Seven Seas of Fleas

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*Shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA Award for New Illustrator*

Age range 5+

A flying boy and seven bees are chased by fleas, but an unexpected friendship forms.

Bryce McFee is an ordinary boy bored with washing the flea-ridden family dog. So, he escapes to his imagination and flies across the backyard with a dandelion and seven bees. Trouble strikes when a swarm of pesky fleas gives chase, threatening to ruin his adventure. Ultimately, an unlikely friendship is formed between the flying boy and the fleas. A fun rhyming story that exercises the imagination.

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Australian children's book author and illustrator Dave Petzold is interested in the little things that go unnoticed, the things we take for granted. My stories are born out of a love of nature, adventure, and a desire to show that, if you look a little closer, there is more to life than what you see on the surface, he says. His writing invites the reader on a journey of discovery in the hope they will discover something about themselves, too. Graphite pencil, screen-printing techniques, and digital collage are used in creating his illustrations.