Gabrielle Tozer, Sophie Beer
Before We Met
HarperCollins, 2024
A timely and moving picture book that captures the excitement, hope and love within families of all shapes and sizes. The perfect gift for any parent, carer or grandparent.
Before we met, I made a wish
upon a starry night ...
To bring you home into my arms,
to fill our world with light.
Waiting to meet a new addition to your family is a special time as you dream of the joy to come.
This beautiful picture book is a heartfelt and moving tribute to the anticipation and excitement that a child can bring, and the ways in which a family can be created, including IVF and adoption.
A joyous celebration of growing families of all shapes and sizes from award-winning duo Gabrielle Tozer and Sophie Beer.
About the Author
Gabrielle Tozer is an internationally published author of three young adult novels: The Intern—winner of the State Library of Victoria’s 2015 Gold Inky Award—Faking It, and Remind Me How This Ends. Her debut picture book, Peas and Quiet, illustrated by Sue deGennaro, was published in June 2017. Gabrielle is a freelance writer and editor based in Wagga Wagga, in regional New South Wales.
About the Illustrator
Sophie Beer is an award-winning illustrator/author living in Brisbane, Australia. She rejoices in creating bright, funny picture books which centre equality, inclusion and kindness. Her books have been printed all over the world and have sold close to one million copies. She has published with Penguin Random House New York, Simon & Schuster, Hardie Grant, Scholastic, and many more. As an illustrator, she has worked with the likes of Disney, Google, The Guardian, The Boston Globe. As a writer, her work has appeared in Frankie Magazine and The Big Issue. In 2022 she received a Varuna Writers Space Fellowship to complete her first middle grade novel. When she's not illustrating and writing, she thinks a lot about plants, animals, music, books, equality, and Aldi choc-chip biscuits.
