BOOK LAUNCH: Splish, Splash, Splosh! by Renae Hayward & Briony Stewart

The Little Bookroom is excited to be hosting the launch of Renae Hayward's and Briony Stewart's latest book Splish, Splash, Splosh!

Join us for a storytime, activities and snacks!

Pre-order your signed copies HERE.

About the Book: A paddling pool, a hose, a bucket or a puddle - there is nothing as much fun as making a splash! This gorgeous book is a joyful celebration of a favourite family activity, and a delight to read out loud. What's the best on a summer day? Grandpa knows - it's water play! Off we go now! Sunscreen's done. Splish, splash, splosh, let's have some fun! From sprinklers to mud pies to paddling pools, there's nothing kids love better than messing around with water, and this joyous celebration of summer fun is a delight to read out loud. This book is perfect for: - reading aloud, with its rollicking rhyme and great sense of fun - the bedtime wind-down, with its gentle calming ending - celebrating grandparents, and giving as a gift.

About the Author:

Renae Hayward was born during a cyclone in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, but grew up by the beaches of Perth’s northern suburbs. She has authored five books for children and was the inaugural recipient of the Ray Koppe Young Writers Residency (Australian Society of Authors/Varuna). She has also contributed as a poet to The School Magazine (NSW Department of Education) and has poems published in the anthologies Right Way Down and If I Could Eat the Stars.

When she’s not writing, Renae is a passionate advocate for early literacy and a familiar face at storytime sessions across WA. Renae now lives near Fremantle with her husband, James, their two children and Frankie the Labrador in a house overflowing with books.

About the Illustrator:

Briony Stewart is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. In 2022 she won the Prime Minister's Literary Award in the category of Children's Fiction for her work with Sheryl Clarke on the verse novel Mina and the Whole Wide World. She is the author and illustrator of the award-winning Kumiko and the Dragon series and We Love You Magoo, which was a CBCA Early Childhood Honour Book for 2020; Gymnastica Fantastica!, the winner of the 2024 CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood; and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Tooth Fairy (And Some Things You Didn't), which was shortlisted for both the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2025 and the CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year 2025. Briony lectures on children's literature at university and conducts talks and workshops with children across Australia. She loves live drawing challenges, daydreaming and discussing dragons, bunnies, and how to tame lions.