Tilly's First Day Twist

The perfect story for kids who are starting school or embarking on new experiences.

Tilly is super excited about her first day at school, until her tummy goes into a twist. Perhaps the superpowers that Mum gives her will help. But can Tilly make them work?

Kylie Covark's text makes for a familiar and relatable journey while the depth of Robin Tatlow-Lords' illustrations provide much to explore and talk about.

About the Author

Kylie Covark is an inaugural recipient of a mentorship through Raising Literacy Australia's Emerging Author and Illustrator Mentoring Project and is an advocate for childhood literacy. She has been awarded first prize in the CYA Conference Picture Book Competition (Aspiring) and the Writers Unleashed Picture Book Writing Competition. Kylie's most recent picture book Float or Sink? was released by Ford Street Publishing in 2021.

About the Illustrator

Robin Tatlow-Lord is an illustrator, animator and cartoonist with a great love of storytelling. Robin studied at Adelaide Central School of Art and the University of South Australia, with an exchange semester in northern Mexico. In 2013 she was fortunate to attend the Centre for Cartoon Studies' intensive Cartooning Summer School in Vermont, USA.

Robin has created comics, animation and picture book illustrations for clients, and in 2011 was awarded the Colin Thiele Scholarship for Creative Writing to develop her own children's stories - one of which was recently developed into an animated short funded by the Media Resource Centre.