Liz Ledden is a Sydney-based children’s book author and podcaster. She has published two picture books, Walking Your Human (Larrikin House) and Tulip and Brutus (Ford Street). Liz also co-hosts kids’ book podcast One More Page with her friends, authors and book lovers Kate Simpson and Nat Amoore. Together, the One More Page team contributed a kids’ play to the Children's Book Council of Australia anthology OLD WORLDS, NEW WORLDS, OTHER WORLDS. Makoto Koji is a Japanese-Australian illustrator and animator. She was born in Hiroshima in the Year of the Rabbit and was raised in the wilderness of rural Queensland. Her work draws from her unique upbringing, a blend of Eastern and Western sensibilities. She lives in Adelaide in South Australia.

...Simple conversational text and beachy visuals belie a bigger point about the way books (and bonds) help readers feel seen and understood.

Liz Ledden is a Sydney-based children’s book author and podcaster. She has published two picture books, Walking Your Human (Larrikin House) and Tulip and Brutus (Ford Street). Liz also co-hosts kids’ book podcast One More Page with her friends, authors and book lovers Kate Simpson and Nat Amoore. Together, the One More Page team contributed a kids’ play to the Children's Book Council of Australia anthology OLD WORLDS, NEW WORLDS, OTHER WORLDS. Makoto Koji is a Japanese-Australian illustrator and animator. She was born in Hiroshima in the Year of the Rabbit and was raised in the wilderness of rural Queensland. Her work draws from her unique upbringing, a blend of Eastern and Western sensibilities. She lives in Adelaide in South Australia.

...Simple conversational text and beachy visuals belie a bigger point about the way books (and bonds) help readers feel seen and understood.