Over or Under?

A CBCA NOTABLE EARLY CHILDHOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 ABIA CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR (AGES 0-6)

I’m jumping waves at the beach with Dad.
If they’re small I can leap over their frothy peaks.
Easy!
But further out, when they’re big, you have to duck dive under.

Maisie is learning about ocean swimming at the beach. The small waves are easy, but how will she know when to dive under the bigger ones? And will she be brave enough to try? Lucky Dad is there to help her.

A beautiful picture book from acclaimed author Pip Harry and award-winning illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper.

’Enjoy a slice of summer and the swimming safety tips wrapped up in this delightfully illustrated read’ THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY

Pip Harry is an Australian author, copywriter and journalist. Her young adult novels include I’ll Tell You Mine, Head of the River and Because of You. Her middle grade novel The Little Wave won the 2020 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. Pip’s second middle grade novel, Are You There, Buddha?, is a 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Book and was shortlisted for the 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature. Pip’s next middle grade novel, August & Jones, was published by Hachette in 2022 and is shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers 2023.