Not Like Georgie
Age 4+
Picture Books
There’s only one thing better than having a good friend, and that’s having a best friend – just like Georgie. A sweet and funny picture book which shows that in the end, one good, true friend is all you really need.
A boy is having a birthday party but everyone he knows is apparently too busy to come. They all have excuses as to why they won’t be there and it looks as though he will be spending his birthday alone! But it’s alright because Georgie, his best friend, will be there – and together, they will have more fun at his party than with anyone else.
Creators
Scott Hatcher has been teaching high school students for several years, working mainly as an English teacher. He currently works at a school teaching teenagers who have Asperger’s Syndrome. Scott has been interested in writing for many years and Not Like Georgie is his first children’s book.
MARK JACKSON
Mark Jackson is an illustrator based in Melbourne. He has co-illustrated several books with his wife, Heather Potter, and their work has been featured in several exhibitions. Mark has three previous titles published by Walker Books Australia: The Truth About Penguins written by Meg McKinlay, 2010; Not Like Georgie written by Scott Hatcher, 2009; and Stuck! written by Charlotte Calder, 2009, which was short-listed in the Young Children Category of theSpeech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards 2010, and received a Notable mention in the Picture Book Category, Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards, 2010. For more information and samples of his artwork, please visit his website: http://www.jackpot-art.com/index.html
HEATHER POTTER
Heather Potter is an illustrator based in Melbourne. She has co-illustrated several books with her husband, Mark Jackson, and their work has been featured in several exhibitions. Their first Walker Book together was picture book Not Like Georgie by Scott Hatcher, 2008. Heather also illustrated the verse novel Pearl Verses the World in 2009 by Sally Murphy, which won the Children’s Book Category for the Indie Book of the Year Awards and Honour Book, Younger Readers category, Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, 2010.
Reviews
The illustrators have captured so much emotion, personality and more in each character – even the sun-shading seagulls have personality!
Aussie Reviews
