Books

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Children’s books have been my passion and joy since I was a kid – I’ve always wanted to be an illustrator! More recently I’ve also begun writing as well.

Please feel free to email me – jessesmess@gmail.com for an updated portfolio.

Previously published/ coming soon books:

Australia: Country of Colour (2023) by Jess Racklyeft, published by Affirm Press
I’m Your Favourite Book (2023) by Maggie Hutchings, published by Affirm Press
I Am This Big (2023) by Janine Brian, published by Little Book Press
The Forgotten Song: Saving the Regent Honeyeater (2023) by Coral Bass, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, published by CSIRO.
Big Cat (2023) by Jess Racklyeft, published by Allen and Unwin.
All the World Says Goodnight (2022) by Jess Racklyeft, published by Affirm Press (video here!)
Big World, Tiny World: Reef (2022) by Jess Racklyeft, published by Affirm Press
Big World, Tiny World: Forest (2022) by Jess Racklyeft, published by Affirm Press
Whisper on the Wind (2022) by Claire Saxby, published by Allen and Unwin
Peek and Boo (2021) by Coral Vass, published by Windy Hollow Books
The Book for Happy Hearts (2021) by Maggie Hutchings, published by Affirm Press
There’s Only One Grandpa Like You (2021) by me! Published by Affirm Press
There’s Only One Grandma Like You (2021) by me! Published by Affirm Press
Iceberg (2021) by Claire Saxby, published by Allen and Unwin. Also sold in Canada, USA and France, Adelaide Festival Award for Literature shortlist 2022, CBCA Notable Eve Pownall Award, CBCA Winner! of Picture Book of the Year 2022
There’s Only One Friend Like You (2020) by me! Published by Affirm Press. Also sold in Italy and South Korea.
Welcome Baby to This World (2020) by me! Published by Affirm Press. Also sold in Italy and South Korea.
Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King (2020) by Kate Simpson, published by Allen and Unwin
The Year of the Rat (2020) by Charles Hope, published by Wild Dog Books
The First Christmas (2019), published by Penguin Random House/Puffin Books
Ivy Bird (2019) by Tania McCartney, published by Windy Hollow Books and Blue Dot Press – USA (2020)
There’s Only One Dad Like You (2019) by me! Published by Affirm Press
There’s Only One Mum Like You (2019) by me! Published by Affirm Press
Hip Hip Hooray (2019) by Tania McCartney published by Windy Hollow Books
Australia A to Z (2019) by me! Published by Windy Hollow Books
The Year of The Pig (2019) by Charles Hope published by Wild Dog Books
Love Was Hiding (2018) by Jennifer Loakes, published by Windy Hollow Books
Smile Cry (2018) by Tania McCartney, published by Windy Hollow Books
The Year of the Dog (2018) by Charles Hope published by Wild Dog Books
If Baby Could Talk (2017) by Michael Wagner, published by Windy Hollow Books
Merry Everything (2016) by Tania McCartney, published by Windy Hollow Books (CBCA Picture Book of the Year notable)
Smile Cry (2016)by Tania McCartney, published by EK Books (CBCA notable and winner of the 2017 SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards for Australian/NZ.)
The Midnight Possum (2015) by Sally Morgan, published by Omnibus/Scholastic, 2015
Little Koala Lost (2015) by Blaze Kwaymullina and published by Omnibus/Scholastic