Who Did that? NEW edition

My amazing publisher Five Senses Education have brought out a new edition of my book on Australian animal droppings and footprints this week. I have rewritten the text changing it from narrative to information report. This makes it easier for kids to access the facts. It is a deconstruction text where information ie. prints and poo are on a double page spread with the question "Who did that?" On turning the page the animal is beautifully illustrated and the information is attractively presented. Love it!

ANZAC Day & Easter books - new editions - Five senses

Five Senses education in Sydney has just published new editions of my books ANZAC Day and Easter. They are printing them in Australia which is fantastic! ANZAC Day contains details about the origin of ANZAC Day plus information on all wars Australias have fought in including Iraq and Afghnistan, plus details of each of the services.

These can be bought from Five Senses Ed, myself or any good bookshop. They retail at $14.95

The CBCA short list - Home from the "Book Battle" -

After reading 365 new children's books published in 2011 I went to Adelaide for the conference with the other 7 judges and we took 4 long exhausting yet rewarding days to review all the books and decide on a short list of the best books in 4 categories.

Early Childhood
Picture book
younger readers and
Older readers.

There have been some amazing books published - the industry is alive and well in Australia.

View all the short lists on www.cbca.org.au

English Tibetan bilingual books

These are two English-Tibetan bilingual books I have written for the Tibetan refugee children. I was asked by them to advise and ended up writing them pro bono. I really enjoyed doing something a bit different. They say they will send copies to India, Nepal and Tibet. Time will tell how successful they are.

Tibetan Books I have written and donated to refugee children.

This is very exciting - my first bilingual books.

1. Australian Kangaroo

Author visit with a difference!

Have an author visit with a difference.

Jill B Bruce, teacher librarian and author along with her husband, Roger AKA "Roger the Dodger" will visit schools and give a 55 min presentation Early European settlement for stage 2 - 3rd & 4th grades. Jill wears full colonial dress and "Dodger" has 3 changes. This is based on her book Convicts from the First Fleet to the end of Transportation.

A powerpoint presentation is used to trace settlement through Aboriginal Peoples, Captain Cook, crime in Gt. Britain, the First Fleet, convicts, child convicts (children get a chance here to dress up as convicts), early houses and convict built early colonial buildings and bridges. Discussion of how convicts helped develop Australia. Here "Roger" re-appears as a wealthy colonial gentleman who has received his ticket of leave and a land grant.

We do this at a very economical price of $200 for 1 presentation and $50 for each extra presentation up to 3. Contact through my website or

jillbbruce@bigpond.com

Librarian Helpers and Australian Celebrations books

I have had many requests for these books. They can now be obtained from the new publisher Five senses Education, Sydney. 02 9838 9265