Star of Anise
*WINNER Northern Lights Book Awards Multicultural Category 2022*
*CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Picture book of the year*
Age range 5+
The hawker's wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track …
Annie and Arthur have been eagerly awaiting Bhagwan Singh's next visit. What wondrous things will he have in his cart this time, among the silk and soap, spices and shirts?
As the hawker makes his camp for the night, the children savour spun sugar and food from the Punjab, discovering the secret star anise.
A gentle story about embracing different traditions, based on the stories of Sikh hawkers in Australia in the late 1800s.
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Jane Jolly is a primary school teacher in Adelaide who writes in her spare hours. She has produced many award-winning picture books, including Tea and Sugar Christmas and Radio Rescue for NLA Publishing. One of Jane Jolly’s previous books, Glass Tears, was also created with Di Wu. Her books have been previous winners of the ABIA Small Publisher Children’s Book of the Year award, shortlisted for the CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information Books and she has had Notable books in the CBCA Picture Book and Younger Readers categories.
Born in China, Di Wu was an editor and illustrator in one of the biggest Chinese fine arts publishing companies before coming to Australia. He won awards for the books he published in China, and his first Australian picture book, Rebel (with Allan Baillie), was short-listed for the Children’s Book Council Picture Book of the Year. More recently, Di collaborated with NLA Publishing author Christopher Cheng to produce the book New Year Surprise!
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