Bernie Thinks in Boxes
By (Author) Jess Horn
Illustrated by Zoe Bennett
Affirm Press
Affirm Kids
30th July 2024
Australia
Hardback
32
Width 270mm, Height 230mm
422g
A beautiful story about thinking differently and navigating change in a neurotypical world.
Bernie thinks in boxes. She has boxes for everything: for home, for school and even for the park.Bernie likes boxes. When things fit into boxes, they make sense.
But one day, Bernie's boxes collide, and she must find a way to make sense of her world again.
Jess Horn is a children's writer based in Sydney, Australia. Jess has a passion for writing about communication and embracing differences, driven by her background in speech pathology and disability services. Her appreciation of wordplay and mischief are often incorporated into her stories, which tend to serve a subtle message with a good side of quirk. When Jess isn't writing for kids, she's wrangling them! She lives in a tiny house with her partner, two children and one very vocal ginger cat.
Zoe Bennett is an illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. Her work aims to capture the playfulness, curiosity and candidness of childhood, family and ordinary moments. She especially loves to capture quintessentially Australian scenes, colour palettes and characters. With a background in biological sciences Zoe enjoys the unique experience of having a biologist brain and following her creative aspirations.