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Praise for Spiro
Winner of 2025 CBCA Shadow Judging Award for Early Childhood Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the 2025 CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the 2025 ABDA Best Designed Children's Picture Book
‘Spiro is a heartwarming picture book with a cheeky sense of humour and a solid message about persistence for young readers aged 3+. McGregor’s illustrations and hand-lettering add vibrancy to the tale, especially with the pops of neon pink.’
—Karys McEwen, Books+Publishing
Praise for Anemone is not the Enemy
Honour Book for the 2021 CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year
‘This is, at first glance, a very simple, quite quirky and humorous picture book, with minimal text and appealing, colourful, digitally produced illustrations. But it is also a fascinating introduction to life in a rock pool: who lives there, who visits when the tide comes in, who is stung by the anemone and who it can form a symbiotic relationship with.’
—Margaret Hamilton, Books+Publishing
Praise for Who’s Afraid of the Light?
Winner of 2024 ABDA Best Designed Children’s Picture Book and Book of the Year
A dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books selection for 2024
Winner of the 2023 Whitley Award: Children’s Reader
Shortlisted for the 2024 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards: Children’s Literature
‘Bright colors and bold, simple brush strokes bring the deli to cheerful life. The pages are full of loving depictions of traditional Ashkenazi foods like borscht, knishes, pastrami, and rugelach … A delicious slice of Jewish life, passed down from one generation to the next.’
—Kirkus Reviews
Anna McGregor is a creator of modern, quirky and conceptual stories with humour and heart. Since beginning her career as a graphic designer, Anna is now emerging as an award-winning picture book author/illustrator.
Anna’s driving purpose is to delight and entertain children through timeless storytelling. With them, she explores evergreen issues through a child’s lens and allows them to interpret the stories in their own way and draw their own conclusions.
Anna has a deep curiosity of all things and finds her ideas by turning the mundane on its head, merging ideas or exploring wordplay — but always with a story that connects to the human experience.
Anna lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and son.
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