Counting Aussie Animals in My Backyard (New Edition)

This paperback edition with a new cover of Bronwyn Houston’s book makes counting from one to ten so much fun! From kookaburras to ants to dragonflies, her rich colourful illustrations are filled with texture and movement. Each double page includes numbers and words on a bright backdrop that will engage and delight both children and adults. Counting Aussie Animals in my Backyard introduces the diverse animals of Australia to young readers in an entertaining and joyful way.

Bronwyn Houston is descended from the Nyiyaparli and Yindjiparndi people of the Wana clan in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Bronwyn was born and bred in Broome and draws her inspiration from the natural world she knows and loves. 

Bronwyn has a Diploma of Graphic Design and an extraordinary flare for illustration and art. Her creativity extends to being an author and illustrator of various published works as well as commissioned pieces that reside in collections nationally. She has run many illustration workshops in WA, including a workshop at the Perth International Festival in 2014.

Bronwyn illustrated her first book Loongie the Greedy Crocodile (Kiefer and Lucy Dann, 2008) at the age of twenty-one. Staircase to the Moon (2011) was her second title as an illustrator and first as an author.  Her third book was a collaboration: My Home Broome (2012). Her fourth book, Counting Aussie Animals in my Backyard was published in October 2014.

Paperback

28 pages

205 x 245 mm