Jackie Hosking began writing for children after
completing a creative writing course and her first children’s poem,
"If I Were a Giant" was published by The School Magazine in 2005.
Walker Books published her first picture book, The Croc and the
Platypus, in 2014. It was shortlisted for the Speech Pathology
Australia Book of the Year Awards in 2015. Jackie wrote the book as
a writing exercise to see if she could emulate Edward Lear’s The
Owl and the Pussycat, with an Aussie twist. In 2019 she was awarded
a May Gibbs Creative Time Fellowship where she worked on her
writing in Canberra for a month. Jackie loves to write in rhyme and
when she’s not writing in rhyme she loves to help others with their
rhyme via her Rhyming Manuscript Editing Service or through her
writing course, Metre Matters.
Grown in Australia, Lesley Vamos received a high distinction
in BA Design at COFA with a special honorary award in animation,
although she still holds a pencil incorrectly. She spends her time
doodling, travelling, running her design and illustration business
(Striped Designs) and hanging out with her little family. A partial
client list includes Sterling, Hardie Grant, Oxford, Usborne, Simon
and Schuster and Macmillan. Lesley is represented by Kelly Sonnack
at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
This rhyming picture book is Jackie Hosking's love letter both to
Australia, and to the Australian tradition of the mega road
trip.
*Kids Book Review*
A most informative and fun filled book for younger students to
acquire knowledge of our hot spots and learn a little of the
geography of our island home.
*ReadPlus*
The illustrations are beautiful, the representation of Australia is
wonderful and the rhyming storyline was so captivating.
*pagespawsandpetals- Instagram*
Students in Stage 1 in the Australian Curriculum learn about
Australia and this book fits perfectly into the curriculum as a
springboard into learning more about the diverse places to go -
beyond the obvious.
*vanessaryanrendall - Instagram*
This colourful narrative nonfiction book is a feast of interesting
titbits about the most culturally significant places in our
nation.
*Reading Time*
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