In May, 2024, students at my Author Pen Pal school provided me with an idea, rhyming words, and a setting. The rest is history … ‘A girl, a cave and a mysterious tail. What will she find?‘ A fundraiser for the literacy and Arts programs of St Patrick’s School, Asquith, the book is almost ready […]

Last year I entered A Big Blue Boat in the Story Monsters Purple Dragonfly Awards and then promptly forgot about it This morning an email arrived from the Purple Dragon Awards and I couldn’t believe what I was reading. A Big Blue Boat has received A Purple Dragon Fly honourable mention and a winners badge […]

It’s difficult to find boat stories that are written for little girls that aren’t based on dreams or imagination. ‘If I had a Big Blue Boat’ by Susan James Fry is an oldie, and based upon the imagination of a young lass. Beautiful, bright colourful illustrations bring to life the child’s dream of what she […]