AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR The Snowman's Wish is the story of a snowman who so loves the sights, smells, touch and sounds of the children playing in the park around him that he wishes he could stay forever. When springtime melts the snow and the snowman vanishes, a beautiful flower grows in his place, which the children understand to be the snowman's legacy. AUTHOR: Sophie Masson is a successful and award-winning novelist and picture-book author for children and young adults. Sophie is also a publisher, former chair of the Australian Society of Authors, a director of the Small Press Network and a recent recipient of the Order of Merit of Australia for her services to literature. Ronak Taher is an Iranian-Australian artist, illustrator and film maker who divides her time between Melbourne and Tehran, and brings a Persian sensibility of colour and design to her illustrations. She has been published in Iran and France. The Snowman's Wish is her second Australian book.