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Authors: Phillip Gwynne, Tony Flowers
Publisher: Puffin Books
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Released: 04 August, 2020
ISBN: 9781760893484

Small Town

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Synopsis

A delightful and heart-felt picture book based on a true story of a how a dying town found a unique way to bring their community back to life.Milly loves the small town she lives in and she loves playing basketball with her friends. The trouble is, families keep leaving, and soon they won’t have enough players for a team. But when Milly learns at school about the refugees who have nowhere to live, she has a great idea – invite them to Gong Gong!

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Join Milly’s basketball team in Gong Gong with an awesome activity pack from Small Town by Phillip Gwynne and Tony Flowers

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18 August 2020

Join Milly’s basketball team in Gong Gong with an awesome activity pack from Small Town by Phillip Gwynne and Tony Flowers

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About the author

Phillip Gwynne

Phillip Gwynne's first novel Deadly Unna? was a literary hit and was made into the feature film Australian Rules for which Phillip won an AFI award. The sequel, Nukkin Ya, was also published to great acclaim. He writes for a wide range of age groups from picture books such as Brothers From a Different Mother and junior fiction such as Jetty Rats and Michael in the Stuff Happens series, to the young adult novel Swerve, shortlisted for many awards amongst them the 2010 Prime Minister's Award and the Golden Inky.

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Tony Flowers

Tony Flowers loves to draw and is an internationally acclaimed illustrator and artist. His drawings are loved in Japan for their detail and humour and he has won an award in the USA for his street chalk art.Tony has a Masters degree in Visual Communication.He has illustrated six books in the popular Saurus Street series and his most highly valued prize to date has been from the Oshima Picture Book Museum in Toyama, Japan, for his hand made pop-up book Gaijin Holiday.