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Sing Me the Summer
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Splash into summer with this glorious love letter to the seasons. Combining Jane Godwin's sparkling text and Alison Lester's whimsical watercolours, Sing Me the Summer celebrates those precious everyday moments that stay with us forever.
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Description
Splash into summer with this glorious love letter to the seasons.
Combining Jane Godwin's sparkling text and Alison Lester's whimsical watercolours, Sing Me the Summer celebrates those precious everyday moments that stay with us forever.
Combining Jane Godwin's sparkling text and Alison Lester's whimsical watercolours, Sing Me the Summer celebrates those precious everyday moments that stay with us forever.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761820076
Publisher: Affirm Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 December 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Affirm Kids
DIMENSIONS
Width: 6883.0mm
Height: 5550.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Jane Godwin is a highly acclaimed author of over thirty books for children, across all styles and ages. Her work is published internationally and she has received many commendations, including the Queensland Premier's Award (Children's Books), the Aurealis Award and the Animal Welfare Award, and shortlistings in the CBC Book of the Year Awards, the Prime Minister's Literary Award, the New South Wales State Literary Award (Patricia Wrightson Prize) the YABBA Awards, the Speech Pathology Awards, The Family Award for Children's Books, and the Australian Book Industry Awards.
In a career spanning decades, Alison Lester has written many books and won several prestigious awards including the 2019 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Early Childhood Book of the Year Award for Tricky's Bad Day, the 2012 CBCA Eve Pownall Book of the Year Award for One Small Island, and the 2005 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award for Are We There Yet?. Alison was Australia's Inaugural Children's Laureate from 2011 to 2013.
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