Where Are You, Banana?

Sofie Laguna is an author, actor and playwright. Her titles for children include My Yellow Blanky (a CBCA Notable Book 2003), Too Loud Lily (a CBCA Honour Book 2003, shortlisted for the Queensland Premiers Literary Prize) and Surviving Aunt Marsha, her first novel for children. Sofie lives in Melbourne.

Craig Smith has an excellent track record as a children’s book illustrator. He first teamed with Gary Crew to provide a remarkable interpretation of Troy Thompson’s Excellent Peotry Book and Troy Thompson’s Radical Prose Folio. His more recent awards include CBC Honour Book: Younger Readers (1999) for Bob the Builder and the Elves, Shortlisted CBC Book of the Year: Younger Readers for Billy the Punk (1996) and Shortlisted CBC for Not Again, Dad by Thurley Fowler (1995). Craig has also recently illustrated the Paul Jennings titles: The Cabbage Patch Fib and The Cabbage Patch War, and Sniffy the Sniffer Dog (Lothian Books, 2003) in Lothian’s Start-Ups series.