This week I though I’d present four new picture books from the Narratives Library , together with very interesting interviews from the authors about their creation.
This is a book of wonderfully, rhythmic rhymes. Your toddler can do a nursery rap! Lovely illustrations by Pamela Allen.
Meredith Costain- Doodledum Dancing
Meredith Costain – Interview
Mark Greenwood – Our Country, Ancient Wonders
Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac are a husband and wife book production team! Here is a book Mark has written on the wonderful archaeology of Australia with illustrations by Frane.
Frane Lessac- Australian Baby Animals
Originally from the USA, Frane is bowled over by how amazing the animal life is in Australia. You can hear her enthusiasm in the read and interview!
Frane Lessac- Interview
Mandy Foot – Joey and Riley
Mandy writes and illustrates her books and I have included an extra illustration image here as her read and interview are rolled into one.
This is a picture book for young readers about how it is okay to be different. Scot is the author and illustrator and he wrote it for his own little boy.
This is a beautiful book for any age about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary. A young girl is raised in the Scriptorium, where all words are collected, defined, and written into the Great Dictionary. Some characters in the book are fictional and some are based on real people who undertook this enormous task. In the process of collection and definition, some words particular to women are lost.
As a young man Lech Blaine became every parent’s nightmare – he was the driver in a car that accidentally killed his friends.
In small community, there is nowhere to escape confronting the reality of this sort of tragedy. Lech Blaine reads from his memoir after the fatal crash scene has happened which claimed the lives of his friends.
