June Perkins is thrilled to have a poem ‘A few of my Scariest Things’ and a short story ‘Storm Girl’ published in this collection.
Category: Children’s Author
Gregg Dreise to speak at AGM
via Gregg Dreise to speak at AGM
BOOK LINKS – Brisbane Event
“Join us for our AGM followed by a special talk by author and illustrator Gregg Dreise. Book here via Trybooking for this free event.
Next year will be International year of Indigenous Languages.
In the lead up we have asked Gregg to talk about Diversity in Children’s Literature.
He will cover the following topics in a one hour presentation.
1. My culture
2. Working with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
2. Adding colour to stories
3. Including languages to stories
4. Getting permission to use indigenous content
Mermaids and Monster Trucks
I wrote this poem when I was working as a teacher aide, and the class sang it as a song.
Monster Truck Boys, Monster Truck Boys
they love to drive their Monster trucks.
Mermaid Girls, Mermaid Girls
swimming with the dolphins
go the Mermaid Girls.
Mermaid Girls and Monster Truck Boys
Now they go to school
Could there be a duel?
Mermaid Girls watch the Monster Truck Boys.
Monster Truck Boys watch the Mermaid Girls.
Mermaid Girls, Mermaid Girls
super diving Mermaid Girls.
Monster Truck Boys, Monster Truck Boys
super driving monster trucks.
Mermaid Girls and Monster Truck Boys
They’re playing at magic school
which has a friendly rule.
Mermaid Girls can play with Monster Truck Boys.
Monster Truck Boys can play with Mermaid Girls.
Mermaid Girls talk to Monster Truck Boys.
Monster Truck Boys talk to Mermaid Girls.
Soon Monster Truck Boys
like swimming in the sea.
They’re jumping and bumping
in the sea.
Now Mermaid Girls
like driving monster trucks
as if they’re giant seals.
Mermaid Girls…
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World Refugee Day — Educate.Empower.
Encouraging empathy in children through story! Check out some of the books reviewed at the Educate, Empower blog.
Today is world refugee day Refugees are a real, current and terrible problem that we have in our world and possibly one that will get worse if war continues, water rises in low lying islands of the world and famine ravages nations. We need to help educate our children so that they feel empathy towards […]
Ten Things About Poetry and Me: Nadine Cranenburgh
1. What is your earliest memory of poetry?
The earliest poems I remember hearing were ‘Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace’ by AA Milne, and The Swing, ‘Bed in Summer’ by Robert Louis Stevenson. I enjoyed imagining myself as a soldier in a beefeater hat and hearing words about playing in the park and going to bed in daylight as they were things I actually did! I must have been very young (under five) when my mum read them to me, and they were early influences when I began writing poetry for children.
2. When and why did you begin to write poetry for children?
When I had kids! At first I didn’t write anything down, I made verses up and recited them aloud to entertain and occupy my sons when they were babies and toddlers. Not surprisingly, the first poems I thought up were about them. When I was…
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