Eat My Dust!

The beautiful watercolour illustrations will encourage the readers to feel that they are there on the trip between Perth and Adelaide. The scenery is breathtaking, spectacular and fascinating, with details of flora and fauna that people see on the way. This wonderful story evokes a world that is different from the one experienced by children today, and will give them a moment to think about how they would have coped with the journey these women made. * ReadPlus * Neridah McMullin and Lucia Masciullo have re-created Jean and Kathleen's life in a wonderfully atmospheric way, giving us a window to a small part of it.. This is a story of perseverance and resilience, and an important yet relatively unknown part of Australian history. Read Eat My Dust! with your kids, it's a story that deserves to be celebrated. * Kids Book Review * Eat My Dust! follows two plucky, smart, and determined women as they race across Australia in an open-topped car. In a time in history when the horse and cart is making way for the faster automobile, Jean and Kath are pioneers who embrace the future and love everything about driving and cars. * Reading Time * Told as narrative non fiction, this new book provides both an introduction to two little-known heroines who paved the way for women to drive today, and highlights those attitudes offering an insight into how difficult it was to be female in a male environment and the opportunity to investigate the transition of women's achievements and influence over the last century. -- Barbara Braxton * The Bottom Shelf *