Tannya Harricks Tannya Harricks i(13753073 works by)
Gender: Female
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'Tannya Harricks is an award-winning visual artist/painter, based in Sydney, Australia. '

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y separately published work icon The Heartbeat of the Land Melbourne : Larrikin House , 2022 24683797 2022 single work picture book children's 'Cathy ran barefoot every day across the great ancient land, as her people had done for sixty thousand years before. And when she ran, she could hear the heartbeat of the land. Ba Boom Ba Boom Ba Boom...Then one day, Cathy hears a cry. She answers this cry and, with one small step at a time, the seeds of change are planted. Cathy Freeman has always been an inspiration to young people. Here, she does it again, through storytelling — just as her people have done, for sixty thousand years before...Listen, and you too, will hear the Heartbeat of the Land.'

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2024 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Indigenous Children
2024 longlisted The DANZ Children's Book Award Picture Books
2023 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Karajia Award
y separately published work icon Kookaburra Melbourne : Walker Books Australia , 2020 19557207 2020 single work picture book children's

'An exciting new addition to the narrative nonfiction series Nature Storybooks, about kookaburras.

'In the crinkled shadows night-dwellers yawn, day-creatures stretch and Kookaburra laughs. Kook-kook-kook. Kak-kak-kak.

'The team behind Dingo is back again with a new addition to the Nature Storybooks series. The kookaburra, perhaps Australia's best-loved bird, is shown in all her glory in a stunning and vivid landscape. Follow along as Kookaburra finds food for her young and goes searching for a nest with her mate.

'Full of fun and interesting facts about kookaburras - perfect for nature lovers and budding wildlife scientists.' (Publication summary)

2021 commended Whitley Awards Children's Illustrated Zoology Book
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eve Pownall Award
y separately published work icon Mallee Sky Newtown : Black Dog Books , 2019 14798504 2019 single work picture book children's

'The first people of the land call the Mallee “Nowie”. It means sunset country. When the sun goes down the red heat of the day bleeds into the sky and sets it on fire. Drought and rain – life under a Mallee Sky.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards Children's Literature Award
2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Picture Book
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