I am a Magpie I am a Currawong - A child's first bird book -CBCA 2025 Shortlist

I am a Magpie, I am a Currawong 
Featured on the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA)'s Shortlist for 2025

This is the most recent book in Bridget Farmer's bird book range for children.

"With simple rhymes and stunning illustrations this book is a beautiful beginning to your child's bird loving journey."

From magpies to currawongs, and finches to thornbills this book introduces readers to a few little details to look out for when in Australian gardens, parks, beaches or bush. It is a book about noticing, and the more you look the more you see in the natural world around you!

Aimed at preschool aged children with beautiful thick pages and a smaller size for little hands. Or perfect for primary school aged children learning to read.

Details -

Hardcover

Recycled paper

Illustrations created using traditional printmaking techniques and watercolour paint. 

Size 19.5cm x 16.5cm x 1cm - designed for small hands.

Internal pages 180gsm (nice and thick!)

"Bridget has used clever rhyming and rhythm to accompany her always beautiful artwork. I love the shape of this book too – a small square just right for hands to hold with its pages in a soft and appealing sage green. The textured look of the pages is the perfect accompaniment to this gentle appreciation of Australia’s bird life. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ – I have forgotten who said this, but it’s an expression just right for this book." Dr Belle Alderman AM, Emeritus Professor of Children's Literature, University of Canberra