Small Things

Jacket art for graphic novel Small Things

  • Contributors: Mel Tregonning
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  • Summary: An empowering wordless graphic picture book that gets to the heart of a young boy's anxiety and opens the way for dialogue about acceptance, vulnerability, and the universal experience of worry.
  • Awards/Recognition:
    • Children's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Books: Picture Books
    • Long-listed for CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2017 (Australia)
    • Short-listed for CBCA Book of the Year, 2017 (Australia)
    • Short-listed for Crichton Award for New Illustrators, 2017 (Australia)
    • USBBY Outstanding International Books - Grades 6-8, 2019
    • Winner of Australian Book Design Awards - Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book, 2017 (Australia)
    • No additional awards known of as of 10/1/2020. Please contact this project's researchers if you are aware of an award not listed.


  • Number of Pages: 40
  • Recommended Grade Level: 3-6
  • Publication Year: 2016; 2018
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin; Pajama Press
  • ISBN: 9781742379791

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