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Fantasmagorical.
Packages arrived today and LOOK what they contained ....

a box of postcards and a pack of laminated SOUNDS SPOOKY posters

Look what my publisher has created for Sounds Spooky ...
A3 laminated and unlaminated

Don't ya love it!



front of Sounds Spooky postcard

back of Sounds Spooky postcard

Here it is ... not just a book but a box of them!
A courier has just delivered a box of Sounds Spooky books ... and most of this bundle is heading off to the USA for the SCBWI conference in two weeks time. In fact the top carton is already on a plane winging its way there with Sarah. How glorious!

Here it is ... Sounds Spooky - the book - is coming ALIVE!
Sarah and I were over at Random last week to scour the printer's proofs ... excitement plus for sure. This is the BLAD that is on its way, no is now over in Bologna right now! well note exactly this sepcific copy for this blad is mine! Getting even more excited!

Yes it is - the website for Sounds Spooky!
And there is even a QR code for it too ... so if you have a mobile reader then this is what you can also use to take you directly to the Sounds Spooky website!
Spooky hey!

Look what the wonderful Sarah has created for the Bio Page of Sounds Spooky!

Just sent off the biog copy for Sounds Spooky.

Christopher's early years were spent near a large old rumble-tumble falling down house which he would often visit (but only as far as the fence) and he was forever creating stories of spooky happenings there.

Now he lives with his wife in a very old and sometimes crotchety, inner-city Sydney terrace. There are often creaking floorboards, knocking windows, rustling curtains, tapping sounds and scratching roof noises that happen for no reason at all ... but there are no ghosts there - or are there?

Christopher has written the words for a children's musical, an animation and many fiction and non-fiction books. He has been a classroom teacher in schools and at the zoo, and he really enjoys playing with words and creating stories. He also loves bats, snakes and especially dragons!

Its a happening thing!

I promised it ages ago so here it is ... well an almost finished cover anyway! Isn't Sarah Davis just so totally talented!

BUT I must digress from conference info ...

I have just spied on the blog of Sarah Davis an almost finished cover for our book Sounds Spooky (its own website and blog coming soon). I will post a copy here when i get home - but if you can't wait then have a look at here. How talented is she and how lucky am I!!!

Thanks to all the mums - and the dad - and all those fantasmagorical bubs and toddlers and under 5's who rolled up to Leichhardt Library this morning to listen to me tell stories. This was all part of the Greenway Festival (a NEW festival that will highlight environmental issues / sustainability and local history in MY local area.)

Seeing as though we had an environmental theme I just had to read One child and also tell one of my stories from Zoo you later! Heaps of fun and the kids kept coming in closer and closer to me as I was sitting on the floor so that was fantastic. Especially so when I read -without pictures because Sarah is still creating them - the text for Sounds Spooky! The kids (little and big) loved it and joined in at the right times. And having parents come and tell me tahtt ehy can't wait for thta tbook ... yes that is good!!!

Thanks to the wonderful children's librarian Karen Johnson for her organising and letting me take over and run wild with her weekly kids storytime - they even had to book for my storytime ... normally they just rock on in. The library also has a blog Shelveit - clever name that one - and will be posting about MY storytime too.