Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe
Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe
Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe
Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe

Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe

Illustrated by Hannah Sommerville

*Winner of the 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia Award for Early Childhood Book of the Year!

While Milla’s friends take big, brave jumps off the jetty, Milla stays on the blistering wood, scared of what lurks below. But when Milla accidentally falls off the edge, she discovers the beauty of the deep, dark sea – and her summer changes forever.

Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville perfectly capture the challenges of childhood – and the joy of letting go – in this homage to summer.


Condition: Excellent Condition
Format: Hardcover
Age: 5+

Andrea Rowe had a childhood fear of jetties and was scared of falling through the cracks and into the murky depths below.

Now she’s all grown up Andrea thinks jetties are the best playground a coast kid can have, and she bravely leaps off jetties and swims beside barnacled pylons with her two adventurous kids after school.

Andrea is a writer who lives with her two kids and park ranger husband in a beach shack in the dunes on the Mornington Peninsula.

She has a BA in Media Relations and Grad Dip in Crisis and Issues Communications and she’s very good at playing scrabble.


Hannah Sommerville creates enchanting watercolour, pen and pencil drawings in her studio on the South Coast of NSW.

The daughter of a ceramicist, Hannah earned a bachelor of Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts and Graphic Design) at the University of Wollongong in 2006. It was at this time she met her husband, Dean, with whom she has two small children. She draws inspiration from her young family and coastal community. Hannah is a storyteller who enjoys creating picture books that capture the imagination, tenderness and playfulness that surround children and family life.

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