by Claire Saxby | Jun 2022 | Competition, New Release
It’s Tasmanian Devil Competition time! Attention students, parents, teachers, librarians! Clear your desk and sharpen your tools. We – Claire and Max – creators of the new Walker Books Nature Storybook, Tasmanian Devil, want to share our joy on...
by Claire Saxby | Mar 2022 | Children's Books, New Release
Whispers and Wearing Green The release of a new book is always exciting. The release of TWO books at the same time is even more so! Books take forever to be ready for publication, what are the chances of two being ready at the same time? The chances are small. Very...
by Claire Saxby | Sep 2021 | Nature, Science
The Eastern barred bandicoot is Back from the Brink Scientists, researchers and volunteers are preserving one of our smallest friends The People you Meet About 12 or 13 years ago, I worked on a local council election as an electoral worker, counting and recounting...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2021 | Nature, Science
Great White Shark is in the… In the depths of a deep Melbourne winter, a book was released. Great White Shark (GWS), beautifully illustrated by debut illustrator but painter extraordinaire, Cindy Lane, and published by Walker Books Australia, is part of the...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2021 | history
Window to another World – my Uncle’s diary When clearing out a family home before lockdown, we discovered many, many interesting things. There were some old children’s books, some wonderful woodworking tools, a wooden wheelbarrow (constructed using...