Gus Gordon

Recent works

• Big Pet Day by Lisa Shanahan
• I am Cow, Hear me Moo! by Jill Esbaum
• My Life & Other Stuff that Went Wrong by Tristan Bancks
• Herman and Rosie
• Somewhere Else
• The Last Peach

  Awards and nominations

• In 2013 his book Herman and Rosie, was awarded 'The Honour Book' award in the Children's Book Council of Australia 2013 Book of the Year Awards - Picture Book category.
• In 2013 his book Herman and Rosie, was selected as the National Literacy and Numeracy Week's ' Read For Australia' book, where a book is simultaneously read on a chosen day in schools and libraries across the country.
• In 2011 his illustrated book Haggis McGregor and the Night of the Skull Moon, written by Jen Storer was shortlisted as a finalist for the 2010 Aurealis Award, an Australian award for excellence in speculative fiction - Children's Fiction category.
• In 2010 his book Wendy, was selected as a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book in the 2010 Book of the Year Awards - Picture Book category.
• In 2009 his book A Day With Noodles, was shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards - Young Children.
• In 2008 his illustrated book The Undys: Let's Get Physical, written by Michael Wagner, was shortlisted for the W.A. Young Readers Book Award - Young Reader.
• In 2007 his illustrated book Born to Bake, written by Phillip Gwynne, was shortlisted for the Children's Peace Literature Award.
• In 2005 his illustrated book To the Moon and Back, written by Jackie French and Bryan Sullivan, was awarded the CBCA.