Happy Barry Capybara Gone Bananas

Happy Barry Capybara has gone bananas

It’s here! My latest picture book, Happy Barry Capybara: Gone Bananas, is out in shops from today.

And the first review is in too:

“pure joy … silly, expressive and full of laugh out loud moments. This was reread twice in one sitting because they wanted to look again. One of our favourites!” – @playful.childhood, Instagram

You can find a copy at your local indie bookshop or online – links below.

Happy Barry Capybara: Gone Bananas

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Australia/NZ edition, published by Scholastic Australia, Feb 2026
ISBN: 9781761725296 (hardback)

🌏 SIGNED COPIES (PAPER BIRD)

🇦🇺🇳🇿 LOCAL INDIE BOOKSHOPS

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Booktopia

🌏 Dymocks

🇦🇺 QBD

10 days until Barry Capybara is back!

Happy Barry Capybara is the most chilled-out animal on the savannah. But when his friend the cheeky squirrel monkey, Harry, and his cousins are fighting over the last banana, Barry is left to decide who will get it. Which monkey will win the favour of Barry? Or will Barry have a new lesson to teach them about what it means to share?

This is the long-awaited sequel to my very silly picture book about a super chill capybara, and it’s out on February 1st through Scholastic.

Happy Barry Capybara: Gone Bananas

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Australia/NZ edition, published by Scholastic Australia, Feb 2026
ISBN: 9781761725296 (hardback)

🌏 SIGNED COPIES (PAPER BIRD)

🇦🇺🇳🇿 LOCAL INDIE BOOKSHOPS

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Booktopia

🌏 Dymocks

🇦🇺 QBD

New books for 2026

I’ve got four new titles coming out next year!

Happy Barry Capybara: Gone Bananas

First cab off the rank – the sequel to my very silly picture book about a super chill capybara. It’s out in February through Scholastic.

Pre-order now:

🌏 SIGNED COPIES (PAPER BIRD)

🇦🇺🇳🇿 LOCAL INDIE BOOKSHOPS

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Booktopia

🌏 Dymocks

🇦🇺 QBD

Paw Prints: Fuzzball

This one is part of Walker Books’ Paw Prints series – junior fiction books by funny authors and illustrators. Fuzzball is written by Nathan Luff, illustrated by me! Out in April.

Pre-order now:

🌏 SIGNED COPIES (PAPER BIRD)

🇦🇺🇳🇿 local indie bookshops

🇦🇺🇳🇿 BOOKTOPIA

Oh No!

This is something different for me – a funny picture book about onomatopoeia (i.e sound effects)! Out in May through Penguin.

Pre-order now:

🌏 SIGNED COPIES (PAPER BIRD)

🇦🇺🇳🇿 LOCAL INDIE BOOKSHOPS

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Booktopia

New book #4

I don’t have a cover to share with you yet, but I can tell you it’s a non-fiction follow up to my most popular book, Stellarphant. It will be my very first non-fiction book! More news on that soon.