Book Week with Claire Saxby

Date: Tuesday 25 August, 10am – 10:45am (AEST)

Join us as we celebrate Book Week with award-winning author Claire Saxby. Students will have the opportunity to hear Claire read her beautiful book, Storm, as well as participate in a live Q and A session. In collaboration with the MoAD Learning team, students will also explore the impacts of climate change and consider how they can positively contribute to change in their communities.

Storm

A storm is brewing. From the first puff of wind to a howling gale, this non-fiction picture book offers a deeply researched exploration of the effects of wind and weather, from CBCA award-winning creators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft.

It begins with a puff. Then another. A flutter, a ripple, a shiver show where the breeze blows. Tiny water drops join and grow until they are too heavy to stay aloft. Lightning cracks and thunder bellows. The storm is here.

About Claire Saxby

Claire Saxby has lived in many places through Australia and beyond. That meant many houses and schools, but also introduced her to many people, landscapes and ways of being. She writes about nature, about history and more. Claire's work has won several awards including CBCA Picture Book of the Year for Iceberg and an Environment Award for Children's Literature for Tree (both illustrated by Jess Racklyeft), CBCA Honour Book, a NSW Premier's Literary Award, a SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, an Educational Publishing Award and the Whitley Award multiple times. She is widely curious about just about everything and passionate about encouraging curiosity and wonder.

Explore Claire's website.