A very funny story with an endearing and resourceful main character determined to live her dream of being the first chook in space.
Marie Alafaci has written non-fiction and fiction for children as well as adults, and her biography of her aunt and grandparents coming to Australia in the 1920s from Italy, Savage Cows & Cabbage Leaves - an Italian Life, was on the Age best-sellers list and short-listed for a number of awards.
Shane McG is a Melbourne-based illustrator whose work appears in publications globally. He writes and illustrates his own picture books for children as well as illustrating for a wide range of authors.