Craig Smith

Illustrator Craig Smith has illustrated over 300 books in a 30-year career. He was once a rust scraper on the Sydney Harbour Bridge but is now one of Australia's most popular illustrators with a style that is energetic, individual, carefully observed and full of life and humour. His witty, humorous artwork is enormously popular with children combining a wonderful sense of the absurd with a fine eye for detail.

The Big Ball of String

George wants to play soccer, but he doesn't have a ball to kick. All he has is a big ball of string…

Category: Picture story books
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
 
Paperback    £5.99
The Boy Who Built the Boat

This gorgeous picture book about making things with tools is a delight to read aloud and perfect for dads and sons to share.

Category: Picture story books
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
 
Paperback    £5.25   RRP: £6.99.  You save £1.74
Hush Baby Hush

A lively, rhythmic text encouraging baby play is perfectly captured in warm, funny illustrations by Ann James, one of Australia's best-loved illustrators.

Collect the set! Hush Baby Hush, Go Baby Go, What's That Noise? and Where is Baby?

Category: Board books
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
 
Board book    £3.99
It's True! Hauntings Happen and Ghosts Get Grumpy

What would you do if furniture threw itself downstairs and fires broke out in the cupboards? This book examines the evidence on teleportation, UFOs, psychic detectives, premonitions, and other mysteries of mind, time and space.

Category: Junior non-fiction
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
 
Paperback    £4.99