Aleesah Darlison has written over 65 books. Her books champion the cause of animals and the environment and support child empowerment. She has won or been shortlisted for the Book Excellence Awards, the Environment Award for Children’s Literature, the CBCA Awards, and the Speech Pathology Awards.
"""This tender middle grade novel by well-established children's author, Aleesha Darlinson ... manages to strike just the right tone for a book that describes a child's first experience of death. It is both emotive and genuinely funny"". - Books+Publishing"