Our Home, Our Heartbeat
I was incredibly lucky to be invited to provide character illustrations for this beautiful and important book. Out now through Hardie Grant Publishing.
“Adapted from Briggs’ celebrated song 'The Children Came Back', Our Home, Our Heartbeat is a celebration of past and present Indigenous legends, as well as emerging generations, and at its heart honours the oldest continuous culture on earth.
Readers will recognise Briggs' distinctive voice and contagious energy within the pages of Our Home, Our Heartbeat, signifying a new and exciting chapter in children's Indigenous publishing. “
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The Beaver and the Beasts
I had the pleasure of working on this beautiful book for Hardie Grant, with Pat Guest and his son Noah.
“The Beaver and the Beasts is a hilarious tale about a cheeky little beaver who crashes a secret meeting of the world's notorious beasts. The beasts have travelled thousands of miles to converge for this important meeting: there’s the minotaur from Greece, trolls from France, a Yeti from Mt Everest and a werewolf from London. Their leader – the Loch Ness Monster – is calling an international emergency; children across the world don’t believe in them any more!
But before they tackle the crisis, they have a bigger problem on their hands in the form of a cheeky little beaver.
A story about facing your fears and keeping your sense of wonder, The Beaver and the Beasts is Patrick Guest's first book with his son Noah.”
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Kip of the Mountain
I worked with Harper Collins Australia to create this colourful cover image, and a wide variety of black and white internal illustrations, for Emma Gourlay's gorgeous debut fantasy novel.
“Kip Boowitt is desperate for a best friend. So when she rescues a tiny creature that looks like a kitten but isn't a kitten, she names him Buffel and loves him with all her heart.
With a distracted dad and mean kids at school, all Kip wants is someone with two ears and time for her. And Buffel is the best listener. But when he's kidnapped, there is only one thing to do - go from mountain to sea to get him back.
An action-packed fantasy adventure full of heart, from debut author Emma Gourlay.”
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Disgusting Diseases:
A Young Person's Guide
This book is a collaboration between myself and author Jonathan J. Moore, and is published by New Holland.
"Young people have a tremendous appetite for the gruesome, scary and downright freaky. However, the material has to be presented in a humorous manner that while, still absolutely fascinating, won’t scare the kids (or their parents) away. Each chapter is between 2000 and 3000 thousand words long and includes a cover piece with illustration and title followed by the text and a selection of at least five brilliant images produced by Kate intermixed with light hearted captions.
Despite the rather gruesome material it is presented with a positive moral message and material in poor taste is avoided."
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Shout Out To The Girls
I contributed a portrait of indigenous activist Mum Shirl to this book, with all proceeds going to The Smith Family.
"Shout-outs to 50 awesome Australian women with easy-to-read biographies of their incredible achievements. From Cathy Freeman to Turia Pitt, Edith Cowan to Julia Gillard, Mum Shirl to Vali Myers, plus rally car drivers, molecular biologists and more, this book is a celebration of women in all fields, from all walks of life, and from Australia’s past and present.
Brought to life by colourful illustrations from female artists, Shout Out to the Girls is the ultimate inspirational read for young and old."
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