Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Ashleigh Barton! We’re delighted to welcome back Ashleigh Barton, best-selling and notable author of popular picture books and middle grade novels, including the ‘What Do You Call Your…’ books and the Solomon Macaroni series (see our interview here). Today she is here to share her newest, achingly beautiful middle grade novel, […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Rae White! It’s a pleasure to return to the blog with a beautiful interview, celebrating diversity and individuality in the most colourful of ways possible! Welcome author Rae White to share their latest touching and gentle picture book that gives space to gender choices, whether yellow or blue, lizards or rainbows, […]
Welcome to The Quick Six Interview with Rae Tan! Rae Tan‘s debut picture book as an Author and Illustrator was a real standout for me so far this year. I love the character of Plum and Rae’s masterful use of watercolour and pastels to create Plum’s pom pom skirt and furry outline, as well as […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Suzanne Barton! We are excited to have author Suzanne Barton join us on the blog for this interview! Suzanne brings a blast of sparkling goodness with her recently released picture book, which she will share with us today. Thanks, Suzanne, for showering us with the glitter-bomb story of the century, My […]
#colouroos #blogtour #booksontourpr #day5 Colour Mixing Kangaroo Vignettes One of the most beautiful scenes in Colouroos is the nighttime landscape where the three different coloured mobs of kangaroos come together to watch a dance of colour in the twinkling sky. Not only is this a stunningly visual piece that artist / author, Anna McGregor has […]
#colouroos #blogtour #booksontourpr #day4 It’s no coincidence that author, artist and graphic designer, Anna McGregor, envisioned a tale about colours and how they all come together in perfect, visual symphony. We’re thrilled to welcome Anna to the Just Write For Kids blog for a special interview, in which she explains her thought and work processes […]
#colouroos #blogtour #booksontourpr #day3 Colouroos, Anna McGregor (author, illus.), Hachette Australia, Lothian Children’s Books, March 2019. Blurb: Deep in the heart of the Red Centre lived a mob of red kangaroos. During a long, hot drought, the thirsty roos went searching for water. When three different mobs of kangaroos come to the same waterhole, they […]
#colouroos #blogtour #booksontourpr #day2 Colour Me Pink, and Purple, and Green… Now WIN! Wouldn’t life be boring without colour? And life would definitely be boring without Anna McGregor‘s fabulously vibrant, diverse and quirky picture book in your world! Colouroos will light up any Aussie (and international) bookshelf, so we want to give you the chance […]
Just Write For Kids is all about community and inclusivity. It’s about sharing inspiration, achieving goals and reflecting what’s needed in the world. As we grapple with some conflicting issues in today’s world, we also infuse ourselves with love and hope, and a fighting spirit for peace. March 21st marks the celebration of Harmony Day; […]
