Summer Blue
Scholastic Australia
ISBN 978 1 74383 740 5
Marlie and Moses lived in a place where the heat crept up and smothered the days in stifling stillness. And it stayed. And stayed.
A captivating story of a searing Australian summer and the wait for the welcome relief of rain.
ISBN 978 1 74383 740 5
Marlie and Moses lived in a place where the heat crept up and smothered the days in stifling stillness. And it stayed. And stayed.
A captivating story of a searing Australian summer and the wait for the welcome relief of rain.
Grandma's Prickly Secret
Larrikin House
ISBN 978 1 922503 26 8
Grandma has a secret that she doesn't want to share. But what if Grandma's secret could become something with flair?
What do you do when you find out your Grandma has a prickly secret?
See the trailer here Click here for teacher's notes
ISBN 978 1 922503 26 8
Grandma has a secret that she doesn't want to share. But what if Grandma's secret could become something with flair?
What do you do when you find out your Grandma has a prickly secret?
See the trailer here Click here for teacher's notes
Calpepper's Place
Windy Hollow Books
ISBN 978 1 922081 32 2
Calpepper is a camel with a burning desire for something more exciting than plodding around the desert.
One day he stops plodding and catches a bus bound for adventure...
Click here for teacher's notes
ISBN 978 1 922081 32 2
Calpepper is a camel with a burning desire for something more exciting than plodding around the desert.
One day he stops plodding and catches a bus bound for adventure...
Click here for teacher's notes
Camp Crazy
Walker Books: Lightning Strikes series
ISBN 978 1 922077 99 8
Daks and his mates are camping.
No parents. Just four mates, alone with nature.
But then they find a hidden camp. Someone else is on the mountain.
Is it the legendary Jungle Jim?
Or someone much more sinister?
ISBN 978 1 922077 99 8
Daks and his mates are camping.
No parents. Just four mates, alone with nature.
But then they find a hidden camp. Someone else is on the mountain.
Is it the legendary Jungle Jim?
Or someone much more sinister?
Camp Croc
Walker Books: Lightning Strikes series
ISBN 978 1 921720 31 1
Camp Trip is legendary.
Daks is finally there after years of waiting.
But so are two wildlife smugglers.
Who should Daks and his mates be more afraid of?
The smugglers? Or the wildlife?
Click here for teacher's notes and classroom ideas.
And here for an interview with me about Camp Croc and where the idea came from.
ISBN 978 1 921720 31 1
Camp Trip is legendary.
Daks is finally there after years of waiting.
But so are two wildlife smugglers.
Who should Daks and his mates be more afraid of?
The smugglers? Or the wildlife?
Click here for teacher's notes and classroom ideas.
And here for an interview with me about Camp Croc and where the idea came from.
Wibbly Wobbly Street
Scholastic Press
Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini
ISBN 978 174169 5618
***included in 2011 White Ravens catalogue***
***a 2011 CBCA notable book***
Wibbly Wobbly Street winds up and down, thin and out, right and left and everywhere inbetween. The people who live there think it’s wonderful, but Squareton’s town councillors don’t like it at all. Not one curvy bit. So who do they call?
They call the Street Straightener of course! But this is the wibbliest street he’s ever seen….
***Each year the language specialists at the International Youth Library (IYL), in Munich, Germany, select newly published books from around the world that they consider to be especially noteworthy.The White Raven label is given to books that deserve worldwide attention because of their universal themes and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design.
Click here for reviews and a pic from the launch.
Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini
ISBN 978 174169 5618
***included in 2011 White Ravens catalogue***
***a 2011 CBCA notable book***
Wibbly Wobbly Street winds up and down, thin and out, right and left and everywhere inbetween. The people who live there think it’s wonderful, but Squareton’s town councillors don’t like it at all. Not one curvy bit. So who do they call?
They call the Street Straightener of course! But this is the wibbliest street he’s ever seen….
***Each year the language specialists at the International Youth Library (IYL), in Munich, Germany, select newly published books from around the world that they consider to be especially noteworthy.The White Raven label is given to books that deserve worldwide attention because of their universal themes and/or their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design.
Click here for reviews and a pic from the launch.
I’ve Lost My Kisses
Scholastic Press
Illustrated by Nick Bland
ISBN 978 1 86504 421 7
***Australian Best Seller***
***2008 NAPPA honour book***
‘Matilda Rose loved to kiss. She kissed hello. She kissed goodbye. She kissed good morning and she kissed good night. But one day something went terribly, horribly wrong.’
Matilda’s poppa is coming for a visit and the first thing he always wants is a big kiss from Matilda – but she has lot her kisses! Matilda’s mother says they’ll be there when she needs them, but Matilda is not so sure. She sets out to find them, the only trouble is… what do kisses look like?
Click here for reviews and photos of Matilda Rose at the launch
Click here for teacher's notes.
Click here for a picture to colour in.
Illustrated by Nick Bland
ISBN 978 1 86504 421 7
***Australian Best Seller***
***2008 NAPPA honour book***
‘Matilda Rose loved to kiss. She kissed hello. She kissed goodbye. She kissed good morning and she kissed good night. But one day something went terribly, horribly wrong.’
Matilda’s poppa is coming for a visit and the first thing he always wants is a big kiss from Matilda – but she has lot her kisses! Matilda’s mother says they’ll be there when she needs them, but Matilda is not so sure. She sets out to find them, the only trouble is… what do kisses look like?
Click here for reviews and photos of Matilda Rose at the launch
Click here for teacher's notes.
Click here for a picture to colour in.
I Lost My Kisses - US edition
I've Lost My Kisses also has a US edition.
Published by Orchard Books
ISBN 978 0 545 05557 4
And a Chinese edition
ISBN 978 7 5083 8569 3
And a Frech-Canadian edition
ISBN 978 0 545 99280 0
Published by Orchard Books
ISBN 978 0 545 05557 4
And a Chinese edition
ISBN 978 7 5083 8569 3
And a Frech-Canadian edition
ISBN 978 0 545 99280 0
Backyard Battles
Aussie School Books
ISBN 978 1 921255 41 0
When the kids from Lavender Street play cricket, Gazza and Sarah are always on opposite sides. Sarah is determined to clean-bowl Gazza. Gazza is determined to hit one of Sarah’s zingers for six. Can they learn to work together to win the cricket challenge of the season?
ISBN 978 1 921255 41 0
When the kids from Lavender Street play cricket, Gazza and Sarah are always on opposite sides. Sarah is determined to clean-bowl Gazza. Gazza is determined to hit one of Sarah’s zingers for six. Can they learn to work together to win the cricket challenge of the season?
Stowaway
Macmillan Education Australia
ISBN 0 7329 9924 3
The back of an ambulance is a very safe place to be… you would think. But when Heather hides in her Aunty Jenny’s ambulance she discoverers that the opposite is true! What seemed like a good way to skip her dreaded class talk quickly becomes a nightmare trip. And the nightmare becomes reality when the ambulance ends up at the very place she was trying to avoid – her school – in front of her class! Now she is just seconds away from total humiliation…
ISBN 0 7329 9924 3
The back of an ambulance is a very safe place to be… you would think. But when Heather hides in her Aunty Jenny’s ambulance she discoverers that the opposite is true! What seemed like a good way to skip her dreaded class talk quickly becomes a nightmare trip. And the nightmare becomes reality when the ambulance ends up at the very place she was trying to avoid – her school – in front of her class! Now she is just seconds away from total humiliation…