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*CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Eve Pownall Award* Age range 6 to 9 Can you imagine a strange and colourful fish that looks like a dragon? It can't fly or breathe fire, but it is an excellent dancer! The weedy seadragon is an amazing underwater fish with a talent for camouflage, weird eating habits and a unique courtship dance. But its habitat and future are threatened. This enchanting story takes you under the sea to meet this mysterious sea creature, and reveals its weird and wonderful ways. Written by Anne Morgan, and beautifully illustrated by Lois Bury, The Way of the Weedy Seadragon invites you to dive into the astonishing lives of one of the world's most curious sea creatures.

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The Way of the Weedy Seadragon is a stunning book that provides readers with a glimpse of the underwater world and the incredible lives of the mysterious and colourful weedy seadragons. -- Kristy Tidey * Teaching Science 68(1) * The Way of the Weedy Seadragon explores the natural world through a winning combination of carefully chosen, informative text and beautiful illustrations. -- Sarah Steed * Kids' Book Review * Alongside Bury's delicate illustrations, Anne Morgan has crafted a text as graceful as the dragons' dance. -- Barbara Braxton * The Bottom Shelf *

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Anne Morgan has a PhD in writing and is the author of a number of children’s books and a volume of poetry. Anne trained as a Biology, Drama and English teacher, and has taught in Tasmania, the Northern Territory and China. She has also worked at the Australian Antarctic Division and at the former National Oceans Office in Hobart. These days she has an adventure a day (real or imagined) at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island. Lois Bury is an artist based in Tasmania and has illustrated several books for children. She is a founding Director of Bruny Island Foundation for the Arts, bringing visual and performing arts to the Island.

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