Book Week

What a fantastic time spent in Canberra talking to hundreds of lovely children about how books are made featuring the Poppy books and A Little Bird Told Me.
The children made my visits such a pleasure; asking interesting and sometimes very insightful questions. A great big thank you to the staff of the schools and especially the librarians who were so supportive and helpful!

"Feed the birds..."

30 rainbow lorikeets, 2 galahs and 6 crimson rosellas all at the same time yesterday! The birds are loving it. A king parrot ate out of my hand for the first time, too.

Poppy's creation

There were so many birds at our place but too far away to enjoy them properly, so clever Poppy set up this bird feeder. The parrots that come to get a little bite to eat include rosellas of all kinds, king parrots, lorikeets
and occasionally a wattle bird or two. They are still rather timid but I hope one day to post a photo of this tree full of some of the colourful birds that come to visit.

To quote Ian Boe

Hi everyone,
There's nothing like a good quote! How true the following:

"Life is merely the canvas for which you as the artist are able to create whatever you can imagine."

Premiers' Reading Challenge

Have you heard of the Premiers Reading Challenge? It is a great idea to encourage reading at home. Children just love to have stories read to them and the books that are selected are quality books. I'm not sure how many states offer this but it's a great list  to help you choose good books . 
products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html

Pudding Day

What a wonderful day in the Blue Mountains! Lots of things going on with the focus squarely on childrens literature with lots of fun things to do. I especially enjoyed Emily Rodda, John Marsden and Cartoon Dave. It's easy to see why they are so popular. There were lots of eager children ready to hear a story and buy a book or two - so a great day for me too! 

WOW! A lot has happened!

Poppybooks has just completed another colouring competition. You kids are so clever!
I am always impressed with the quality of the entries and also where they come from. Every state in Australia is always well represented.

I would also like to send an extra special 'thankyou' to the children in the prep/1 class at St Mary's Primary School in Donald in Victoria :) It is always a pleasure to receive the many entries from them.

I hope you all have fun with the new Christmas competition. As a special treat Kieron will choose one or two of his favourites and interpret them into works of art 'a la Kieron'. They will become wonderful treasures for those who win them.
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