Lara of Newtown
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Lara of Newtown
By (Author) Chris McKimmie
A&U Children's
A&U Children
24th June 2015
Australia
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Long-listed for CBCA Picture Book of the Year 2016 (Australia)
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 250mm, Height 300mm
486g
Description
Nana Banana called me Misty, until she couldn't look after me anymore. Noni Nice of Pymble called me Nigella, but I was only Nigella for a day. When the Kafoops family found me on the streets of Newtown they called me Lara. I knew I had found my home at last.
A witty and wonderful story about a cat looking for love from the one and only Chris McKimmie.
Author Bio
Chris McKimmie is a writer, illustrator and artist. His previous books with Allen and Unwin are Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow (2006), shortlisted for the 2007 CBCA Awards, Maisie Moo and Invisible Lucy (2007), Special Kev (2008), shortlisted for the 2009 CBCA Awards, Two Peas in a Pod (2010), shortlisted for the 2011 CBCA Awards, Good Morning, Mr Pancakes (2011),Alex and the Watermelon Boat (2012), Scarlett and the Scratchy Moon (2013) and Crikey and Cat (2014).
Chris also wrote, illustrated and designed a series of eight books in the late 1970s. He has worked as a lecturer, a graphic designer, a film production designer, a cleaner, a dad, a pot-plant painter, a public servant, a musician, a factory hand and a granddad. He regularly exhibits his paintings and drawings.
