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A late night book review
It’s Monday night. Late. I had a day’s worth of inspiration, and was busting for that moment children are asleep, to get down all my words. That moment arrived at 9pm. A little too late. At 9, I am...
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The Big Beet, by Lynn Ward
Husband works for an organic seedling grower – lucky us. Last week, he came home with a tray of seconds. I had to find a home for four million beetroot seedlings. I wasn’t entirely successful. Only...
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I am Moon-Face: Writing characters for children
Why Moon-Face? ‘Come and give Mummy a hug,’ I say to Little Sunshine Girl. ‘You are not Mummy. You are Moon-Face!’ she cries. I have been Moon-Face for nearly a month. I miss being Mummy. Funnily...
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How to be a perfect mother (inspired by Mrs Darling)
Mrs Darling was a perfect dear. Just the sort of mother one would choose: as sweet as honey with lovely eyes, and a mouth that looked like a kiss. It had got like that with kissing her children so...
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A book a day
It’s been a while since I read a book – an adult book that is. There was a brief moment soon after my second baby was born when I managed to squeeze in three novels, read in dim light while I nursed a...
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We are reading…
This week, we are reading a few new books, which are being released by Scholastic next month. This was our pick of the litter. Clumsy Duck, by Britta Teckentrup (Koala Books) This is a sweet little...
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More details about my first children’s book
There was a littler version of me once, who sat at a clonky old typewriter and wrote stories such as this: Twenty-four years later, I am bigger, and have a slightly better grasp of grammar. I can even...
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We are reading…about dinosaurs, chickens, and Little Red Riding Hood
1. Chick’s Sick, by Kyle Mewburn, illustratrated by Ali Teo & John O’Reilly “More food,” Cow moos. Duck gathers. Goose feeds. Chick gulps grit and seeds. Fat chick, really sick. Here’s Goat. That’s...
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A Thank You Giveaway
Is it really December? I am pinching myself. Granny Annie arrived today, which marks the end of another year in the sunshine house. I. Just. Can’t. Believe. It. Much has gone down. The Australian...
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Hands Free Mama
Rosie stood dressed and waiting, shoes on, at the door. My older daughter lay on the day bed, also waiting. We were going to our friend’s exhibition opening in Bangalow. Somehow I found it very...
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