Armin Greder

In the morning, the people of the island found a man sitting on the shore, there where fate and the ocean currents had set him and his frail raft in the night. When he saw them coming towards him, he rose to his feet. He was not like them. This internationally acclaimed, award-winning picture book is astonishing, powerful and timely....

Mama, if I was to dig a hole in our garden, would I find a diamond?No, darling, there are no diamonds here.Where are diamonds, then?Oh, in other countries. In Africa, for example... A powerful parable that explores how the desire for endless riches perpetuates chains of inequality and corruption.

NOTABLE BOOK: 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the Year'All this will soon be yours, respect what I have built and make it prosper.'These are the last words of the old industrialist before dying. While the three brothers discuss how to fulfil their father's wishes, the sister lists for them the disastrous consequences that would follow: disease; marine pollution; deforestation; the...

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2019With eloquent and devastating imagery, the creator of the multi-award-winning book The Island again asks us to examine our responses to the plight of refugees. How long will we remain silent witnesses?'After finishing this book, I imagined a different story, one recounting the journey of a family with an entry visa, setting...