Bruce Whatley
Bruce Whatley is one of Australia’s best-loved and most-respected author–illustrators. His most recent books include the enormously successful and award-winning Diary of a Wombat, written by Jackie French, and its companion volume, The Secret World of Wombats, also illustrated by Bruce. The best selling team have also collaborated on Pete the Sheep, and most recently, Josephine Wants to Dance. Two of Bruce’s previous books, The Ugliest Dog in the World and Tails from Grandad’s Attic, were named as Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia in 1993 and 1996 respectively. Looking for Crabs was shortlisted by the Children’s...
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Q: What do you like most about writing and illustrating children's books?
A: A picture book is a great showcase for an illustrator. Usually you have a canvas of 32 pages to play withplenty of room to create a world of your own and tell a story or voice an idea. But I also like to play with the format of a book. Though a book is full of two, dimensional art, it is actually a three-dimensional object. It has a front, a back, and a middle. It can pop up, pop out, and even prop up a leg of a chair. It can make you laugh,...
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