Claire Saxby is an award-winning and best-selling picture book author. Her two previous Nature Storybooks, Big Red Kangaroo (2013) and Emu (2014) both illustrated by Graham Byrne have won numerous awards. Big Red Kangaroo was a 2014 CBCA Notable Book, and won the CBCA Crichton Award for illustration, and Emu was short-listed for 2015 CBCA Eve Pownall Award and won the Environment Award for Children's Literature. Claire lives in Melbourne, where she works part-time in a bookshop. Her latest book is Koala, illustrated by Julie Vivas.
A gentle story of Australia's beginnings is given a broader scope
through the illustrations showing Australia through time; beginning
with the convict ships arriving on Sydney's shore to the building
of looms to prepare cloth, the settlers' huts miles from the city,
then back to the place it started, the harbour where children play
with the last product of the original tree.
*Fran Knight - Read Plus*
Bird to Bird is a book that packs a powerful punch.
*Kids' Book Review*
This book can be used to discuss how things change with time, and
how some things can be used over and over for different
purposes
*Karen Colliver - Read Plus*
Harris’ evocative paintings are the perfect pairing to Saxby’s
simple, poetic text
*Books+Publishing*
The beautiful and sparse writing of Claire tells a story of a tree
and its importance. A delight.
*The Little Book Emporium*
An imaginative, thought-provoking book.
*Reading Time*
Saxby’s text is elegant and sparse, filled with gentle repetition
and a beautifully circular narrative. Wayne Harris’ accompanying
illustrations are stunning.
*Books+Publishing*
Lovely artwork helps young readers to engage with aspects of
history.
*Blog of Dog*
This is an excellent, thoughtful book.
*Patreon*
I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading to classes in the
school library.
*NZ Book Council*
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