ICEBERG

An uplifting, beautiful and evocative portrayal of the life cycle of an iceberg from renowned picture book creators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft.

An iceberg is calved in spring and travels through the seasons before dying in a new spring. We follow its life and along the way learn too about the other creatures that call Antarctica home (at least for part of the year). There are whales and orcas of course, but also terns, Adélie, leopard seals and krill. So much to discover and to delight in finding within Racklyeft's gorgeously rich illustrations. In the final freeze of an Antarctic winter, green tails wave across a star-full sky, as if to farewell endless nights. If this world looks empty, look closer ... Those are penguin tracks and beneath the ice orca roam. Filled with wonder, appreciation, and a subtle sense of renewal Iceberg leaves the reader feeling uplifted perfect for inspiring a love and compassion for our environment. Author Claire Saxby lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is the bestselling and award-winning author of many books. There Was an Old Sailor (illustrated by Cassandra Allen) won the Society of Children's Book Writes and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award. Big Red Kangaroo and Emu (both illustrated by Graham Byrne) and Koala (illustrated by Julie Vivas) have won numerous awards including the Whitley Award, the Environment Award for Children's Literature, and Children's Book council of Australia (CBCA) Crichton Award. Koala was a CBCA Honour Book. Dingo (illustrated by Tannya Harricks was joint winner of the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature at the NSW Premier's Literary Award (2019); won the Royal Zoological Society of NSW's Whitley Award (2018); was shortlisted in 2019 for the CBCA New Illustrator Award, and Best Picture Book in the Educational Publishing awards. Claire writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry for children and has over forty books in print. Illustrator Jess Racklyeft creates a variety of illustrated things - picture books, paintings, prints, pins and cards - mainly in watercolours. She works from her Melbourne home studio with her cat and dog at her feet, and occasionally one of her kids joins in too. Her work often combines collage - either on paper or digitally assembled - and lots of ink, and for every book she tries to use a new technique or process to continue to challenge and grow, book by book. Jess worked in publishing sales for almost a decade before making the leap to full-time illustration work, and since then has won several illustration accolades including two CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year awards. Her work can now be found in bookshops and libraries across Australia and her days are happily spent in a messy studio or visiting local storytimes with her two young kids.