Award for Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville

Congratulations to author Andrea Rowe and Illustrator Hannah Sommerville on being awarded

Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year

for their book

Jetty Jumping

a picture book for 5-12 year olds published by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

2021

Jetty Jumping has been awarded the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year for 5 to 8-year-olds. The Awards aim to promote quality Australian books that help children get the best, most literate start in life.

Jetty Jumping has been respected as being a captivating book combining a compelling narrative format with themes of bravery and emotion. It has served as an excellent resource for teaching a large range of concepts and higher-level language skills.

Congratulations on the award! This book was also the winner of the 2022 CBCA Picture book of the year early childhood!

PB manuscript acquired for illustration prize - Andrea Rowe

Congratulations to author Andrea Rowe.

The Everyday Tutu

a picture book for 3-12 year olds has been acquired for the Little Hare Illustration Prize!

Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing has acquired Andrea Rowe's manuscript The Everyday Tutu for the 2023 Little Hare Illustration Prize which is awarded biennially. It opens Oct 17 to aspiring picture-book artists across Australia / New Zealand.

The key dates for the 2023 Little Hare Illustration Prize are as follows:

Entries open: Tuesday 17 Oct 2023
Entries close: midnight, Monday 15 January 2024
Shortlist announced: mid-February 2024
Winner announced: late February 2024

Check here for details and how to enter!

New BB for Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville

Congratulations to author Andrea Rowe and illustrator Hannah Sommerville, on the publication of

In the Rockpool

A board book for ages 0-3, published by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

29 November 2023

Little people love to explore little worlds! Dive into the rockpool with this glittering and gorgeous board book for our smallest nature lovers, from the CBCA award-winning creators of Jetty Jumping, Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville.

This is the first board book in a Little World series created by Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville.

Book Launch. Details to be released soon. Check author website.