Barcode 9781760651718
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Walker Books Australia
Imprint Walker Books Australia
Publication Date 2 September 2020
Publication Country Australia

Description

From the bestselling and award-winning creator of A is for Australia and A is for Australian Animals comes a new narrative nonfiction picture book, which explores Australia after dark. Night-time in Australia, animals are waking, people are exploring, discoveries are being made - under the Southern Cross. What makes ribbons of colour swirl in the sky? What are the spooky balls of light that bounce across the outback? What animal lays eggs that look like squishy ping-pong balls? Where can you watch a movie with bats circling overhead? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this factastic picture book tour of Australia after dark. A delightful companion to Under the Milky Way.

Author Biography

Frane Lessac is an author and illustrator of international renown, having nearly fifty children's books published throughout the world. She was born in the USA and lived on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, as well as in London, before moving to Australia.Frane loves to travel and create books based on her worldwide journeys. She has contributed her distinctive paintings to many critically acclaimed children's picture books including, The Legend of Moondyne Joe which won the West Australian Premier's Children's Book Award, and Simpson and His Donkey, a CBCA Honour Book that was also selected as a USBBY Outstanding International Book. In 2019, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, written by Traci Sorell, was awarded the Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Honor medal, the Orbis Pictus Honor Book medal and the Boston Globe Horn Book Honor medal.