My book today, Mallee Sky by Jodi Toering illustrated by Tannya Harricks, is Australian and fairly new(ish) because I know I have shared quite a few older books for Picture Book Month.
The art in this book is truly special and a terrific way to showcase our Australian landscape.
Here are a few of the lyrical sentences from this book:
"When the sun goes down, the red heat of the day bleeds into the sky and sets it on fire."
"Heat shimmers and the bitumen melts. The red dirt cracks; the scrub sighs, still and thirsty."
"Ancient gums perish where they stand, grey, ghostlike; a memory of themselves."
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