Dust

By Colin Thompson

2007

First Published

4.15

Average Rating

Number of Pages

1H06M

Audio Length

In a perfect world, this book would not exist. But we do not live in a perfect world. At any given moment of any given day, there are people dying from natural disasters over which we have no control. Beyond natural disasters we add disasters of our making, but even if we all learn to live in peace, there will still be millions of people who need help. the illustrators who have contributed to this startling book have all done so for free. All royalties earned will be donated to the Save the Children organisation in Australia. Illustrations by Colin thompson, tohby Riddle, Gaye Chapman, Richard Yot, Kim Gamble, Judy Horacek, tom Byrne, terry Denton, Emma Quay, Bruce Whatley, Dee texidor, Anna Pignataro, David Legge and Chris Mould.

Avg Rating

4.15

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

40%

4 STARS

42%

3 STARS

15%

2 STARS

1 STARS

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Author

Colin Thompson

Author · 52 books

Since he started writing and illustrating children's books in 1990, Colin Thompson has had more than 50 books published. He has received several awards, including an Aurealis Award for the novel HOW TO LIVE FOREVER and the CBC Picture Book of the Year in 2006 for THE SHORT AND INCREDIBLY HAPPY LIFE OF RILEY. He has been shortlisted for many other awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Award - the most prestigious children's literature prize in the world. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Colin lives in Bellingen, Australia. His books with Random House Australia include HOW TO LIVE FOREVER, numerous picture books, THE FLOODS series, THE DRAGONS series, THE BIG LITTLE BOOK OF HAPPY SADNESS picture book, which has been shortlisted for the 2009 Children’s Book Council Award for Best Picture Book, and FREE TO A GOOD HOME.