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Hand to Hand

Brief Description
Inspired by the 2020 bushfires, Hand to Hand shares a powerful and positive message of animal rescue and rehabilitation from multi Whitley award-winner Liz AnelliIn a brilliant valley under the southern sun, kangaroos graze, kookaburras chuckle, platypuses play and wombats waddle ...When a bushfire suddenly encroaches,... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Hand to Hand

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Inspired by the 2020 bushfires, Hand to Hand shares a powerful and positive message of animal rescue and rehabilitation from multi Whitley award-winner Liz Anelli

In a brilliant valley under the southern sun, kangaroos graze, kookaburras chuckle, platypuses play and wombats waddle ...

When a bushfire suddenly encroaches, a young koala, his mother and his friends must seek safety. A moving story of animals and humans working together to find refuge, safety ... and a new home.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761600005

Publisher: Walker Books Australia

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 June 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Walker Books Australia

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Liz Anelli

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Liz Anelli once had a job dusting dinosaurs at Londonโ€™s Natural History Museum. Nowadays she draws every day and illustrates picture books; combining collage, printmaking and paint into digitally composed artworks. These have collected numerous shortlistings and awards. In between books, she creates quirky illustrated maps. Having spent ten glorious years in Australia, she and her husband are now living in Cambridge, England. Liz loves sharing her passion for making pictures at festivals, libraries and schools around the world. She can be found at lizanelli-illustration.com, Liz Anelli on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook and @lizillustrator on Twitter.

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