Spent a rainy morning with the an immense talent yesterday. Sami Bayly is helping us tell the story of The Scott Sisters of Ash Island. She studied the sisters 170yr old work at the University of Newcastle then won the Australian Museum’s Scott Sisters Scholarship. Part of the scholarship involved her working in the Museums archive and while she was there she started work on The Encyclopedia of Ugly Animals. That very book has now been voted best children’s book of 2020 and is about to launch in America. She also received a hand written note from Sir David Attenborough praising the book. Not bad for a 19yr old working out of her sunroom in Kotara. We’re getting very excited to show you Sami and The Scott Sisters story.
Marvel as you enter the fascinating hidden world of ugly animals in this illustrated encyclopaedia of the animal kingdom’s most unusual and beauty-challenged species. It’s time for ugly animals to shine!
