The Boastful Shark and Other Australians

Australian but not aggressively so, the boastful shark the wise old owl from Jinga-long and the other characters in this book are destined to win a new generation of childish hearts and take their place alongside the gumnut babies, the bad banksia men and other well loved heroes and villains of an earlier age.

Audrey van Hattem, author of Something Absurd has written children’s stories and verse for use in kindergartens and has read a number of them on the ABC. This is her first published collection, perceptively illustrated by Romola Morrow, one of W.A.’s established young artists. It is one of the happiest children’s books to appear in years.