"We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us -- how we can take it, what we do with it -- and that is what really counts in the end."
-- Joseph Fort Newton
Bill the Fish is out now.
“Bill the Fish celebrates individuality. It teaches children through a series of wildly differing aquatic characters that we are all meant to be different. It’s OK to be yourself. Quirks and all.”
- Brett Curzon, author/illustrator.
You can find out more on the Bill the Fish website.
The Australian Literature Review has 5 copies of Bill the Fish up for grabs this week. For your chance to win send a photo of a child’s drawing of a fish, with the word auslit.net written somewhere on the page, to auslit@hotmail.com. 5 winners will be chosen throughout the week, so get in early for the most chances to win. 1 entry per child.
Kids Book Review has published an interview with author Sandy Fussell.
Sandy has written a number of novels for children, including the popular Samurai Kids series.
"The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other."
-Orison Swett Marden
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The sensational CYA Later, Alligator (Children’s and Young Adult (CYA) Writers & Illustrators Conference) will be held in Brisbane on 4th September 2010 in partnership with the Brisbane Writers Festival.
For more .. http://bit.ly/boYIuB
The humble to-do list hasn’t changed much over the years, but the methods we use to manage it have. Here’s a look at five of the most popular tools for helping you manage your to-do list.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Miles Franklin Award Winner 2008 | Man Booker Prize winner 2007 | Bestseller | Just released |
| Fishing for Stars ~ Bryce Courtenay | The Time We Have Taken
~Steven Carroll |
The Gathering
~ Anne Enright |
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
~ Stieg Larsson |
Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, Book 5)
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The future of books ...Margaret Noble’s 12th-grade class at High Tech High Media Arts in San Diego.
Noble assigned her class to create interactive artworks around the theme of children’s books of the future,
and the results are amazing
“The thing that is really hard, & really amazing, is giving up on being perfect & beginning the work of becoming yourself.” - Anna Quindlen
