Books with author Philip James Kirke

An illustrated childrens story for young boys: an architect father and his young son journey across the Western Australian desert to a remote Aboriginal community to help an old friend and his son build a house. But it is the two boys who design the house they eventually build. Young boys long to be significant in the world of their fathers... this book gently answers the call.

Two young girls build and fly a glider. This is a story in which the real and the imagined merge; as the tale unfolds the distinctive coloured illustrations shift subtly between realism and a cartoon style, further visually blurring the distinction between the real and the imagined. This is a story of pure joy and of possibility, inspired by the mystery and the magic hidden in the everyday places we inhabit. A unique feature of this book is its visual tour of art deco architecture landmarks around the Swan River in Perth Western Australia.