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Author/speech pathologist with a passion for children's literacy & creating fun educational books

15/01/2026

Read picture books with your child.

If your child struggles with reading or avoids what they see as a chore, we need to ease the burden and help them find some joy.

Choose (or help them choose) picture books with more visuals and less words where they only make 1-2 errors per page/double page spread.

Success breeds success and our goal in reading is to help your child experience success and build confidence.

You are never too old for picture books. Some children may see their peers reading chapter books and think picture books ‘are for babies’. Absolutely not true! I love them and I’m an old codger 😂

So get stuck into those picture books - they are the absolute best 🎉

14/01/2026

I just love reading children’s picture books. It’s probably why I write in that genre. They bring back so many beautiful memories from my own childhood and from snuggled up reading with my own children.

So it’s always a pleasure when I do some ‘research’ and pop into a library to immerse myself in the world of picture books. Don’t get me wrong - I do buy them (particularly when I can get them signed by the author) but I love hanging out in libraries.

Here are a few of my recent reads.

Do you still read children’s picture books as an adult?

11/01/2026

Picture books (and board books) provide the foundation to creating little readers who go on to be big readers!

I had the pleasure of spending a few spare hours in some libraries last week and I sat with all the little kids in the picture book sections and buried my nose in so many beautiful books.

Picture books are fun, thoughtful, creative, and most of all with their beautiful images, they are engaging.

Children who are regularly engaged in the process of reading picture books (shared reading or by themselves) develop the skills and confidence to move onto more complex books. And once reading independently, the world is their oyster.

Picture books have the power to inspire a love of reading so please support your local authors! It’s a tough publishing industry for picture books as they cost more to produce. One publisher I recently enjoyed a zoom session with, explained they receive 400+ submissions per year and publish 4-5 picture books - yikes!

09/01/2026

My tree is STILL up!

How does this seem to happen every year? Who else is in the same boat??

08/01/2026

Every time I do a library holiday workshop or a school/childcare incursion, I’m reminded why I love my author work.

What a gorgeous group of children and parents/carers yesterday . Engaged with the story and enthusiastically dressed up and hopped up to jump, run and dive like the animals. I saw some amazingly decorated mini greenhouses, had lovely conversations, and even met another author .

And the lovely Hannah at the library was ever so helpful and welcoming. I hope to be back later in the year!

07/01/2026

Victoria Park Library, here I come!

I hear there are still a few spots free so if you haven’t yet experienced one of my holiday workshops, reach out to Vic Park and book in! We’ll be having oodles of fun re-telling I’d Rather Eat Chocolate with dress-up props, using bongo drums for syllable pay, making mini veggie greenhouses complete with seeds, and of course I’ll be signing books.

Such a great way to entertain your child and afterwards, you could head off to Bayswater Leisure centre or Beatty Park which are both fairly close by, for water play. I’ve got your day sorted 🤣

03/01/2026

There’s often so much activity going on in the holidays so remembering to create some slow time is also important.

My 4 boys were constantly on the go when little, so relaxing with books was a marvellous way of calming them (and their frazzled mum!!).

Here are some of my favourite holiday bookish suggestions:
🚗Take books in the car on an outing or when driving to your holiday destination. Can help delay the inevitable ‘are we there yet?’
⛺️Packing books when camping (our favourite type of family holiday) was as mandatory as packing sleeping bags.
🧺On a picnic - nothing better than reading books together after a full tummy stretched out on a picnic rug
🏫Visiting the library was always a winner in the holidays (and remember that these days the libraries offer amazing school holiday activities)
🛍️Browsing in bookshops - always a highlight with my boys as they were each able to choose a new book to buy which added to their special memories.

What are your favourite bookish holiday ideas?

02/01/2026

This photo was taken on Boxing Day 7 years ago. Eight days later my dad passed away from a massive heart attack on 3rd January. A blessing in a way as he was becoming more and more unwell and less mobile which he hated.

As a teacher librarian and primary school principal, I know he would’ve been proud of my efforts as an author and my passion to inspire children to read. I hope he is looking down from heaven with a smile on his face. Miss you every day Dad 💔

31/12/2025

Happy new year!

There were no raging parties or fireworks for us. I knew my mum would be feeling a bit flat as my brother and partner had just flown back to Sydney and we don’t get to see him very often. So my husband and I took mum out to see the Song Sung Blue movie - based on a true love story about a Neil Diamond impersonator. What a beautiful movie (tissues required).

Then we took mum for her first Yo-Chi experience for dessert afterwards.

A night of special memories. How did you spend New Year’s Eve?

30/12/2025

2026 will be the best year yet! Why? Because we each have capacity to make it that way.

I’m tired of negativity, intolerance, algorithms, apathy, conflicts.

2026 is the year to focus on kind actions to ourselves and others, to spread love and hope and smell the flowers.

May we all enjoy peace, happiness and fulfilment … and a little bit of chocolate along the way

#2026

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