Big Fella Rain Big Fella Rain:Default Title 2022 STELLA PRIZE

2022 STELLA PRIZE

They brave bloodthirsty mosquitoes

that family can be many things

It is an unflinching insight into the legacy of Australia’s mission era

Goorramindi the Crocodile honours the memory of Quinlan’s Jaja (Grandfather) Isaac Cherel known to many as Goorramindi

Big Fella Rain Big Fella Rain:Default Title 2022 STELLA PRIZENOTABLE, 2018 CHILDRENS BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED, 2018 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, SMALL PUBLISHERS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR Big Fella Rain is a celebration of northern Australia as animals, birds, trees and a parched earth await the first rain. It is almost as if country stands still as the sparse yet evocative text pays homage to the transition from dry season to wet season in a