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LONGLISTED for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Children's Book of the Year SHORTLISTED for Australian Book Design Awards 2020  Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Illustrated Book Age range 3+ Summer is here. Put your school shoes away, The long, lazy days can begin. Mangoes and magpies, municipal pools… Take a deep breath and dive in. The bestselling creators of Alphabetical Sydney and Numerical Street are back with their new picture book, Summer Time – a stunning tribute to an Australian summer.  'Summer Time, Hilary Bell and Antonia Pesenti's third picture book collaboration, explores ideas of time within the grand nostalgic mythology of Australian summer...The rhyming verse is rich and evocative, making good use of both rhythm and imagery...Pesenti's pleasing collage-style illustrations complement Bell's linguistic portraits; a colour palette both bright and gentle evokes the harsh Australian light and the haze of memory.' — Books + Publishing Teachers' Notes available here

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Antonia Pesenti and Hilary Bell met in Paris over 20 years ago and have been friends ever since. Antonia is an architect and illustrator, and Hilary is an award-winning playwright. Their friendship turned into a collaboration when they created the bestselling Alphabetical Sydney, and later, Numerical Street. Summer Time is their tribute to the places and rituals of the Australian summer. They have enjoyed researching Summer Time, testing waterslides and tasting Neapolitan ice-cream for the first time in yonks.

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