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Iceberg

Claire Saxby author Jess Racklyeft illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Murdoch Books

Published:14th Oct '21

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Iceberg cover

WINNER: 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the Year
NOTABLE BOOK: 2022 CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownall Award

In the final freeze of an Antarctic winter, green tails wave across a star-full sky, as if to farewell endless nights. If this world looks empty, look closer ... Penguins trek across the ice to their winter homes. As the temperature warms, birds fly above on their long migrations. And with the advent of summer, beneath an iceberg, the sea is teeming with life. Ocean, sky, snow and ice - minute greens and giant blues - dance a delicate dance in this evocative portrayal of the life cycle of an iceberg.

'Richly informative and brimming with detailed facts presented in lyrical, sophisticated, evocative language ... Text and image balance each other perfectly in their delicate yet powerful tone. An expert merging of knowledge with grace.' Books+Publishing

'This stunning picture book follows in sensory, singing prose and evocative mixed-media pictures the life of an iceberg through a year of Antarctic seasons ... Solid information is rendered magical against icy shades of sea and sky.' The Courier Mail

  • Winner of Picture Book of the Year 2022 (Australia)
  • Winner of CBCA Awards 2022 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Children's Literature Award - Adelaide Festival Awards 2022 (Australia)

ISBN: 9781911679080

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 468g

28 pages