Kumiko and the Shadow Catchers

Name: Kumiko and the Shadow Catchers
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780702268755
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Briony Stewart

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Briony Stewart's bestselling Kumiko series has been refreshed with eye-catching cover designs to appeal to a new generation of readers. Winner - Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award Notable Book - CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers In her last adventure, Kumiko discovered the... Read More

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Briony Stewart's bestselling Kumiko series has been refreshed with eye-catching cover designs to appeal to a new generation of readers.

Winner - Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award

Notable Book - CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers

In her last adventure, Kumiko discovered the secret of the Shadow Catchers, a group of powerful sorcerers determined to steal magic at any cost. Now she knows it's only a matter of time before her family's link to dragons puts them all in grave danger. Can Kumiko find a way to stop the Shadow Catchers once and for all?

Kumiko and the Shadow Catchers is the final, thrilling book in this magical, award-winning series for young readers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780702268755

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 April 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 108g

Pages: 108

Collections

Briony Stewart Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Briony Stewart is the author and illustrator of several award-winning books for children, including the Kumiko series and We Love You Magoo, which was a CBCA Early Childhood Honour Book for 2020. She was also the illustrator of Mina and the Whole Wide World, which won the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Children's Fiction. Inspired by her grandmother, Kumiko Stewart (nee Takata), Briony is delighted that the Kumiko series has received so much love from Australian children since its first publication. Briony continues to make books from her home studio in Fremantle, Western Australia, alongside a silly dog, two cheeky children and a plant-obsessed husband.

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