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Below you’ll find all of my picture book publications listed in chronological order. Make sure to check out the quick-time videos of my Abbey Road inspired Dinosaurs Love Cheese illustration and the cover of Ballroom Bonanza.
Grasshoppers Dance
By Juliette MacIver
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published by Scholastic, 2015
Once a Creepy Crocodile
By Peter Taylor
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft. Musical arrangement by Rusty Berther
First published by Five Mile Press, 2015
Shortlisted for Speech Pathology Australia’s ‘Book of the Year' 2015
Showcase Exhibition
The Second Annual Festival of Australian Childrens Literature. 1 Oct – 15 Nov 2013. Jackie French and Nina Rycroft celebrate the opening of the Showcase Exhibition curated by Sara Rapp, featuring original drafts and in-process drawings, as well as final illustrations from their picture book 'Dinosaurs Love Cheese'. Dr Belle Alderman from the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature talking about the work.
Dr Belle Alderman on Dinosaurs Love Cheese
Ballroom Bonanza
By Nina Rycroft
First published by Working Title Press, 2009
Published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, 2010
Listed in the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
A Ballroom Bonanza artwork was purchased by Dromkeen VIC, to be a part of the Dromkeen Children’s Literature Collection
Boom Bah!
By Phil Cummings
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published by Working Title Press, 2008
Kane Miller’s first American edition, 2009
‘Boom Bah!’ was presented to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to commemorate their visit to Australia, May 2014.
In 2007 Windmill Performing Arts toured Australia performing Boom Bah! in SA, NSW, Victoria, and Queensland as a literacy initiative between Windmill and the advertiser Little Big Book Club, travelling to Korea and Singapore, April and May 2009 and Auckland NZ July 2009.
Ballroom Bonanza
Written and illustrated by Nina Rycroft, is an elaborately painted alphabet book depicting animals competing at the legendary World Ballroom Dancing Championships, still held annually in England’s Blackpool.
The story ties in beautifully with our family as my children’s grandfather was the legendary Tommy Jones, bandmaster at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom from 1947 until 1978. From initial idea the book took 4 years to complete, with each illustration taking up to 40 hours.”
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Tricky Little Hippo
By Jane Bowring
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published by Koala Books, 2005
Little Platypus
By Nette Hilton
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published by Koala Books, 2000
CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Notable Book, 2001
Listed in the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
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