Book Author & Illustrator Sacha Cotter & Josh Morgan
Rights Available World excl. NZ
Lately, things have been getting Charlie down. It’s like he’s got a big rock that just won’t go away. He talks to Dad about it, and Dad brings out a dusty old book with a lot of tough rules. The first rule is you don’t talk about rocks (feelings). But the rules make things worse – Charlie’s ‘rock’ gets bigger, and everything feels dark and scary. They need some new rules – fast.
About the Author
Sacha Cotter is a writer, librarian and teacher. Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) is an illustrator, writer and designer.
Sacha and Josh have collaborated previously on four picture books: Keys/Ngā Kī, The Marble Maker/Te Kaihanga Māpere, The Bomb/Te Pohū and Dazzlehands/Ringakōreko. Keys was a finalist in the picture book category and Ngā Kī was winner of the Māori Language Award of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2015. Ngā Kī also won Te Tohu Taurapa Award in the LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2015 and was selected for the IBBY Honour List in 2016. Te Kaihanga Māpere won Te Kura Pounamu award of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2017. The Bomb was the supreme winner, the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2019, where it also won the Picture Book Award. It won the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book, PANZ Book Design Awards, in 2019, and it won the Storylines Notable Book Award, Picture Book, 2019. Dazzlehands won the Storylines Notable Book Award, Picture Book, 2023 and NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children’s Picture Book, 2024. Dazzlehands was also a finalist in the Picture Book and Russell Clark Award for Illustration in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2024.
Publisher
Huia Publishers
Extent
44pp
Format
240 mm x 270mm
Binding
Softcover
Category
Children’s
Genre
Picture Book
Age range
6 – 10years
Publication Date
May 2025
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