Mark Carthew
Two NEW picture books
Coming soon…
Published by Leaping Lizards Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Australia / NZ
BERT and BILLY, by Mark Carthew, ill. Shane McG (Nov 2026)
Cover / title reveal soon… ill. by Dave Atze (Feb 2027)
Mark is an award winning Australian children’s author, poet, musician and educator well known for his books and series celebrating language, humour and wordplay.
More about Mark Carthew
See Mark’s latest books. His most recent picture book, The Thing That Goes Ping! has WON Speech Pathology Australia's 2021 Book of Year Award in the 5-8 years category.
Teachers notes
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Ebooks
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Fun stuff
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