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Dippy’s Big Day Out

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Dippy's Big Day Out

By Jackie French About · Illustrated by Bruce Whatley About

An ‘Ice Age’ meets Diary of a Wombat story Dippy is a diprotodon, the BIGGEST, friendliest wombat who lived 100,000 years ago.All Dippy wants is happy friends, a place to sleep and lots to eat.Who knew that could be such an adventure?Based on a concept by Ben Smith Whatley and brought to life by the creators of the internationally bestselling Diary of a Wombat, this is a hilarious story of prehistoric daring and chaos set in the fascinating world of ancient Australia megafauna.PRAISE’Dippy’s Big Day Out is deceptively simple but fosters adventure, curiosity, self-sufficiency and getting enough rest after play.’ – Books+Publishing

CategoriesAustralian AnimalsExtinctionMegafauna
AuthorJackie French About
IllustratorBruce Whatley About
Type Of BookAustralian Picture Book
FormatPaperback
ISBN9781460754078
Published5/11/2019
Price Per CopyRRP $15.99
1–9 copies$14.39
10–19 copies$13.59
20+ copies$12.79
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Jackie French

Jackie French is a full-time writer who lives in rural NSW. She writes columns in the print media, and sometimes presents on radio and on Burke’s Backyard. Her books for children include Rain Stones, shortlisted for the CBC Children’s Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1991; Walking the Boundaries, a Notable Book in the CBC Awards, 1994; and Somewhere Around the Corner, an Honour Book in the CBC Awards, 1995. In 2000, Hitler’s Daughter won the CBC Younger Readers Award and the WOW! Award in the UK in 2001. How to Guzzle Your Garden was also shortlisted for the 2000 CBC Eve Pownall Award for Information. Most recently, Jackie won the 2002 ACT Book of the Year Award for In the Blood; her successful picture book Diary of a Wombat was named an Honour book in the 2003 CBC Awards and also won the 2003 Nielsen Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award.

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Bruce Whatley

Bruce Whatley is a well-known Australian children’s illustrator. He is a superb draftsman, best known for Diary of a Wombat, Looking for Crabs, Little White Dogs Can’t Jump and now The Lantern.

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