Graham on Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist30 April, 2009How to Heal a Broken Wing, by Australian author/illustrator Bob Graham (Walker Books), has been shortlisted for the 2009 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
CBCA 2009 shortlist announced31 March, 2009The shortlist for this year's Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year awards was announced today.
NSW Prem's awards shortlists announced26 March, 2009The shortlists for the NSW Premier's Awards have been announced, worth a total of $320,000.
Bob Graham wins Charlotte Zolotow Award4 March, 2009The Charlotte Zolotow Award 2009 has gone to Australian writer/illustrator Bob Graham, for How to Heal a Broken Wing (Walker Books).
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham27 March, 2008The opening scenes are of city skyscrapers and a lone bird flying towards a glass tower in the clouds. For adult readers these images will evoke 9/11 New York. Then, in cartoon-style vignettes we see grey crowds of city folk walking past the wounded bird which has hit the building and plummeted to the footpath.
The Trouble with Dogs by Bob Graham1 April, 2007‘The trouble with dogs,’ said Dad, ‘is that they take over your life.’
Tales from the Waterhole by Bob Graham2 February, 2007Their skin might be green and jeans difficult to fit into but Morris’s alligator family-and their zebra, hippopotamus, turtle, giraffe, wildebeest and warthog neighbours-have all the traits of Bob Graham’s human creations.