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Little Axel's Axolotl

By Juliette MacIver
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Funny, charming, disarming and full of surprising adventure, featuring one of our most unusually endearing creatures, from award-winning author, Juliette MacIver. This is Axel’s axolotl. Hi ho, Harris Aristotle! Harris Aristotle is a much-loved axolotl. Axel attends to his every wish, want and need, feeding him... Read More
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Funny, charming, disarming and full of surprising adventure, featuring one of our most unusually endearing creatures, from award-winning author, Juliette MacIver.

This is Axel’s axolotl. Hi ho, Harris Aristotle!

Harris Aristotle is a much-loved axolotl. Axel attends to his every wish, want and need, feeding him with the finest cheese, and warming him with the warmest of hats. Axel's fishy feet never touch the ground...

But despite his life of ease, Harris has a secret dream and hatches a secret, daring scheme. Harris is about to surprise everyone!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761601705

Publisher: Walker Books Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Walker Books Australia

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 158g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Juliette MacIver

About the Author

Juliette MacIver is a picture-book writer and mother of four, who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Juliette majored in Linguistics at Victoria University, Wellington, and has a diploma in teaching English. Her popular books are regularly shortlisted for awards. or named as Storylines Notable Books. Her work has been published internationally. She lives beside the sea near Wellington, NZ.

Christopher Nielsen’s illustrations flow forth from a love of vintage design. Tin toys, Mexican wrestlers, Matchboxes, Medical Charts and Indian Goddesses all jostle for attention amongst the flotsam and jetsam of his flip-top head. His images have been adopted by wineries, zoo’s, department stores, radio stations and fish mongers around the globe as well as many books. When he's not making images or raising a young family he can be found on stage playing guitar with his band The Ramalamas. His artwork has been acknowledged by The British Book Design & Publication Awards, The AGDA Awards, 3x3, Communication Arts, American Illustration, Society Of Illustrators NY, Luerzers Archive, Hotshop Awards and The Creative Annual. He has received Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the Illustrators Australia Awards. He was shortlisted in 2018 for the CBCA Crichton Award for best new illustrator in children's book illustration.

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