by Dr Penny Olsen, illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward
To celebrate ten years of this classic children’s title, an anniversary edition is being published in hardback for the first time.
Eddy Emu has lost one of his eggs. He travels far and wide, looking for it. Has Lizzie Lizard seen it? Has Susie Spider found it? Is it among Connie Crocodile’s eggs? Can Pip and Poppy Penguin help him? Join Eddy on his search and meet his friends. See all their different eggs and then lift the flap to meet the babies that have just hatched. And, finally, find out what happened to Eddy’s egg.
Marvel over the stunning watercolours of our native animals, painted in their natural surroundings. Accompany Eddy Emu as he wanders through realistically portrayed gum trees and scrub down to sand dunes and the sea, looking for his missing egg.
Informative text at the back of the book explains about the different types of eggs belonging to the animals in the story.
About the author
Dr Penny Olsen is an Honorary Professor in the Division of Ecology and Evolution in the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University. After a career as a field biologist and ecological consultant, she is now mostly occupied writing books about Australian natural history and its recorders. In 2011 she was invested as a Member of the Order of Australia for her for ‘service to the conservation sciences through the study and documentation of Australian bird species and their history.’ Her recent publications include a book about Indigenous Australians’ contributions to our understanding of Australia’s fauna – Australia’s First Zoologists – and Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History.
About the illustrator
Rhonda N. Garward has studied drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and paper making. She has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in painting and printmaking, and won prizes in drawing, painting and contemporary art. Rhonda has exhibited at the Guangzhou International Art Fair in China, and she has been invited to exhibit at the Florence International Biennale. Rhonda’s art works in watercolour, mixed media and acrylics are based on Australian themes. Birds, fish, animals, the bush and the sea are used to create naturalistic and evocative art works. Her works are held in public and private collections throughout Australia and worldwide.
