A Is for Australian Animals

A factastic tour of Australian animals, by award-winning author-illustrator Frane Lessac.

Australia is full of the most amazing animals on the planet! What animal has six thumbs? What animal produces square poo? What animal is made up of 95 per cent water and is highly venomous? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this factastic tour of Australian animals.

Companion to A is for Australia, which was a Notable Book for the 2016 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, CBCA Awards and Winner of the 2016 Crystal Kite Members Choice Award.

About the Author

Frané Lessac is an author and illustrator of international renown, having over 40 children’s books published throughout the world. She was born in the USA and lived on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and in London before moving to Australia. Frané has contributed her distinctive paintings to many critically acclaimed children’s picture books, including My Little Island, a Reading Rainbow feature book. Also, On the Same Day in March was named a Top Ten Science Book by ALA Booklist.

Frané’s contribution to Amnesty International’s We Are All Born Free, celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has been translated into more than 30 languages and was a USBBY Outstanding International Book.