Crystal Kite award for Katrina Germein and Mandy Foot

Congratulations to author Katrina Germein on being awarded

Crystal Kite Award (Australia/New Zealand) for

Bev and Kev

illustrated by Mandy Foot

Bev and Kev is a early childhood picture book published by Little Book Press

April 2022

Bev is tall and Kev is small.
An unlikely pair!

Could this be the beginning of a very big friendship?
A heart-warming tale about learning to love yourself
and the value of a true friend.

2023 CBCA Early Childhood Shortlist

The annual Crystal Kite Award is a peer-given award to recognise great books from 15 SCBWI regional divisions around the world.

Congratulations to Katrina Germein and Mandy Foot!

Noteable Award for Mandy Foot

Congratulations to illustrator Mandy Foot whose picture book

The Last Dragon

written by Charles Massy and published by the National Library of Australia is the

WINNER of the

Children’s Book 2021 (Big Press) ACT Noteable Award 2022

Beneath the western mountains, on the open plains of the high Monaro where the skies are blue and big, there lived a little dragon lizard.
Featuring stunning ink and graphite artwork, and an author’s essay on the Grassland Earless Dragon.

Fantastic news!

New book for Mandy Foot

Congratulations to author and illustrator Mandy Foot on the publication of

Lucy and Copper

a hardback picture book for 3-12 published by Hachette Australia.

Smudge has been Lucy's best friend since she was little. But these days, Lucy is too big to ride her beloved pony. Lucy is sure no one can replace Smudge, even when Pa brings home a new horse called Copper.

Book launch: the Farm Shop, Echunga, SA. Sunday 4 July: 11am - 1pm.