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  • Published: 5 March 2019
  • ISBN: 9780143787181
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $24.99

Lottie and Walter




From this master picture-book creator comes a warm, funny and empowering story about overcoming fear, and the unique friendship between one little girl and her own secret, flippered companion.

'I'm not swimming,' Lottie announced.

Lottie doesn't want to be afraid, but no matter what she does, she just can't go in the water.

Until she finds a surprising friend, who turns out to be more helpful than Lottie could ever have imagined...

  • Published: 5 March 2019
  • ISBN: 9780143787181
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Anna Walker

Anna Walker is an award-winning illustrator and author of many picture books for children published around the world. Her books include Florette, which was a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book. Anna creates illustrations with watercolour, pencil, and collage. Her stories are inspired by the quiet and sometimes joyful details of life. She lives and works in Melbourne.

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Awards & recognition

ABIA

Longlisted  •  2020  •  Children’s Picture Book of the Year

Australian Book Design Awards

Longlisted  •  2020  •  Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book

WA Young Readers Book Award

Shortlisted  •  2020  •  Picture Book Award

CBCA Book of the Year Awards

Notable Book  •  2020  •  Picture Book of the Year

Australian Book Design Awards Longlist Announced

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.

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Lottie and Walter: Picture Book Trailer

The delightfully animated trailer for Anna Walker’s new picture book “Lottie and Walter.” Publishing 5th March 2019 in Australia - Penguin Random House Australia

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