![]() ![]() The wombat accidentally enters the school sport’s carnival. And it still doesn’t conflict with anything in the play itself. ![]() A retelling of Shakespeare’s play, with Ophelia as heroine, much black humour, a happy ending, and lots of cheese. Every child – and adult – can learn to read! If we fail one child we have failed in the deepest duty of humanity, to care for our kids. Trying to get all early childhood teachers trained to teach literacy, with the same funding and importance given to teaching literacy as is given to sport or science, as well as professional development courses for all teachers to recognize literacy problems. WHAT IS YOUR LATEST BOOK OR CURRENT PROJECT? I recommend all beginning writers misspell their first book so it stands out of the pile. The mess was because Smudge the wombat left his droppings on the typewriter every night. The editor at HarperCollins said it was the messiest, worst spelt manuscript they’d ever received. I wrote my first children’s book, Rainstones, in a desperate attempt to earn $106.40 to register my car, while living in a shed with a wallaby called Fred, a black snake called Gladys and a wombat called Smudge. Some of her books have won international awards and sold millions of copies. Jackie French is an author, wombat negotiator, Australian Children’s Laureate 2014-2015, and Senior Australian of the Year 2015. ![]()
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