TULL SUWANNAKIT

After a great flood, a grandmother, her two grandchildren and their pet rabbit must learn to survive living on their rooftop garden, relying on scarce resources and limited space. Days turn into weeks, and weeks into months, but through life lessons and words of wisdom, hope emerges.

Higher Ground is an inspiring coming-of-age tale of resilience, courage and spirit that illuminates how life can be beautiful even in the darkest of times.

The book combines elements of a graphic novel, a picture book and a journal.  

Published by: New Frontier Publishing  

Publication date: March  2025

When the diggers came and construction began,
The animals had to pack up and scram,
Leaving behind their woodland home,
Searching for a new place of their own . . .

But will they be welcomed by the city folk?

Published by: Ford Street Publishing  

Publication date: March  2023

Reviews: 

"Glowing with hope and happiness, Downtown Sewertown is an ode to the joy of living life in harmony with nature and with one another. The merry medley of text and images is sure to keep kids coming back to the book again and again"

Dannielle Viera, Buzzwords Magazine.  

"This hopeful urban fable is told through a rhyming text and magnificent, atmospheric illustrations. The pictures create a three-dimensional environment inhabited by lively, animated animals. Downtown Sewertown is a tale of acceptance and co-existence with others and the natural world"

Joy Lawn, Books and Publishing. 

"Downtown Sewertown is a stunningly-illustrated picture book and a modern fable about empathy, acceptance and making the best of things. Woven throughout the text and illustrations are subtle themes of environment, refugees and bravery"

Pamela Ueckerman, Reading Time 

"This is a rhyming picture book with a multi layered story which readers can see as a simple story of the animals finding a new hope or a more complex story of displacement and refugees"

Fran Knight, Read Plus 

Bear is having a bad day. Nothing is going right, and he wishes he was somewhere else ... a long way from home.
What will it take for Bear to feel better?
An uplifting tale about a bear discovering what truly matters at the end of the day.

Published by: New Frontier Publishing 

Publication date: October 2022

Papa Hare, Dot, Pip and Pat, and Baby Cottontail live together in a very small and crowded burrow.  Then one day, Papa Hare comes up with a brilliant 

plan.......

An enchanting and heartwarming story that celebrates the true joys of family and home

Published by: Scholastic Press

Publication date: August 2021

Reviews:

"Happy Hoppy Home is a lovely story exploring the concepts of family and home. It is told in a gentle rhythm, with beautiful lilting prose and a sprinkling of big words to help little readers gain new vocabulary.

The book also takes a positive view on single parenthood – particularly single fatherhood, which is not commonly explored in picture books. Happy Hoppy Home shows a single father’s dedication and just how far he will go to give his children what they need. Together as a complete family, the Hare family explore the concept of what a diverse, loving home can be and what it means to be in a family filled with love"

- Geni Kuckhahn, Reading Time 

"This picture book isn’t told in rhyme but in gentle, lilting prose that helps children build vocabulary, visual literacy and an understanding of the diversity of homes and families, and what it means to be in a family filled with love"

-The Book Muse

"Author and illustrator Tull Suwannakit has created an appealing and relatable story with beautiful, soft and muted pastel illustrations. There's also a quirky comfort in the characters"

-Sarah Steed, Kid's Book Review 

"This is a calm, quiet book, perfect for bedtime with emotive illustrations, some in vignette, adding that extra layer of storytelling in soft earthy tones"

- Buzz Words Magazine, Wendy Haynes

"Happy Hoppy Home is a gorgeous humbling book about home and family. It is easy to read and the illustrations are so sweet, I particularly like the different characters and how every page feels like you’re peeking into a burrow itself"

- Sarah Rasmussen, Ragamuffin Books 

"A warm and loving story of ‘there’s no place like home’ will endear younger readers, reiterating the need of family love and comfort, the closeness a family brings to each of its members and is a celebration of the richness that home brings to its occupants"

-Fran Knight, Read Plus 

when the pirates take over Charlie's house! Can Charlie find a way to stop pirates being pirates?

Written by: Claire Saxby

Published by: Scholastic Press

Publication date: April 2021

Here were plants they had never imagined; from places they would never visit. When you peel a banana, or bite into a pear, when you smell a rose, pop 

a fuchsia bud or scrape your knee climbing an old pine tree, do you ever wonder how those plants came to this country? Let me tell you of the amazing 

case of Dr Ward.

Written by: Jackie Kerin

Published by:Ford Street Publishing 

Publication date: February 2021

Reviews:

"The illustrations are just gorgeous- softly coloured and detailed. There are detailed interiors and much beautiful greenery including scientifically labelled sketches of plants"

- Wendy Jeffrey, Read Plus 

home to Australia. Known for their courage and compassion, the soldiers call them... the Flying Angels. 

This is a story inspired by the life of one remarkable nurse, Sister Marie Eileen Craig.

Written by: Vicki Bennett

Published by: Scholastic Press

Publication date: March 2021

Reviews:  

"Detailed and in neutral colours, the artwork is almost photographic in its precision"

- Anastasia Gonis, Kids' Book Review  

"Suwannakit's sepia illustrations reveal a host of detail to be pored over and discussed"

- Fran Knight, Read Plus 

Charlie and his dog Louis are a musical team. Charlie plays the trumpet and Louis sings his ooh-ooh song. But when Charlie falls ill, Louis is left on his

 own. Louis no longer sings. He no longer wags his tail. Until, one day, Louis hears the familiar notes from a trumpet

Written by: Carol Ann Martin

Published by: Scholastic Press

Publication date: March 2020

Reviews:  

"The artwork in this delightful story is simply beautiful. The colour theme throughout of soft maroons, deep browns, sandy caramels and greens is painted gently in water colours that fade off in the distance, suggesting the moment is fleeting. The images bleed onto double page spreads and drift with the story itself"

- Katie Mineeff, Reading Time 

Murphy likes his life just the way it is - swimming in his weedy pond, slurping up algae and rotting water plants.  But then things begin to change......

and he is not the only one caught by surprise!

Written by: Robert Favretto 

Published by: Ford Street Publishing 

Publication date: February 2020

Reviews: 

"Tull Suwannakit’s illustrations are lovely—suitably watery and translucent, infusing much movement and humour into the morphing figure of Murphy"

-Louise Pfanner, Books and Publishing

When her grandmothers time comes, Mabel finds something left behind.  A beautiful story about how a tiny thimble and an unfinished blanket can help

 mend a heart.

Written by: Rebecca Young

Published by: Scholastic Press 

Publication date: June 2018

Foreign editions: Polyandria Print LLC (Russia)

Reviews:

"Tull Suwannakit equally paints a beautiful and warm story of his own that phenomenally captures the memories and coincidental moments spoken in the text. His watercolour and pencil illustrations are amazingly precise yet sublimely fluid and animated with playfulness and soul"

-Romi Sharp, Reading Time 

"Suwannakit's soft watercolour and pencil illustrations set the scene for an emotionally involving story of a child who has lost a loved grandmother"

-Fran Knight, Read Plus 

France.  Winter.  1918.  The First World War is over. A brave and determined little French orphan, Honore, wanders through the snow, cold and hungry and lost. 

When he stumbles on the Australian Flying Corps and meets airman, Tim Tovell, his life is changed forever.  This is a story of a remarkable little stowaway and his 

journey to his new home in Australia.

Written by: Vicki Bennett

Published by: Scholastic Press 

Publication date: March 2018

Foreign editions:  Arkadas Yayinevi (Turkey)

Reviews:

"The story has been simplified to key events for the picture book format and uses historical photographs alongside beautiful sepia and grey-scale illustrations"

- Sally Murphy, Aussie Reviews

"Colour is used very sparingly to highlight small parts of the monotone drawings that mimic the sepia appearance of the photographs. These images bring an added dimension to the story connecting us to the history and reality of the events"

- Stephen Cadusch, Australian Literary Educators' Association 

Stanley's learning the trumpet, 'cos Stanley wants to play in the band. But when he plays, it sounds really bad! BLART! BLORT! And even though 

Stanley practises all night, he doesn't get any better. Then he finds something wonderful... Does Stanley get to play in the band after all?

Written by: John Field

Published by: Scholastic Press 

Publication date: November 2017

Reviews:

"Catchy verse by Field and the most sublime illustrations by Suwannakit bring Stanley, his sister, Fran and the entire crazy band alive with pulsing alliteration"

-Dimity Powell, Boomerang Books