Room for More

Two
wombats offer shelter to animals fleeing a bushfire as Governor General’s Award
finalist Michelle Kadarusman offers a child-friendly introduction to themes of
environmental disaster and welcoming refugees 

About the author

Michelle Kadarusman is a multi-award-winning author of
middle-grade novels, including Music for Tigers, The Theory of Hummingbirds,
and the Governor General’s Award finalist Girl of the Southern Sea. Born
in Melbourne, Australia, Michelle has also lived in Indonesia and Canada; today
she splits her time between Toronto, Canada, and Byron Bay, Australia. Room
For More, Michelle’s first picture book, was inspired by Australian
wildlife sheltering in wombat burrows during the devastating Australian bush
fires of 2019–2020.

Summary

Two wombats offer shelter to animals fleeing a bushfire as Governor General’s Award finalist Michelle Kadarusman offers a child-friendly introduction to themes of environmental disaster, climate change, and welcoming refugees

Foreword

• 5,000-copy
  print run
• Pitch
  to major review media, including The New York Times, The Horn Book Magazine,
  Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal
• Digital
  Review Copy will be available on Edelweiss
• Featured
  at physical and virtual library conferences
• Targeted
  marketing to major review centers, influential bloggers, and major library
  system selectors
• Classroom
  guide for educators forthcoming
• Promotion
  on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
• E-newsletter
  promotion 

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Kadarusman
• Assisted by: Maggie Zeng (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.07.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9781772782523
• ISBN: 978-1-77278-252-3
• No. of pages: 32
• Illustrations: Full-color illustrations throughout
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues, Wildlife (Children's / Teenage), Australasia, Interest age: from c 5 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature & animal stories, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Migration & refugees, 5-7 years, Picture Book, Fiction, Non-character, Non Tie-in, Dig, Scratch, Wombats – Juvenile fiction, Cooperation – Juvenile fiction, Animals – Australia – Juvenile fiction, Environmental disasters -- Juvenile fiction