Originally posted on Magic Fish Dreaming:
Our latest review went up at Reading Time the Children’s Book Council Association Blog (CBCA) on January 11th. “Helene Magisson’s gentle, whimsical water colour illustrations cleverly capture the essence and magic at the heart of this collection of poetry by June Perkins. Drawing from the natural world of northern Queensland,…
Reading At Riverbend Books
Originally posted on Magic Fish Dreaming:
WEDNESDAY 18th January 11am RIVERBEND BOOKS 193 Oxford Street, Bulimba Queensland 4171 Excited to be doing my first reading gig at a bookshop at Riverbend books, a shop I just adore. We will also do a creative activity to encourage children and their parents to create their own poems.…
Five Things I’ve Learned About Children’s Poetry
Originally posted on Poetry at Play:
Five Things I’ve Learned About Children’s Poetry By Steven Withrow I realized recently that I’ve been studying poetry for children, in one form or another, more than half my life—and I’ve been surrounded by the stuff since birth. I’ve read every book or piece I could find on the…
Epic Journeys and Families Meant to Be
My friend Mel is on an epic journey to become a full time mum who is able to live in the country she chooses with her currently, foster, but hopefully to one day be adopted son. This journey actually began as a reaching out to voluntarily help people in the Philippines after a typhoon, thisContinue reading “Epic Journeys and Families Meant to Be”
100 kickstarter parcels sent out!
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We’ve sent 100 of the kickstarter parcels for the project out since Friday last week! Would love to know what you think of Magic Fish Dreaming and about its arrival into your family or school! So delighted to know it is being used for a poem before sleep in…
June Paisa Perkins 