A beautiful picture book about learning to swim in the waves at the beach, from acclaimed author Pip Harry and award-winning illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper

A CBCA NOTABLE EARLY CHILDHOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 ABIA CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR (AGES 0-6)

I'm jumping waves at the beach with Dad.

If they're small I can leap over their frothy peaks.

Easy!

But further out, when they're big, you have to duck dive under.

Maisie is learning about ocean swimming at the beach. The small waves are easy, but how will she know when to dive under the bigger ones? And will she be brave enough to try? Lucky Dad is there to help her.

A beautiful picture book from acclaimed author Pip Harry and award-winning illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper.

'Enjoy a slice of summer and the swimming safety tips wrapped up in this delightfully illustrated read' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY

Details

ISBN13: 9780734421807
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 32
Edition:
Publication Date: 30 Oct 2024
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Publication City, Country: Sydney,Australia
Dimensions (cm): 22.4(H)x29(L)x1(W)420
Weight (gm): 420

Author Biography

Pip Harry (Author)

Pip Harry is an Australian author, copywriter and journalist. Her verse novel The Little Wave won the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. Pip's second verse novel, Are You There, Buddha?, was a 2022 Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book and was shortlisted for the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature. Pip's novel August & Jones, published by Hachette in 2022, was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers 2023 and the 2024 YABBA Awards, and won the CBCA Shadow Judging Book of the Year for Younger Readers. Pip has also written picture books Over or Under? (a CBCA Notable book and shortlisted for the ABIA Picture Book of the Year Award 2025), The Inside Dog and Drift, a verse novel. She lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches with her family and energetic rescue kelpie. See also: www.pipharry.com

Hilary Jean Tapper (Illustrator)

Hilary Jean Tapper is an international award-winning illustrator based in New Zealand. She is winner of the ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Children's Picture Book of the Year for 2023 and Forevability Book Awards 2022 (forevability.org).

Connect with Hilary on Facebook or Instagram: @hilaryjeantapper.

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