Rachel Tonkin

Rachel Tonkin has illustrated over fifty children’s books, including Papa and the Olden Days (a Children’s Book Council Honour Book) and Lucy and the Whale (shortlisted for the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature). She has also written and illustrated several titles including What Was the War Like, Grandma? And Grandpa’s Stories (both shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council’s Eve Pownall Information Award), When I was a Kid (shortlisted for a NSW Premier’s Award) and, most recently, To the Goldfields!