by admin | Sep 2009 | Blog
Reading Books for Kinder Kids I spend a lovely noisy hour reading books for kinder kids. It’s the kinder where all our children attended…it’s even the same teacher. My children, one now adult, the other two teenagers will no longer sit and let me...
by admin | Sep 2009 | Blog, Networking, Other Authors
Alphabet Soup – the Magazine Alphabet Soup – a magazine for 6-12 year olds Today my visitor is Rebecca Newman, publisher of ‘Alphabet Soup’ a magazine for 6-12 year old readers. I was interested to learn about the magazine and it’s...
by admin | Aug 2009 | Blog, Inspiration
On my walk today.. I loved the almost thread-like character of this bark from a ti tree I think. Â Fantastic textures too…. I think this one is a cedar of some sort as is the one below. Fantastic texture to the...
by admin | Aug 2009 | Blog, Other Authors
You can’t do that.. Sandy Fussell Sandy Fussell is the author of the Samurai Kids series. The fourth title in the series is ‘Monkey Fist’. She was told you can’t write about children with disabilites. Sandy is talking, in this article, about...
by admin | Jul 2009 | Blog, launch, Writing and Words
Three new books – a special launch These three were part of a leveled reading series with Oxford University Press, and were launched last night. The project was 20 books, 10 non-fiction titles and ten retellings of traditional tales. Each was paired…eg...
by admin | Jul 2009 | Blog
Sheep, goat touring ‘Sheep Goat and the Creaking Gate’ was launched at a May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust morning tea in Adelaide on Sunday 16 August, 2009. The morning tea was for current Fellow, Judith Rossell, who illustrated ‘Sheep,...