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Happy Australia Day and a Big Question

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Not strictly related to writing for children, but as a proud Aussie I’d like to wish all readers a wonderful Australia Day.
I am off to to the Corrigin Australia day breakfast this morning, then to the pool this afternoon.
Enjoy the day!

And, to make this post book related, I’m asking a big Aussie question. What is your favourite Australian children’s book?

To me, this one of the hardest questions I’ve asked because there are so many wonderful Aussie children’s books. How to choose just one?

But, for me, the book I’m going to choose is Ca-a-r Ca-a-a-a-r, by Geoff Havel.
Ca-a-r Ca-a-a-a-R

Not only is this one of the first books I ever reviewed for aussiereviews, but before that it was a book that showed me what a children’s writer can do with a simple concept. It is also my favourite book to read aloud – to kids or to adults. Everyone loves it and laughs out loud. That, in my opinion, is what a children’s book should do – make you smile.

So, what is YOUR favourite Australian children’s book. Let me know by leaving a comment below.
And again, Happy Australia Day.

Happy Australia Day

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Happy Australia Day. What better thing to celebrate than the wonderful country where I live. As the new Australian of the Year, Lee Kernaghan said in his acceptance speech, there is no greater honour than to be Australian.

Anyway, here I am dressed up for the Corrigin Australian Day Breakfast. I had fun with the temporary tattoos, though you can see only one in the photo. The other essential item for my annual Australia Day costume is the earrings, miniature Australia-shapes, with the flag on them (you can see them in the second photo). I’ve had the earrings for more than twenty years and remember them as being only a few dollars when I bought them, so they’ve done well.

After attending the breakfast with five of the Murphlets and my beloved, I had a relaxing day – watched the women’s final of the Australian Open Tennis, a little of the Australia versus India cricket test, and also took the Murphlets to the local pool for a cool down, and the annual bombie competition. Lots of fun.

Also finished reading three books – Victory, by Gary Crew, a wonderful Aussie author, and two little chapter books from the Captain Cal series.

All in all a pretty good day – community, family, sport, and, of course, good books

I hope you had a similarly full and enjoyable Australia Day if you’re an Aussie and, if you’re not, that you spared a thought for Australia – a pretty good country, if I do say so myself.

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