- Published: 4 June 2019
- ISBN: 9780143793489
- Imprint: Puffin
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 32
- RRP: $19.99
Lights Out, Leonard
- Published: 4 June 2019
- ISBN: 9780143793489
- Imprint: Puffin
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 32
- RRP: $19.99
This book is laugh-out-loud funny ... the resolution in this story is clever, with unexpected hilarious details, and wholly satisfying. Lights Out, Leonard is highly recommended for young readers, especially anyone afraid of the dark.
Kids' Book Review
This is a quirky book with a funny twist, and it’s always entertaining to see if the kids catch on to what the parents are really up to! You’ll be reading and re-reading this one . . .
Better Reading
This is an amusing, reassuring book with a universal theme and is a good addition to the range of bedtime books for children aged 3–6.
Louise Pfanner, Books+Publishing
Australian Book Design Awards
Longlisted • 2020 • Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book
Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards
Shortlisted • 2020 • Three to 5 Years
WA Young Readers Book Award
Shortlisted • 2020 • Picture Book Award
A huge congratulations to Penguin Random House designers Louisa Maggio, Marina Messiha and Tony Palmer, who have all been longlisted for Australian Book Design Awards in 2020. The awards ‘celebrate the bravest and brightest, the most original and beautiful books published in Australia’, and is administered by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA).
Here are our longlisted titles:
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
Running with the Horses by Alison Lester
Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book
Lights Out Leonard by Josh Pyke
Best illustrated Children's Book
Lottie and Walter by Anna Walker
Best Designed Children’s/Young Adult Series
Shout Out to the Girls, High Five to the Boys and Stand Up for the Future
Best Designed Autobiography/Biography/Memoir Nonfiction Cover
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory by Corey White
Emerging Designer of the Year
Louisa Maggio
The shortlist will be announced in April and the winners will be announced at an awards party on 22 May. To learn more about the awards, and to see the longlists for all categories, see the ABDA website.