It’s out.  I saw it in the bookshop window in Albert Park after having coffee with my mum and dad and if there’s a good time to see your own book in a shop window, that would be it.
Oh, darling, said Mum
Did you do that?  said Dad.
Very exciting.  Hopefully you’ll have an oh darling moment when you have a look at it, too.

Run, Kid, Run! is the first title in the new ABC Kids Fiction series. The fast moving plot and the short length (72pages), coupled with the cartoon illustrations by the talented Craig Smith, makes it very accessible to young readers, especially those making the transition from picture books and easy readers to longer chapter books or novels. The shape cut into the book, reflective of the ABC symbol, will be appealing to kids, echoing the bite in Aussiebites books, and making the series readily identifiable.

Kind of a Boys Own journal about two boys playing dress-ups as bikies: the sort of thing most guys might like to do.
Awesome read.

From the team who created the award-winning Good Night, Me comes this captivating picture book. Emma Quay’s delightful and warm illustrations of a family moving through their day bring to life all the funny and silly names we call our children: cheeky monkey, lucky duck, sweet pea, silly billy and more.
Simply delightful.

How Cheeky Monkey Came to be…

Cheeky Monkey came from one end or other of the kitchen bench.
‘My wife Jac and I were laughing about all the names people call their kids,’ Andrew says ‘the way some are cute and …

‘We’re getting a … family makeover. Cool huh? And we’re here to do the “before” shots. Then we’re going to a health farm for a week, and coming back for the “after”. What do you reckon?’ Her smile dulled slowly as she saw the three laughing clowns in front of her, each waiting for a ping-pong ball in the mouth. Leroy and Candy were still grinning.
‘But why? Cranked Dad.
‘What’s wrong with us?’ I said.
‘Who needs a makeover?’ Kylie had her arms folded across her chest.
Ash and Kylie’s mum is a …