handmade living in Dennis Jones Catalogue - Nov 2010

So exciting to see handmade living and Riley and the Curious Koala in the Dennis Jones & Associates November 2010 book distribution catalogue. Click on the pictures to enlarge.

Riley and the Sleeping Dragon by Jake

Just had to share with your this AMAZING rendition of the front cover of Riley and the Sleeping Dragon by the very talented Jake, age 7. He had to draw the front cover of his 'favourite book' and then write out the plot on a separate page - he even wrote some words in Chinese!

How utterly gorgeous is this? I just love it SO much and I feel very lucky.

Thanks, Jake, for being so clever!!

Colouring in Lions

So wonderful to witness the creative talents of children at St Bede's primary school who used the dancing lion from Riley and the Dancing Lion as a colouring project in the school library. How gorgeous is that?

The very lovely librarian Kathy recently had kids colour and display these wonderful works of art - how lucky am I? Having kids love my stories is, for me, what writing is all about. Just warms the heart.

Kids Book Review on Buzz Words

Kids Book Review was recently featured in the sensational industry newsletter Buzz Words - a really gorgeous write up on what we are doing and our glorious content, a lot of it thanks to our amazing line up of guests posters and my wonderful partner Megan Blandford.

Here is what Vicki said under USEFUL BOOKS and WEBSITES...

KIDS’ BOOK REVIEW
One of my favourite blogs, Kids Book Review was started by Canberra author Tania McCartney. It is full of interviews with authors/illustrators/librarians, book reviews, articles on literacy and reading, articles by children on why they like the books they like, profiles, links to other blogs, websites in the children’s literature world, writing tips, you name it! It is very easy to spend hours at this blog and everyone will get something out of it.

How lovely is that? We featured a sensational interview with Vicki on KBR recently - read it here - and sign up to Buzz Words post-haste - it is truly the most useful and interesting children's literature portal.

TO SUBSCRIBE head to the Buzz Words website or contact Vicki at vicki@stanton.id.au.