Year 5/6 will walk to the library to see the author Sami Bayly.

Sami is 26 years old and is currently based in Newcastle, NSW. She has released three books, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals and The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature, published by Lothian - Hachette Australia.

Sami is trained in scientific illustration through a bachelor of Natural History Illustration (Honours) at the University of Newcastle, Australia.  She is inspired by artists like William T. Cooper and other natural history illustrators after seeing their work whilst growing up.  She loves to illustrate any animal that can be defined as weird, wonderful or even ugly!