So much happening in 2025!

There is so much going on! We have 7 new books out, including our middle grade smash Mega Rich Guinea Pigs! We’ve also got a swag of exciting new picture books and heaps and heaps of school and festival visits. The best way to keep up with the very latest is probably on the socials, but if that’s not your thing there are also blog posts below to keep you in the loop!

Last night Jol and @ronojoyghosh dropped in to Bardia Public School for their Diwali celebration! 🎉 Jol read the new Bin Chicken Lights Up the Night and Ronojoy took the kids on a drawing tutorial. So many fantastic decorated Bin Chickens to get the
What a fabulous trip to Launceston talking to kids @scotchoakburn 🎉 We don’t usually do school visits in term 4 because we need to get back to writing books but this was a lovely exception! We ran 3 sessions for the junior school and were blow
What a day been chauffeured around Melbourne signing books with @itsmattstantonhere 🎉 We met fabulous booksellers and signed more books than I’ve had hot dinners. Plenty of signed books all over! Thanks for having us in! #readingtime #readread
School visits are done!!! Let’s crunch some numbers! 112 sessions. 11 weeks. Over 25,000 kids from FNQ to Victoria. We launch two books! Mega Rich Guinea Pigs and Bin Chicken Lights up the Night. We’ve met wonderful children and extraordi
COVER REVEAL!!! 🎉 Bin Chicken Lights up the Night! 🎆 This very special Bin Chicken celebrates all the magic and wonder of Diwali! We were fortunate to have @ronojoyghosh and @niharikahukku invite us over to celebrate this festival of light with the
Join us for a bedazzle party to celebrate the launch of MEGA RICH GUINEA PIGS 🎉 🐹 💰 Pick up a copy and BLING it up! Rhinestones and sparkles supplied (including the liquid variety) SATURDAY 3pm @gleebooks_kids Can’t wait to see you! MEGA RIC
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Captain Jimmy Cook - THE PLAY!!!!

Okay. Pull over your horse drawn apple cart and get ready to fall off your cow. This is some seriously great news: Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers The Third Grade has been turned into a play... no... not just any play... a musical play! And it's touring schools right now. We just saw a performance to grades 3 -6 at Marrickville Primary this very morning. It was awesome, there was an Alice Toolie puppet and a talking stick puppet... they even made one of the teachers into the dude who sells the Big Deal in the book. Nice work Meerkat Productions. Gold Star.

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