Andrew Kelly Andrew Kelly i(A69575 works by)
Gender: Male
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Andrew Kelly has been managing director of Black Dog Books. Andrew is also the Yarra Riverkeeper, part of an international organisation of Riverkeepers.

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y separately published work icon Peregrines in the City Fitzroy : Wild Dog Books , 2022 24688491 2022 single work picture book children's

'Look up.

'There is wildness right in the heart of the city. High on the ledges of the tallest buildings, the peregrine and ticerel come to lay their eggs.

'The compelling story of these fierce, beautiful birds'  (Publication summary)
2023 commended Whitley Awards — Urban Zoology for Children
2023 shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards Australia — Primary — Educational Picture Book
2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
y separately published work icon The Accidental Penguin Hotel Fitzroy : Wild Dog Books , 2021 22438432 2021 single work picture book children's 'The little penguins come to the rich waters of the bay to hunt, but they don’t stay. There is no place to build a home. So they travel far, back to their island. What will it take for one little penguin to make the bay his home?' (Publication summary)
 
2022 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Picture Fiction
2022 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
y separately published work icon Little Lon Clifton Hill : Wild Dog Books , 2020 19685573 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'Little Lon scrapes back the layers of history to show how people lived and worked in a post settlement Australian city. Behind the grand buildings of the big streets was Little Lon. A working-class district of little houses and narrow lanes, bursting with life and the stories of the people who lived there. The poor of the time are not often celebrated in traditional histories, but Little Lon shows us something of the way people really lived.' (Publication summary)
2022 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
2021 commended Victorian Community History Award — History: Small Publication
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
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Black Dog Books
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