The children’s picture book ‘A Home for a Bilby’ is written by Joanne Crawford and illustrated by Aboriginal artist Grace Fielding. The first attraction to ‘A Home for Bilby’ arises when viewing the striking cover. Fielding has illustrated a screen-printed image of a gathering of dot-painted Australian animals. The uniqueness of the cover and feature of native Australian animals will intrigue young children to follow shy Bilby on her journey to a new home. Mallett (2015) suggests that text and images in a successful children’s picture book should be interwoven closely like the weft and warp of a fine textile. This is achieved by Crawford and Fielding who have used images that mirror the meaning of the text. The images are large, spanning a
