by Claire Saxby | Aug 2020 | Blog
Kookaburras, cane toads and more Kookaburra entries are coming in. Yesterday’s poetry offerings had me rolling about on the floor! Just the perfect thing for a wintry lockdown Wednesday. Keep them coming! My biography of Aussie Stem Star Georgia has hit...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2020 | Blog
***Competition deadline extended to September 25***
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2020 | Blog
*It’s Kookaburra Competition time* ATTENTION students, parents, teachers, librarians. It’s Kookaburra Competition time! Clear your desks and sharpen your tools. We have a writing competition AND an illustration competition. Submissions are invited from students...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
Reminder: Tune in here on Monday 17th for details of our Kookaburra competition. **PRIZES TO BE WON** In the meantime, sharpen those pencils, turn on those imaginations and get ready to have some word and image fun. See you next Monday! Claire and...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2020 | Blog, Children's Books, historical fiction
Haywire shortlisted Well, as if having a new book (Kookaburra) release isn’t enough wonderfulness at this tricky time, Wednesday 5 August brought its own special magic. Around the middle of the day, when Victoria was waiting for the daily new infection numbers,...
by Claire Saxby | Aug 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
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...