Likewise, Patrick’s fourth title, The Dress-Up Box, illustrated by Nathaniel Eckstrom, has established itself as a much-loved Australian classic, and was shortlisted for the 2019 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. Patrick received huge acclaim for his story The Second Sky, illustrated by Jonathan Bentley it was shortlisted for the 2018 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. He works as a Physiotherapist by day and a best-selling children’s author by night. Patrick Guest was raised in the Melbourne beachside suburb of Seaford. Until his biggest fall leads him to exactly where he needs to be.īorn to Fly is a beautiful new edition of this beloved story about Gilbert and his quest to find his place in the world. But penguins don’t fly, they waddle, and Gilbert fails again and again each time he tries to take off. It is love at first sight and from that moment on Gilbert longs to fly like other birds. The first thing Gilbert sees when he hatches from his egg is the sky. Great things happen when you reach for the sky.
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