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  • Published: 30 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9781761040955
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

Don't Forget



A timely and uplifting picture book for 5+, reflecting on what’s important for each of us to remember, from the creative team that brought us All Through the Year and Today We Have No Plans.

Don’t forget to make your bed,
and wear socks that fit your feet…
Don’t forget to care, to play,
To run, to laugh…

Sometimes, we need to remember all the things we can do to be part of the world. Small things, like offering a smile. And bigger things, like hoping, dreaming, imagining…

  • Published: 30 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9781761040955
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

About the authors

Jane Godwin

Jane Godwin is an Australian children’s book publisher, and also the highly acclaimed author of over twenty books for children, across all styles and ages. Her work is published internationally and she has received many commendations, including the Queensland Premier’s Award (Children’s Books), the Aurealis Award and the Animal Welfare Award, and shortlistings in the CBC Book of the Year Awards, the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, the New South Wales State Literary Award (Patricia Wrightson Prize) the YABBA Awards, the Speech Pathology Awards, The Family Award for Children’s Books, and the Australian Book Industry Awards.

Anna Walker

Anna Walker writes and illustrates children's books and is based in Melbourne. Crafted with pencil, ink and collage, Anna's illustrations are inspired by the everyday details of life and the amusing antics of her menagerie. Anna's picture book, Mr Huff, which she wrote and illustrated, won the 2016 CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood and was shortlisted in the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Together with Jane Godwin, Anna has also created many beautiful picture books, most recently Don't Forget. Anna's picture books as author-illustrator also include the highly acclaimed Florette, the delightful Lottie and Walter, and the tender and touching Hello Jimmy!

Praise for Don't Forget

Are you looking for that ONE book, the one that is so beautiful, the one that you can gift to your friends and know it's going to give them goosebumps as they read it with their kids? Well look no further . . . this exceptional book Don't Forget packs a hell of a punch. I can see it now, the modern classic that we give new babies, gift our children along with handwritten notes as they finish school, and pick up as an adult to be reminded of the things we've let go of without realising.

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Awards & recognition

CBCA Book of the Year Awards

Notable Book  •  2022  •  Picture Book

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Buy now: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/dont-forget-9781761040955 Sometimes, we need to remember all the things we can do to be part of the world. Small things, like offering a smile. And bigger things, like hoping, dreaming, imagining… #DontForget #JaneGodwin #AnnaWalker

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Don't Forget by Jane Godwin and Anna Walker | Meet the Creators

Buy now: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/dont-forget-9781761040955 A celebration of Jane Godwin and Anna Walker’s new picture book, Don't Forget. A timely and uplifting picture book for 5+, reflecting on what’s important for each of us to remember, from the creative team that brought us All Through the Year and Today We Have No Plans. Sometimes, we need to remember all the things we can do to be part of the world. Small things, like offering a smile. And bigger things, like hoping, dreaming, imagining… Special thanks to Klarissa Pfisterer of https://pfistererfreeman.squarespace.com/ for filming! Music by Holfix: https://soundcloud.com/holfix Find out more about Jane and Anna at: http://www.janegodwin.com.au/ http://www.annawalker.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/janiegodwin/ https://www.instagram.com/_annawalker_/ #dontforget #janegodwin #annawalker

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