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    The Isabelle Stories: Volume 1: Izzy and Belle

    Jane Godwin, Robin Cowcher

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    Six-year-old Isabelle doesn't have any brothers or sisters. But she does have her dad, her cat Steve, her friend Harry B, and her baby cousin, Bibi, who she's very good at looking after. And then along comes Isobel, a new girl at school. They have the same name, but will they be friends?

    Four gentle stories in one volume, all about Isabelle and her world, its trials and triumphs, its small moments and big dramas: friends, family, school life and growing up, from Jane Godwin, one of Australia's respected writers for children, and with delightful illustrations by Robin Cowcher.

    'Jane Godwin understands what it is to be a child or young person, what matters to them at different ages and stages' Living Arts Canberra

    More books by Jane Godwin
    Night Creatures
    Jane Godwin, Christina Booth
    Night Creatures
    Up, Down, Over, Through
    Jane Godwin, Kim Drane
    Up, Down, Over, Through
    Look Me in the Eye
    Jane Godwin
    Look Me in the Eye
    The Isabelle Stories: Volume 2
    Jane Godwin, Robin Cowcher
    The Isabelle Stories: Volume 2
    A Walk in the Dark
    Jane Godwin
    A Walk in the Dark
    When Rain Turns to Snow
    Jane Godwin
    When Rain Turns to Snow
    As Happy as Here
    Jane Godwin
    As Happy as Here
    Monster Party
    Alison Lester, Children of Rawa Commu School, Jane Godwin
    Monster Party

    Praise for The Isabelle Stories: Volume 1

    • Refreshingly unpredictable, bold and refuses to minimise the complex lives of [its] characters - Saturday Age on AS HAPPY AS HERE

    • An empathetic exploration of family, friendship and how all our actions have consequences - Readings on AS HAPPY AS HERE

    • Gentle, well-written and thoroughly engaging - Adelaide Advertiser on AS HAPPY AS HERE

    • Jane Godwin has a great voice: deft, light and rich - The Age

    Jane Godwin

    Jane Godwin

    Jane Godwin (Author)

    Jane Godwin is the highly acclaimed and internationally published author of over fifty books for children and young people, across all styles and ages. Children's Publisher at Penguin Books Australia for many years, Jane's books include her novels Look Me in the Eye, A Walk in the Dark, As Happy as Here (winner of the 2025 YABBA Award, Years 7-9) and When Rain Turns to Snow (shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers and for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards). Jane's picture books include Tilly, illustrated by Anna Walker, shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award; A Life Song (also with Anna Walker), winner of the 2024 ABIA Award for best picture book, and Can You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree? (illustrated by Terry Denton), also shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. Jane is dedicated to pursuing quality and enriching reading and writing experiences for young people, and helping them to explore their creativity. In 2024 Jane received the Pixie O'Harris Award for services for children's literature.

    janegodwin.com.au

    Instagram: @janiegodwin

    Robin Cowcher (Illustrator)

    Robin Cowcher has worked at The Age newspaper as a designer and Illustrations Editor. Now freelancing, she illustrates for Spectrum in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and has illustrated wine and food books and several children's books, including Digger by Mike Dumbleton (2018) and Little Dog and the Summer Holiday by Corinne Fenton (2019). Little Dog and the Christmas Wish by Corinne Fenton and illustrated by Robin was shortlisted for the 2015 CBCA Crichton Award, and became the theme of the 60th anniversary Myer Christmas Windows display that year. Robin tutors part time in editorial illustration at RMIT.

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