Australian illustrator
Gregory Rogers would have celebrated his birthday on the 19th June, but sadly he died on the 1st May, long before he should have. He was the first Australian to win the prestigious
Kate Greenaway Medal. He won in 1995 for Libby Hathorn's
Way Home, a controversial and very different picture book at the time, about a homeless boy and where he called 'home'.
Greg then went on to produce his wonderful wordless series of three books, the last
The
Hero of Little Street, winning the Australian Picture Book of the Year in 2010 among other awards.
I was pleased to see a new book today at the bookshop,
What's Wrong With the Wobbegong? written by Phillip Gwynne and illustrated by Gregory Rogers. I thought the illustrations were funny and was pleased to see that this
review agreed with me. Wobbegong sharks, so Australian, black humour and a pertinent message...what more could we want?
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