Kilmeny Niland était une artiste, illustratrice et poète australienne, largement célébrée pour ses contributions à la littérature jeunesse. Sa pratique artistique, cependant, couvrait une gamme variée de genres, comprenant l'animation, l'art de la vie sauvage, les miniatures, les portraits, les cartes et les estampes. Le travail de Niland se caractérisait par une riche capacité de narration visuelle, transmettant habilement émotions et histoires à travers son style artistique distinctif. Elle abordait son métier avec un accent sur la création imaginative et l'esthétique visuelle attrayante.
A tall tall man has twelve babies to look after in his tiny tiny apartment. It's not surprising that trouble ensues when the door slams shut and the tall man is on one side of the door with the six girls and the six boys are on the other side ... An hilarious triumph from a bestselling family team.
'Colour my beak blue, that's a risky business if you're not a cockatoo,' squawked Rocky Cocky. 'You'll need a bodyguard.' They trotted and strutted off down the track, round the back of beyong, up the hill and past the black stump, until they bumped into Joanna Goanna. Early one morning, Blossom Possum gets such a fright she thinks the sky is falling down! She has to tell someone, so she sets off with her news. On the way she meets her bush mates. But she also runs into trouble. This retelling of a favourite folktale has a delightful Aussie twist and a refreshingly positive ending. The author has used typically Australian animals to create a cast of quirky characters. Rocky Cocky is a cheeky cockatoo, Echo Gecko is an old hippie lizard, and Toey Joey is a lively young kangaroo.