Trace Balla

Miri's been on the move and now she's finding her feet, her freedom, her community, and her home, treading lightly all the way. A story about spreading your wings and putting down roots in an ancient land. From the much-loved creator of Rivertime (WINNER: Readings Prize and Wilderness Society Award) and Rockhopping (WINNER: CBCA Awards). 'Another lovely adventure from Trace...

NOTABLE BOOK: 2024 CBCA Book of the Year, Picture Book SHORTLISTED: 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award SHORTLISTED: 2024 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature Selected as one of the Best Junior & Middle Grade Books for 2023 - Readings Books Selected for the International Youth Library's White Raven List, 2024 Join Miri in her...

Rivertime is a tender and beautifully illustrated tale of a boy and his bird-watching uncle on a paddling trip on Australia's Glenelg River. It is a story about slowing down, growing up, and connecting with the land and its creatures.

WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2017 Join Clancy and Uncle Egg on a rambling, rockhopping adventure in Gariwerd (the Grampians), to find the source of the Glenelg River. A story about following your flow, and the unexpected places you may go. Praise for Rivertime: 'The drawings and text teem with vitality and wonder. Verdict: enchanting.' Herald Sun...

Ever since I was a kid my favourite place has always been up a tree - where everything I notice feels like a part of me. Every birdsong, every leaf's light, every butterfly's dance . . .This beautiful book tells the story of young Trace's awakening to the preciousness of the environment, including her participation in the protests against uranium...