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Rod Clement

Humour prevails in Rod's books with wacky and exaggerated situations and illustrations, and his nature-lover's eye helps him portray the animal world with a precision and flair that makes images leap off the page.

When he went to school, Rod's main ambition was to draw and to make people laugh. Living in Papua New Guinea for several years as a child gave Rod an intense awareness of nature and his initial work was in the realism mould. Rod soon decided that this was too restrictive and that he wanted to draw straight from the imagination.

His acclaimed picture books include Counting on Frank, Just another ordinary day and the best-selling Edward the emu and Edwina the emu, both written by Sheena Knowles.

Grandad's teeth has been shortlisted for the Children's Book Council 1998 Awards in the Picture Book category.

Rod currently works for the Australian Financial Review drawing daily cartoons, some of which are collected in The economic rationalist's guide to sex.

Rod lives in Sydney with his wife and three daughters.