Jess McGeachin

Jess McGeachin is an author and illustrator from Melbourne, Australia. Growing up with a scientific illustrator for a mum, Jess developed a love of natural history from an early age. He’s written and illustrated twelve fiction and nonfiction picture books, including When We Fly, which received a starred review from Kirkus. In 2023 he joined an expedition to Macquarie Island in the subantarctic which led to the creation of the nonfiction picture book South with the Seabirds. Jess also works for a museum where he’s lucky enough to talk to the dinosaurs and occasionally get lost in the basement.

Books by Jess McGeachin

In this nonfiction picture book for nature lovers, young readers will discover what it means to grow like nature through rhyming text and illustrations of vibrant flowers, sturdy trees, soft mosses, colorful corals, clever trap plants and more.
Hardcover
9781459847965
$21.95
Ebook
9781459847989
$17.99
In this nonfiction picture book, young readers will follow Mary Gillham, Isobel Bennett, Hope Macpherson and Susan Ingham on an adventure to Macquarie Island as they became the first four female scientists to join an Australian research expedition to the subantarctic.
Hardcover
9781459834859
$21.95
Ebook
9781459834873 LICENSE OPTIONS
$17.99