This is Us
Essential Australian Poems for Young People
$41.45
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2025
Summary
In this beautifully illustrated collection of poems, editors Jude Fell and Libby Hathorn have gathered the voices of all kinds of Australians, from modern poets such as Miriam Wei Wei Lo and Jazz Money to household names such as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson.
Carefully crafted into 10 chapters, readers will find poems that make them laugh (like You and I by C. J. Dennis and Things That Go Squark by Peter Wesley-Smith) and sing, and connect them with Australians old and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922507860 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922507865 |
| Author: | Libby Hathorn, Tull Suwannakit, Jude Fell |
| Publisher: | National Library of Australia |
| Imprint: | National Library of Australia |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 656g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 195mm x 270mm |
| Audience Age: | 7 |
Libby Hathorn
Libby Hathorn
Libby Hathorn is an Australian award-winning author and poet of more than eighty books for children and young people. Her recent picture book No! Never!, written with her daughter Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, won the CBCA Children’s Picture Book of the Year Award, Younger Readers in 2021.
Jude Fell
Jude Fell is a lifelong educator and emerging poet. She writes lyrical rhyming poems about memory, history and nature. Her poem ‘In Albert’ was published in When Anzac Comes Around: A Hundred Years From Gallipoli Poetry Project in 2015.
Tull Suwannakit
Tull Suwannakit is an Australian book illustrator and author for children with a background in animation and fine art. His books have been published in Australia, the US, the UK, and Thailand, as well as being translated into numerous languages all throughout the world. He works predominantly with watercolour and graphite, and his books have been featured in the Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Mornings Radio, Play School on ABC4Kids, HELLO! Magazine (Thailand edition), and The New York Times.
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