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Bruce Whatley


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Bruce jumped into the unknown world of picture books after a career in advertising as an Illustrator and art director working in London then Sydney. Since 1992 Bruce has written and/or illustrated over 80 children’s picture books. Though based in Australia his work is published internationally and in 2014 was included in the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Exhibition.

His award winning titles include The Ugliest Dog in the World, Looking for Crabs, Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase, Diary of a Wombat, The Little Refugee, Flood, Fire, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda and Cyclone.

His main inspiration has been his family, who feature in several of his earlier picture books, his wife Rosie Smith being co-author on many of his projects. H
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New Books

Three new books released at the end of 2020. Three very different styles and content.

Pandemic produced in two weeks while in lockdown - ball point pen and acrylic wash. To My Country illustrated in Procreate on my iPad. Little Lion illustrated in Photoshop on my iMac.

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Published on January 22, 2021 14:52
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The Night Before Christmas

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Clinton Gregory's Secret

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Ruben

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The Ugliest Dog in the World

3.80 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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That Magnetic Dog

3.93 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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“Koji pulled Ruben onto the next cog. Together, they became part of the space between things.”
Bruce Whatley, Ruben

“The broken things,
forgotten things...
and missing things.”
Bruce Whatley, Ruben

“Ruben liked the shadows. They kept him safe.”
Bruce Whatley, Ruben



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