As part of the NSW Premier’s Literature Awards, Tea and Sugar Christmas, illustrated by Robert Ingpen and published by National Library Australia, has been Shortlisted for the Patricia Wrightson Award for Children’s Literature.
The Awards night is on May 16th in Sydney and I will be attending it.
The other Shortlisted books are:
A Single Stone Meg McKinlay Walker Books Australia
Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars Martine Murray Text Publishing
The Greatest Gatsby: A Visual Book of Grammar Tohby Riddle Penguin Random House
Teacup Rebecca Young Matt Ottley
Flight Nadia Wheatley, Armin Greder Windy Hollow Books
So Tea and Sugar Christmas is in some great company.
What a thrill!