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by Jess McGeachin (Author)
Take the skies and join a flight to meet amazing aviators, soaring seabirds, and mythical creatures of the cosmos.
Have you ever wondered what the world looks like to those who fly high above? Or what secrets the treetop dwellers share?
In High, you will meet the creatures who live high in the treetops, the birds that ride the wind, the people who have braved the highest mountain summits, and the stories we tell to explain the night-time's dazzling stars.
Author Biography
Jess McGeachin is an author and illustrator of picture books and non fiction who is inspired by the natural world, and who loves crafting stories full of hidden details that the reader can keep finding well after the first look. His book High was selected by the CBCA on the list of Notable Books for 2024 in the Eve Pownall Award category. In 2023, he was awarded the Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Deep, and his debut picture book, Fly (Penguin Random House), was shortlisted for the World Illustration awards, Queensland Literary Awards and the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award. He lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
