The Biscuit Maker
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Publishing Details
The Biscuit Maker
By (Author) Sue Lawson
Illustrated by Liz Anelli
Walker Books Australia
Walker Books Australia
2nd February 2022
Australia
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
32
Width 245mm, Height 271mm
203g
Description
In Mavin Road, theres no time for hellos or chats until a lonely and mysterious biscuit makers magic brings everyone together.
Benedict Stanley lives alone with his cat in Mavin Road where families hustle, joggers puff and workers scurry to the train, and no one has time for anyone else. So Benedict begins making biscuits to mark moments in all their lives, leaving them secretly at their doors. People start talking. Who is this mysterious biscuit maker When Benedict falls ill, young Rory, the only person to know his secret, gathers the residents of Mavin Road and brings them to his door. A beautiful, heartwarming book that celebrates community and human connection.
Author Bio
Sue Lawson writes fiction and non fiction books for children and young adults. Her books have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Family Therapists Award, the Prime Ministers Literary Award and the Childrens Book Council of Australia Awards. Her latest young adult novel Freedom Ride was shortlisted for the Childrens Book Council Book of the Year Awards, the NSW Premiers Literary Awards, the Western Australian Premiers Book Awards and longlisted for the Davitt Awards.
Illustrator Liz Anelli previously lived and worked in England but now resides in Newcastle, NSW. She has a passion for drawing and keeps rows of sketchbooks in her studio. In 2017, her book Desert Lake: The Story of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre (written by Pamela Freeman) was a CBCA Notable Book and was shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Literary Award, NSW Premiers History Awards, the Environment Award for Childrens Literature and the Educational Publishing Awards. She will also publish Dry to Dry with Walker in 2020 (written by Pamela Freeman) and The Biscuit Maker (written by Sue Lawson). Her other picture books with Walker Books include Ten Pound Pom (written by Carole Wilkinson) - shortlisted for CBCA Picture Book of The Year and winner of the Educational Publishing Awards in 2018 - and Maddies First Day (written by Penny Matthews).
