Sandy Bigna Sandy Bigna i(A29566 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Little Bones Sandy Bigna , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2025 29175616 2025 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Since the accident, eleven-year-old Bones spends her time drawing animal skeletons and scavenging for dead things to add to her collection. She’s drifted away from her friends and doesn’t want to make new ones, especially not with her chatty new neighbour, Tenny

'One night, under a full moon, Bones accidentally resurrects the skeleton of a baby bird. Bird wants to return to his natural (dead) state, so Bones agrees to reverse the curse – not that she knows how. As she and Bird work out the secrets of the magic, Bones remembers what it’s like to have a friend. How can she let Bird go when she doesn’t want to say goodbye?

'With gorgeous greyscale illustrations of Bones’s collected items scattered throughout, this book is perfect for big-hearted readers of Karen Foxlee and Zana Fraillon'  (Publication summary)

1 Between Spaces Sandy Bigna , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: The Opposite of Disappearing 2021;
1 y separately published work icon Secrets Sandy Bigna , Charnwood : Mockingbird , 2004 Z1533032 2004 selected work short story
1 Death, Dying and Bereavement in Australian Award-Winning Children's Literature 1990-1995 Sandy Bigna , 1999 single work column
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 21 1999; (p. 18-24)
This article is based on Sandy Bigna's Honours thesis in Library and Information Studies at the University of Canberra.
1 The Possums Were Here First Sandy Bigna , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 23 1996; (p. 19-24)
1 Daddy Sandy Bigna , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Blast , Autumn no. 30 1996; (p. 14-17)
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