One Tree

Product Description

One tall tree on the mountain once marked Grandfather?s farm. Now there is a busy city and Grandfather lives with us in our apartment.Once he told stories but now he stays silent. Until one day, in the city market, I find something precious . . . something that brings Grandfather?s memories alive again.One tall tree on the mountain once marked Grandfather?s farm. Now there is a busy city and Grandfather lives with us in our apartment.Once he told stories but now he stays silent. Until one day, in the city market, I find something precious . . . something that brings Grandfather?s memories alive again.
Christopher Cheng (Author) Christopher Cheng is an accomplished children?s author who writes fiction and non-fiction full time, conducts workshops and visits schools. He has a Master of Arts in Children?s Literature and has been a Literacy Ambassador for the Federal Government?s Literacy and Numeracy Week initiative and the 2012 National Year of Reading. His picture book, One Child, illustrated by Steven Woolman, won the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Picture Books (Australia) and the Skipping Stones Honour Book (USA). Christopher also worked with Sarah Davis on the critically acclaimed picture book Sounds Spooky which won an Aurealis Award in the picture book category and is a CBCA Notable Book.Bruce Whatley (Illustrator) Bruce Whatley trained as an illustrator in Manchester, UK, where one of his tutors was Tony Ross. Shortly after starting a family, Bruce found his niche in writing and illustrating for children. His children's books are very popular and his first book, The Ugliest Dog in the World, was an instant success and was listed as a CBCA Notable Book, 1993. His second book, Looking for Crabs, was shortlisted for Picture Book of the Year, 1993. Bruce continues to write and illustrate picture books. He has had much success with the picture book he has created with Jackie French, Diary of A Wombat, as well as books his own, Tin Toys and The Watchmaker Who Saved Christmas. Bruce and his wife live in Berry on the south coast of New South Wales.