Backyard

In Backyard, critically acclaimed Australian author Ananda Braxton-Smith and fine artist Lizzy Newcomb team up to present a lush, lyrical picture book about all the life that children can find in a suburban backyard.

White gum rustle, tawny frog mouths still as wood, dragonflies swoop. Banjo frog calls the secret – watch the world carefully, your backyard is home to animals other than you! A child stands on her back step at dusk and surveys her backyard. The backyard is teeming with life – birds, possum, native rat, bats, insects and bugs.

A reminder to look closely at the world around you which is very much aligned with current educational philosophy.
Reconnecting children with their very own natural environment in the most gentle and beautiful way.
Australian wildlife