Rachel Burke Rachel Burke i(25422399 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Fancy Long Legs Rachel Burke , Madeline White (illustrator), Australia : Rachel Burke , 2024 29039577 2024 single work picture book

'"Underneath a crafter's cart lived a lively young arachnid. Fancy Long Legs was her name, and she was easily distracted." This is the story of Fancy, a spider who loves to create but struggles to stay focused on her creative task of web-building. With the support of her spiderling friends, Fancy goes on a beautiful journey of self-discovery to find her own style and make something no one else can.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Craft Roach Rachel Burke , Daniel Gray-Barnett (illustrator), Richmond : Bright Light , 2023 25422420 2023 single work picture book children's

'Craft Roach is an exuberant story about an artsy little bug who lives life a little differently. Written by Rachel Burke (@imakestagram) and with art from best-selling illustrator Daniel Gray-Barnett, Craft Roach is a fun, rhyming picture book about standing out, fitting in and having the courage to be your most joyful self.

'Craft Roach makes the other bugs 
feel very tense and stressed.
Standing out? Being seen? 
They do not think it best.

'But Craft Roach sees things differently,
has more than just an inkling –
that crawlies wouldn’t be so feared,
if all of them were twinkling …
' 

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