Millie Mak: Millie Mak the Maker

Using everyday objects, Millie turns them into something new, beautiful and useful. Who would ever think that a sunhat could be made from an old bedsheet, a skirt from a tea-towel, or some hair scrunchies from a scarf?

Through her creativity and clever thinking, Millie also deals with different friendships, tricky family challenges, and contributes to the school fete.

You can make the special objects Millie creates from the detailed and yet easy-to-follow instructions included in the book. And best of all, nothing needs to be bought!

From award-winning author-illustrator team, Alice Pung and Sher Rill Ng, comes the first book in an inspiring new series for young and old makers.

About the Author

Alice Pung is the bestselling author of the memoirs Unpolished Gem and Her Father's Daughter (winner of the 2011 WA Premier's Award) and the essay collection Close to Home, as well as the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her debut novel Laurinda won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and has been adapted into a successful play. Her second novel, One Hundred Days, was shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Award and has been optioned for a film. She is the author of children's books including Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (ill. Sher Rill Ng), which was a CBCA 2023 Notable book and shortlisted for the ABIA and Australian Book Designers Awards, When Granny Came to Stay (ill. Sally Soweol Han) and theMeet Marly books (ill. Lucia Masciullo). Alice was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to literature in 2022.

About the Illustrator

Sher Rill Ng is a Melbourne-based author and illustrator. She designed and illustrated for software companies before releasing her debut picture book, Our Little Inventor. Her work also includes contributing Thumbelina's illustrations to the anthology Fairytales for Feisty Girls by Susannah McFarlane, illustrating Emma Allen's The Night of the Hiding Moon and co-creating Be Careful, Xiao Xin! with Alice Pung, which was shortlisted in the 2023 Australian Book Designers Awards - Best Designed Children's Book, and the 2023 ABIA awards.