The Big Backyard Plan is a joyful, rhyming story about four friends – Azumi, Theo, Bree and Jack – who live ‘side-by-side and back-to-back’ but want to live even closer! Between the four households, they have a pool, veggies, chickens and room to pitch a tent. What they don’t have are gates, so these four close friends hatch a plan to tear down the fences that keep them apart. When they pitch their grand concept to their parents, will their vision of one big shared backyard get the tick of approval?

Written by Kirsten Ealand and expressively illustrated by Laura Stitzel, this book celebrates the boundless imaginations of children, and the power of community, nature and friendship. Representing a range of families and cultures, The Big Backyard Plan lovingly portrays the Australian suburbs, and the power of a few outspoken and inventive children to make a plan for a more fun, free and friend-filled tomorrow! For ages 3+.