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The Echidna Near My Place

Sue Whiting Cate James

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Walker Books
01 July 2023
A delightful addition to the Nature Storybooks series, The Echidna Near My Place tells the story of a child and their nana, and the echidna they love to follow around – now in paperback.

Nana and I walk through the paddock most days. And you know what? An echidna lives here. We don’t always see it. But I’m always looking for it.

As a young child and their nana go for walks together, they follow a short-beaked echidna keenly observing and discussing what its life might be like. Learn with them about what echidnas eat, where they live, and how they protect themselves.

A wonderful addition to the acclaimed and award-winning Nature Storybook series, which provides memorable reading experiences, combining narrative and factual forms.

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Illustrated by:   Cate James
Imprint:   Walker Books
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 232mm, 
Weight:   149g
ISBN:   9781760656263
ISBN 10:   1760656267
Series:   Nature Storybooks
Pages:   32
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sue Whiting is a children's and young adult author and editor who lives and works in a small coastal village south of Sydney. She has written numerous books in a variety of genres: fiction and nonfiction, picture books through to YA, including the best-selling Missing, and the CBCA 2019 Notable Book, Beware the Deep Dark Forest. Sue is passionate about storytelling and the power of story to transform lives, and has been fascinated with picture books since her early years as a primary school teacher. Cate James moved to Australia in 2015 from Scotland where she studied Printmaking and Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. She is now living in the Northern Beaches of Sydney with her husband and her sausage dog Sebastian. Cate is a full-time illustrator, and when she's not drawing for children's books, she likes to find different ways to be an artist. She volunteers with ArtEx at the Sydney Children's Hospital in Randwick where she also exhibits her work, and teaches art to primary-aged children and printmaking to adults in various locations around Sydney. Cate is also a printmaking technician at UNSW. She has illustrated over 25 books for publishers in the UK, US and Australia and was awarded the Penguin Random House Illustrators' Showcase Award in 2019.

Reviews for The Echidna Near My Place

Sue Whiting introduces us to the world of the 'spiny anteater' in a heart-warming story between a child and her grandmother. * CBCA Reading Time *


  • Short-listed for Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, 5-8 Years 2023 (Australia)

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