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Felicita Sala Felicita Sala i(18575627 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Illustrator. Felicita Sala graduated in Philosophy from the University of Western Australia. She has worked on several animation projects along with her husband, Gianluca, as well as publishing picture books.

In 2018, she was based in Rome.

In 2020, her illustrated collection of recipes, Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street, was shortlisted for the Small Publishers' Children Book of the Year Award at the ABIAs and shortlisted for the Booksellers' Choice Awards (Children's Book of the Year) and a sequel, A Year in Fleurville, was released in 2021.

Sources include Affirm Press website.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Your School is the BEST! Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2021 22949086 2021 single work picture book children's

'Everyone's favourite cockroach is back, and this time he's going to school! From show-and-tell to arts and crafts, this little stowaway can't wait to try it at all ... and maybe even become the teacher's pet!

'Charming, hilarious and just a tiny bit disgusting, this is a back to school tale with a twist from the all-star team behind Your Birthday Was the BEST!' 

(Publication summary)
2023 shortlisted Russell Prize for Humour Writing — Humour Writing for Young People Award
y separately published work icon Arno and His Horse Melbourne : Scribe , 2021 20519357 2021 single work picture book children's

'Arno and his Horse is a beautifully written rhyming text, matched with exquisite illustrations, that explores love, memory, loss and the power objects can hold.

'Arno had a horse
It was brown and it was black.
He took it with him everywhere
But did he bring it back?

'When Arno loses the wooden toy horse his grandfather made him, he looks everywhere for it: by the river, at the playground, at the shop. As he searches through his outback hometown, he remembers the things he and his grandfather used to do together.' (Publication summary)
2022 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book designed by Miriam Rosenbloom.
y separately published work icon Your Birthday was the BEST! South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2020 18575649 2020 single work picture book children's

'From the author of the best-selling Mermaid! and Unicorn! and one of the world’s hottest new picture-book illustrators comes the story of a plucky young cockroach who gate-crashes a birthday party – with hilarious results. Funny, silly and surprisingly cute, Your Birthday Was the BEST! is the perfect blend of downright gross and delightfully entertaining.' (Publication summary)
2021 selected White Ravens
2021 winner BILBY (Books I Love Best Yearly) Awards — Picture Book
2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Three to 5 Years
2021 shortlisted Russell Prize for Humour Writing — Humour Writing for Young People Award
2021 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Books
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