Award for Deborah Tant

Congratulations to author Deborah Tant for being awarded the

Independent Press Award

Book 2 - Around our Swimming Pool

a paper back fiction picture book for 2-8 year olds published in September 2023 by Deborah Tant

This is the second book in the series The Life of Riley.  Currently there are 4 books with book 1 winning a NYC Big Book Award and book 2 recently winning an Independent Press Award, a Distinguished Favourite, Pet Category.

The first book in the series is called:
Things that bite in the Night
The second book is called:
Around our Swimming Pool

Award for Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville

Congratulations to author Andrea Rowe and Illustrator Hannah Sommerville on being awarded

Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year

for their book

Jetty Jumping

a picture book for 5-12 year olds published by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

2021

Jetty Jumping has been awarded the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year for 5 to 8-year-olds. The Awards aim to promote quality Australian books that help children get the best, most literate start in life.

Jetty Jumping has been respected as being a captivating book combining a compelling narrative format with themes of bravery and emotion. It has served as an excellent resource for teaching a large range of concepts and higher-level language skills.

Congratulations on the award! This book was also the winner of the 2022 CBCA Picture book of the year early childhood!