Come Over to My House

Come Over To My House is a delightful and celebratory Australian picture book that explores the home lives of children and parents who are Deaf or disabled.

In this award-winning picture book, a cast of friendly characters invite friends over for a play – there’s fun to be had, food to eat and families to meet! Co-written by disability advocate Eliza Hull and Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, the inclusive rhyming text explores characters’ various disabilities and how they’ve adapted their homes to be accessible. With bright, friendly illustrations from beloved illustrator Daniel Gray-Barnett and a diverse cast, this is a must-read for all families.

Come over to my house. Come over and play! I’ll show you around, you can stay the whole day. We’ll swing on the swing-set and splash in the pool. Then I’ll race you inside where my bedroom is cool.Look out for The World We Can Build, the new picture-book from the creators of Come Over to My House.

Accolades for Come Over to My House: ★ WINNER of the DANZ Award for Picture Books (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) ★ WINNER of ‘Best Conversation Starter’ category in the 2023 Bookstagang Picture Book Awards  ★ SHORTLISTED as a Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Book for Early Childhood ★ SHORTLISTED for the Panda Book Awards ★ SHORTLISTED for the Speech Pathology Australia 2023 Book of the Year Awards ★ Best Picture Book of the Year (2022) as voted by Readings Staff

Author Biography

Eliza Hull is a producer and musician based in Castlemaine, Victoria. She has written music for American TV shows Awkward, Teen Wolf and Saving Hope, and is currently writing the film score for Australian feature film Swallow. Most recently, Eliza produced an eight-part podcast series, We’ve Got This, on parenting with a disability, for the ABC – as well as a podcast series on disability and relationships for ABC Radio National. Eliza is a proud disabled woman, with a physical disability. She is the Access and Inclusion Coordinator for Arena Theatre.

The Australian Children’s Laureate, Sally Rippin, is a best-selling and beloved author for children. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack!  and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She is also the author of one book for adults, Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don’t. Sally loves to write stories with heart featuring characters that resonate with children and is passionate about literacy and access to stories. She travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers. In 2024, Sally was named the eighth Australian Children’s Laureate, a two-year appointment to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians. Daniel Gray-Barnett is an illustrator and author from the Huon Valley in lutruwita/Tasmania. He likes to think of himself as someone who was put on this planet to tell a few stories before he turns into a grumpy old man. He’s worked with clients including Disney, Kiehl’s, Sydney Opera House and The New York Times and his first picture book, Grandma Z, won a Children’s Book Council of Australia award for Best New Illustrator. When he’s not in the studio, he can be found daydreaming in the garden with his husband, German pointers and chickens.