High

Jess McGeachin is an author and illustrator of picture books and non fiction who is inspired by the natural world, and who loves crafting stories full of hidden details that the reader can keep finding well after the first look. His book High was selected by the CBCA on the list of Notable Books for 2024 in the Eve Pownall Award category. In 2023, he was awarded the Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Deep, and his debut picture book, Fly (Penguin Random House), was shortlisted for the World Illustration awards, Queensland Literary Awards and the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award. He lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

High Life: The Tallest Trees, Tree Dwellers, Nests and Nooks, Fading Forests • High Rise: Tombs and Temples, Keeping Watch, Ever Higher (building skyscrapers) • High Fliers: Winging It (birds), Murmurations, Tiny Dancers (insects), Inspired By Nature (early flying machines), Humans in Flight • High Peaks: A Home in the Mountains (wildlife), The Old Ways, Dangerous Dreams (mountaineering) • High Skies: Cloud Spotting, High Stakes (climate change), The View From Up Here (the Moon) • High Heavens: Sun Gods, Moon Gods, Stories in the Stars