Papa Sky

Papa Sky cover
Papa Sky cover

by Jane Jolly and Sally Heinrich

HB 32 | 300 x 250 | ISBN 9781925227291
$27.99 | Picture book
MidnightSun Publishing | October 2017
Distributed by NewSouth Books


Another stunning picture book from the
award-winning team who brought you One
Step at a Time
, Honour Book in the CBCA
Awards 2016.


Papa Sky sits where earth meets sky, until one night the wind blows him down, down, down through the cloud forest, where he lands with a bump.

What will happen next? Who will help him?

Papa Sky


After being a classroom teacher for 35 years, Jane Jolly now works part-time in the Resource Centre at Eastern Fleurieu School teaching creative writing and immersing classes in literature. She has had three CBCA Notable picture books. Papa Sky is the second book on which Jane Jolly and Sally Heinrich have worked together.

Sally Heinrich is a writer, illustrator and artist who has illustrated more than thirty books. Her work has been recognised through fellowships from Asialink Foundation, The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust, Varuna – The Writers’ House, Arts SA and the Ian Reed Foundation. Her original artwork and lino prints are held in collections in Australia, Asia and Europe.

Papa Sky was published in October 2017.

Download the Papa Sky Teachers’ Notes for free.

Note: Shipping for Papa Sky is $10 for Australia and $20 for other countries.

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