Libbys Footy Adventures

(Hardback)

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It's Footy Colours Day at school, and there are some very special AFLW guests on the way for a training session!
But Libby's a beginner, and there's so much to learn how to bounce, kick and handball.
Lucky she's got her friends, and the courage to try something new.

Join the team with Libby as she receives a very special gift, and finds her place and her passion in the world of Aussie Rules.

• From North Melbourne star and All-Australian footballer Libby Birch comes the first official AFLW picture book about courage, friends and footy!

Author Bio

Libby Birch is an Australian rules footballer who has played for several teams across the AFLW. Libby's remarkable journey resulted in her being named in multiple All-Australian teams and being the first Victorian Player to reach 50 and 75 games respectively in AFLW history. Off the field, Libby is a qualified physiotherapist working in disability and hospital wards. She is also an emerging football media talent, with experience co-hosting, providing expert commentary, football analysis, boundary riding and writing as a print columnist. Since the 2023 AFL (Men's) season, Libby has held a prominent role within the 3AW Football Team as a Boundary Rider and in Expert Comments.

Robin Tatlow-Lord is an illustrator, writer and cartoonist living in Tarntanya (Adelaide, Australia). Her illustrations are vivid and expressive, conveying the wonder, imagination and 'big feelings' of childhood from frustration and worry to joy and surprise. In 2021 she was shortlisted for the CBCA Award for New Illustrator for her first picture book, Go Away, Worry Monster! Robin uses colour pencils, watercolour, ink, collage and an iPad. She has various picture book and graphic novel projects in the works, and when she isn't drawing she plays roller derby, runs kids' art workshops and chases around after her boisterous, book-loving toddler!