Welcome!
I am joined today by the wonderful Tannya Harricks. August 1 is release day for our new Walker Books Australia Nature Storybook picture book collaboration, Kookaburra. We are thrilled to add this story to the Nature Storybook series, which celebrates Australia’s diverse landscape and wildlife.
Kookaburras are well-known to many, or most, Australians by their distinctive call. But there’s so much more to these amazing birds beyond their (fabulous) vocalisations. And that is what we hope to offer with ‘Kookaburra’. We invite you into their world, ask you to look and listen, and get to know kookaburras a little more deeply.
**COMPETITION**
To celebrate Kookaburra, we’re going to be having a competition on this blog! On Monday 17 August, we will ask readers and students, teachers and librarians to become kookaburras!
Okay, maybe not.
We will, however post an outline for you to download and make as kookaburra-y as you can, using whatever art medium you prefer. There will also be a writing activity (which could potentially evolve into a performing opportunity!).
Entries are encouraged from individuals and from classrooms.
The entries we love best (two art, two writing) will win a copy of our book, Kookaburra.
But wait, there’s more.
The class contributing the most entries will win a book pack from Walker Books.
Help us fill the blog, the world, with fabulous kookaburras.
Meanwhile, we’re off to practice our kooka calls …
Claire and Tannya
