Imagine Book and Jigsaw Puzzle
By (Author) Alison Lester
A&U Children's
A&U Children
28th November 2018
Australia
Children
Fiction
Commended for Ashton Scholastic Award for Best Designed Children's Book 1989 (Australia)
Book detail unspecified
32
Width 218mm, Height 166mm
700g
Imagine yourself deep in the jungle, under the sea, in a land of ice and snow, on a farm, in the moonlit bush, on an African plain, in a prehistoric swamp. Then turn the page and find all the animals living there.
A book of imaginative adventure, with intricate illustrations from Australia's favourite picture book creator, Alison Lester.
Alison Lester grew up on a farm by the sea, and first rode a horse as a baby in her father's arms. Her picture books mix imaginary worlds with everyday life, encouraging children to believe in themselves and celebrate the differences that make them special. Alison is involved in many community art projects and spends part of every year travelling to remote Indigenous communities, using her books to help children and adults write and draw about their own lives.
In 2012, Alison became Australia's first Children's Book Laureate, a position she shared with Boori Monty Pryor. In 2016, she was awarded the Dromkeen Medal for her outstanding achievement in the creation of Australian children's and young adult literature, and in 2018 she became the first children's book writer to win the Melbourne Prize for Literature, for her outstanding contribution to Australian literature and cultural and intellectual life.