by Claire Saxby | Apr 2026 | Blog, My Books, picture books, Types of Stories
Taking a Deep Dive Through the Darkening Sea began with a picture I spotted online, that showed a rainbow sea. The article it accompanied explained how the colour of marine animals changes with water depth at which they live. How could this be? I knew that...
by Claire Saxby | Mar 2026 | Blog, My Books, picture books, Types of Stories
Storm Rises When I wrote Iceberg, I had no thoughts of writing more books that would loosely fit an ‘elemental’ theme. But here we are – Storm is here. This book completes the four elements: water (Iceberg), earth (Tree), fire (Volcano) and air (Storm) explores...
by Claire Saxby | Feb 2026 | My Books, New Release, picture books
The Flower Garden In September 2013, I flew to Brisbane for the Queensland Art Gallery’s Exhibition, Quilts: 1700-1945. I wanted to see the Rajah quilt, a quilt I’d written about in My Name is Lizzie Flynn. I’d seen the Rajah quilt in Canberra in the Special...