Review: Between

Anna Walker is one of those acclaimed and awarded author/illustrators that makes me so very glad to be alive. And I understand she’s from my home-town of Melbourne, so we down south can also take great pleasure in claiming her!

Between is a beautiful offering, recognised and described by Scribble founder and publisher Miriam Rosenbloom thus:

‘It’s a book about difference – but also about empathy, care, the instinct to connect, and the ongoing impact that people have on our lives…

A reminder that beautiful things are still being made with time, heart and intention.’

A cricket and a cabbage moth are living their short lives, doing their daily things, and we the reader are invited into the spaces between them. And also, into their separate worlds and realities, which ultimately collide.

This book is poetry, texture, warmth and heaven all in one. The wording is sparse and definitive. Deliberate, yet expansive.

And the hand-rendered illustrations are extraordinary. Each page brings a new artistic sensibility. A limited colour palette and balance between tight and loose, spatter and stroke, softness and texture, definition and shadow, strength and vulnerability – all contribute to the wonder and delight of this book.

It is absolutely one to become lost in and pore over, whatever your age.

I can see it being the perfect gift for all. For a student setting off into the wider world, a grandparent creating space with less things and more time, a small child with their insatiable curiosity and love of wonder.

Quite simply, it’s sublime.

Title: Between 

Author/Illustrator: Anna Walker
Publisher: Scribble, $24.99
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781761381591
For Ages: 3+
Type: Picture Book