With the festive season closing in and the Australian school year only mere weeks from the finish line, what better time to bring out the sparkles and joy of fun teaching and learning activities to go with a most apt title; Goose on Christmas Eve; Poems for Children by Marg Gibbs and Friends! And, it […]
#BookReview: Goose on Christmas Eve; Poems for Children by Marg Gibbs and Friends, published by M.J. Gibbs, October 2024. Blurb: Playing Marco Polo Underwater world Reindeer race and noodles Pool games, torpedo twirl. From backyard splashes in the summer pool to finding the perfect Christmas storybook, this rich collection of read-aloud poems gathers a family […]
We are tremendously jingled to welcome back one of our favourite poets and children’s author, Marg Gibbs, to share her newest joy; the festive family fun of Goose on Christmas Eve. This is a treasured collection of 24 poems for children, beautifully culminating from the work of Australian artists and some very special young contributors. […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Eva Collins! Described as “an affecting and timely contribution to the genre of the immigrant voice” (Dr. Jordie Albiston) and written with a “distinctively sparkling verse” (Professor Kevin Brophy AM), this poetic memoir of postwar history by Eva Collins is an important read for our times. Receiving prestigious literary award nominations, […]
Welcome to The Art of an Illustrator with Naomi Eccles-Smith! It’s a pleasure to welcome our next author-illustrator guest – Naomi Eccles-Smith is a talented digital artist best recognised for her unique fictional characters in a Japanese animated style, as well as her upper middle-grade series, Dragon Calling. Naomi’s piece, ‘Australian Brumbies‘ is a stunningly […]
#thefixitprincess #bookcampaign #booksontourpr #BookReview: The Fix-it Princess, Janeen Brian (author), Cherie Dignam (illus.), Walker Books, March 2023. Royalty is coming to town. Several towns in fact. And not for reasons you may think. Princess Shona is on a very important quest – to find her missing parents! The Wing-Thing took Dad-King and Mum-Queen out of […]
#thefixitprincess #bookcampaign #booksontourpr Today we’re getting creative with Janeen Brian and her Stupendously Thoughtful and Enigmatic Method to the wonderful world of STEM, which is cleverly and energetically explored in her latest middle grade title, The Fix-it Princess! How many STEM projects are incorporated into this book of miscalculated mishaps, I wonder?! On page 25 in my […]
#thefixitprincess #bookcampaign #booksontourpr Help! Princess Shona needs help fixing a few things around the Castle-by-the-Woods! Are you the young engineer she’s been searching for? The castle’s drawbridge won’t budge. The chickens’ henhouse is falling apart. Poor Dragon needs a pulley to remove a sore tooth. And The Royals’ Wing-Thing is unable to take flight. Which one of […]
Janeen Brian has had an incredible career working with children, literature and the arts since the age of eighteen when she taught her first class of year five students. While raising a family, she began a four-year career with a professional children’s theatre company, both acting and writing. She has also been involved in over […]
It is with great pleasure to invite sisters and authors, Marg Gibbs and Kim Roberts to speak about their new collaboration – a beautiful lyrical and visual delight; Tomorrow Land: Poems to make you wonder. Thanks, ladies, and congratulations on your fabulous book launch celebrations! 🙂 Kim, tell us how you came to be involved […]
