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:

There’s Only One Grandma Like You (2021) by me! Published by Affirm Press.
Iceberg (2021) by Claire Saxby, published by Allen and Unwin.
There’s Only One Friend Like You I (2020) by me! Published by Affirm Press
Welcome Baby to This World (2020) by me! Published by Affirm Press
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 (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