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I
don't post here very often - only when very noteable things happen,
such as a new book coming out. If you want to keep up with me more
often than that, please check out my Twitter feed, where I am @juliekidsbooks
Coming in 2018 My Australia (National Library of Australia Publications) - April
I've Got Eyes! (Amicus Ink, USA) - September
Launching
My Australia at Pictures and Pages Bookshop in Coburg (Melbourne)
yesterday was a blast. Thanks to everyone who came along to celebrate,
to Guest Speaker Barbara Champion, and to Lee & Sharon at P&P. 
April 23, 2018 ****************************************** The window display at Pictures & Pages Bookstore is looking mighty fine right now! See two posts down for info about the My Australia book launch this Sunday. And you're invited!
16 April, 2018 ************************************************* "...an audial and visual celebration...The final words can be the
beginning of something as magnificent as this country." Thanks to
Barbara Braxton, Teacher-Librarian for this wonderful review of My
Australia (appears on April 8 post).
Book Launch - My Australia (NLA, 2018)
You are invited to the My Australia Book launch:
Time: April 22 at 11am.
Place: Kindly hosted by the lovely Lee and Sharon at Pictures & Pages
Bookshop, Shop
5, 411 Sydney Rd, Coburg (inside Foley's Mall)
Presenters: Barbara Champion, Executive Director, Play Australia
Julie Murphy, Author
Children's activities, nibbles, book reading, sales and signings.
For further info, and to RSVP for catering purposes, click on this FB link.
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Something special arrived in the mail today - hello beautiful new book!
My Australia (illustr. Garry Fleming), NLA Publishing. To be released April 2018.
Feb 1, 2018
Cover reveal!
This
is the beautiful work of illustrator Garry Fleming. MY AUSTRALIA - a
nonfiction picture book in verse - will be released by National Library
of Australia Publishing in April 2018.
December 2017
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" the perfect preschool introduction to zoology."
Thanks to Kids' Book Review for this latest review of I've Got Feet!******************************************************************************* What
a joy to be a presenter at the the last SCBWI Vic meeting for
2017. My talk about Writing Children's Nonfiction was well received,
the venue at the Docklands Library was stunning, and the chance to meet
up with such talented friends and colleagues was great.
November 2017
********************************************************* I am honored that I'VE GOT FEET! has joined such talented company in being nominated for the CYBILS Award 2017 for Elementary-Middle Grade Nonfiction.
October 2017************************************************ Many thanks to Ellen Jackson, children's author extraordinare, for this latest review of I've Got Feet! (Taken from Amazon.com) "This
understated book hits just the right note. The apt one-line
descriptions capture something essential about the animals depicted and
the variety of claws, paws, fins, flippers and hooves found on planet
Earth. Julie Murphy’s deceptively simple prose enlightens while it
entertains. We learn that cheetah feet have claws that “grip the ground
even better than soccer shoes” and that great horned owl feet can
“snatch up skunks, which are almost three times heavier than the owl!”
The
illustrations are masterful. The color palette changes from spread to
spread and elegantly mirrors the tone of each description. Gently poetic
and artfully conceived--yet lots of fun and just right for the kid in
all of us."
5 stars
********************************************************* "This wonderful picture book will charm young animal lovers. With
colorful artwork and interesting facts on every spread, this is a title
that will encourage young children to look at animals in new ways." I was thrilled to read this lovely review of I've Got Feet! from Through The Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews. It is especially meaningful for me because the reivewer, Marya Jansen-Gruber, is a fellow zoology graduate and writer. Remember, there's a free, downloadable Teacher's Guide to go with I've Got Feet, packed with activities and puzzles connected to literacy, math, science and geography.
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