Cassy Polimeni Cassy Polimeni i(24613450 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Cassy Polimeni , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2024 28053479 2024 single work children's fiction children's

'“Did you know frogs can find their way home? It’s called a ‘homing instinct’ ... no matter where they are, they know where they belong. I think I know how frogs feel.”

'Eight-year-old Ella hates her new house. She wants to be back in her old house with her best friend Viv next door ... until one day Ella discovers a secret pond in her neighbours’ backyard with an orchestra of frogs!

'At her new school Ella meets Mai and learns about their class frog bog project. But when Ella finds out that the neighbours’ secret pond is under threat Ella and Mai must come up with a plan to save the frogs – before it's too late!' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Garden at the End of the World Cassy Polimeni , Briony Stewart (illustrator), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2023 25548390 2023 single work picture book children's 'Isla and her mother go on an enchanting journey to the Global Seed Vault in Norway to discover a garden waiting at the end of the world. At the end of the world is an island covered in ice. On the island is a mountain. Inside the mountain is a vault. And inside the vault are millions of seeds. When Isla makes a special discovery, she and her botanist mother adventure to the Global Seed Vault in Norway. Isla is going to leave her precious package there, so children who haven't even been born yet can grow and eat the food we all enjoy. What else will they encounter along the way? The Garden at the End of the World is a hopeful story about protecting nature's treasures for the future.' 

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