Not a Nibble

by Elizabeth Honey

Holidays at the beach mean camping, swimming, finding crabs, feeding the seagulls, walking, reading, and other fun activities. Everyone has plans for things to do. Susie wants to catch a fish, but some people just aren't lucky at fishing. What she's lucky at is something quite unexpected and wonderful.



Winner of the Picture Book of the Year from the Children's Book Council Awards in 1997, this book evokes all the pleasures of summer at the beach.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

Elizabeth Honey was a weedy child who always seemed to have a sore throat, so her parents didn't send her to school until she was nearly seven. The Honeys lived on a farm in the bush near Wonthaggi, Victoria. There were four kids and Elizabeth was number three. With her younger sister Mary, Elizabeth puzzled over jigsaws, played with the dogs, climbed trees and one way or another did a lot of pretending, on horses or tractors, in dress-ups or with glove puppets, round old trucks, cubbies, dams and hay sheds.
Following Swinburne art school, adventures overseas and a variety of jobs Elizabeth became an illustrator, then also a writer, for children. Her first book, 'Princess Beatrice and the Rotten Robber' was published in 1988.

She lives in Richmond, Melbourne in a house of books: picture books, poetry, art (Matisse particularly) zines and strange books. Fortunately, her retired graphic designer husband is also a bibliophile. They have two grown-up children and a granddaughter in Amsterdam. All her life Elizabeth has zoomed around on her bike - not a lycra rider, just a charging-round-the-place rider - and that vibrant bike city in the Netherlands has become an inspiration. She's also passionate about streets for people not cars, public parkland and place-making, and an abiding passion is habitat for wildlife, for the survival of our unique Australian animals.

Reviews

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story capturing the slow life of a week long camping trip with the family. Centres on the perseverance of a little girl to catch a fish, and how she positively frames the outcome.

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely story.
I have seen this book around for years but never actually read it before. We really enjoyed the nature content and the twist at the end was beautiful.