The Complete Cleo Stories: Four award-winning stories in one volume
By (Author) Libby Gleeson
Illustrated by Freya Blackwood
Allen & Unwin
A&U Children
31st October 2023
Australia
Children
Fiction
Hardback
128
Width 153mm, Height 205mm
362g
Meet Cleo, the little girl with a big imagination, who solves problems in creative and delightful ways and always finds ways to have fun.
Read all the Cleo stories from an award-winning, legendary team:
Cleo and the Necklace
Cleo and the Present
Cleo makes a Friend
Cleo wants a Pet
Set in a comforting domestic world, these warm and irresistible stories altogether in one volume for the first time are perfect for kids learning to read and transitioning from picture books to chapter books.
'Exquisitely and extensively illustrated with pictures that bring Gleeson's little family affectionately to life.' Katharine England, Adelaide Advertiser
Libby Gleeson AM has published over 40 popular, highly acclaimed books for children and teenagers, been shortlisted for 15 CBCA Awards, and won five. She is also the winner of the Lady Cutler Award for her services to children's literature. Libby has been a teacher and lecturer and contributes regularly to national conferences. She was a member of the Public Lending Rights committee from 1988-1995, chaired the Australian Society of Authors from 1999-2001, was awarded membership to the Order of Australia in 2007, was the ASA Dicrector CAL from 2008-2014, and has been chairing WestWords since 2015. She won the 2011 Dromkeen Medal, awarded for her contributions to children's literature.
Based in Orange, NSW, Freya Blackwood is an illustrator of children's picture books. The books she has illustrated have been written by some of Australia's best known authors including Libby Gleeson, Margaret Wild, Jan Ormerod, Mem Fox, Nick Bland and Danny Parker. Known for her emotive drawings of children and animals, she typically works with pencil and watercolour. Her inspiration comes from her daughter and the everyday life of being a human and a parent.