
Footprint
Phil Cummings(Author)
A&U Children (Publisher)
Published on 27. February 2024
Book
Hardback
24 pages
978-1-76118-032-3 (ISBN)
Description
NOTABLE BOOK: 2025 CBCA Picture Book of the Year
You carry hope and future need
With careful footprint, plant the seed.
Breathe... Yes, breathe.
Embark on a lyrical, meditative journey through nature's tapestry, where every step you take leaves a legacy of wonder and protection for the environment. Explore forests and mountains, cities and fields, and animals in their natural habitats as you ponder the footprint humans have left on the Earth.
From CBCA award-winning creators Phil Cummings and Sally Soweol Han.
You carry hope and future need
With careful footprint, plant the seed.
Breathe... Yes, breathe.
Embark on a lyrical, meditative journey through nature's tapestry, where every step you take leaves a legacy of wonder and protection for the environment. Explore forests and mountains, cities and fields, and animals in their natural habitats as you ponder the footprint humans have left on the Earth.
From CBCA award-winning creators Phil Cummings and Sally Soweol Han.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Publishing group
Allen & Unwin
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 10 years
Dimensions
Height: 303 mm
Width: 252 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76118-032-3 (9781761180323)
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Persons
Phil Cummings is the author of over seventy books for children, from picture books to novels, in a career that has spanned thirty years. His work is published in the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, China, the UK and throughout Europe. Phil has received awards for his work, including a number of CBCA Notable Book honours. His picture book Ride, Ricardo, Ride! was an Honour Book in the 2016 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Awards. His picture book, BOY, won the 2017 Children's Peace Literature Award and has was shortlisted in the 2018 CBCA awards. BOY was also named an outstanding book for children with disabilities by IBBY, the International Board of Books for Young people in Basel, Switzerland. Recently, as well as working on a number of new book projects, Phil has been involved in co-writing musicals for children. The musicals have been published online by The Song Library and performed across the globe. Phil has also worked with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and arranger/composer Glyn Lehman to co-create two commissioned works based on his books. Phil was a teacher for twenty-two years but now writes full time. His favourite pastimes are: listening to music, trying to play guitar, watching the cricket, cheering for the Adelaide Crows in the AFL, working in the garden and walking Daisy, his little (but very bossy) Jack Russell Terrier.
Sally Soweol Han is a Sydney-based illustrator with a passion and flair for children's books. She is the author and illustrator of Tiny Wonders, and has illustrated Sunshine at Bedtime by Clare Helen Welsh and Spellhound by Lian Tanner.
Sally Soweol Han is a Sydney-based illustrator with a passion and flair for children's books. She is the author and illustrator of Tiny Wonders, and has illustrated Sunshine at Bedtime by Clare Helen Welsh and Spellhound by Lian Tanner.