Bruce Atherton is the author of the junior fiction novel, Al Dentay and the Incredible Spaghetti Machine and four picture books: The Billycart Ride, Illustrated by Keith Mc Ewan, Tough Ol' Teddy, illustrated by Elise Hurst, The Pumpkin Eater from Pondicherry, illustrated by Ben Redlich, and COWZAT! also illustrated by Ben Redlich. Both The Billycart Ride and Tough Ol' Teddy were shortlisted for the Australian Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards.