The Family Hour in Australia: 10th Anniversary Edition

Description

A new jacketed edition with a fold out poster on the back, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the The Family Hour written and illustrated by Tai Snaith. Cuddle up with someone from your family and visit 15 of Australia's native animals and their families. Find out what they eat and how they play, where they live and who looks after them. Which family is most like yours? The Family Hour introduces young children to 15 fascinating Australian animals and their families. It presents unique facts about each animal in a fun and imaginative way. Features: Gouldian finches, numbats, kangaroos, platypuses, echidnas, black swans, frill-necked lizards, koalas, weedy seadragons, Eastern spotted quoll, sugar gliders, ringtail possums, Tasmanian devils, corroboree frogs, hairy-nosed wombats.

Tai Snaith is a Melbourne-based artist and writer. She has exhibited widely in both artist-run and commercial spaces and has created large, site-specific visual installations for the Metro Creative program with Royal Botanic Gardens and The State Library of Victoria, which was shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards in London. She has been awarded the Australia Council for the Arts Tokyo studio residency and numerous state and federal project grants. Tai's artwork is held in both private and public collections, including the NGA Works on Paper collection, Banyule City collection and Artbank. She has written and illustrated six picture books. The Family Hour was her first book.