FRED’S NEARLY HERE!
I’m so excited – Fearless Fred goes to the printers next Monday, so hopefully he’ll be in the bookshops early April. If anyone is interested in pre-ordering so they don’t miss out, You can order...
View ArticleFRED
Just had to share this – exciting news. On Tuesday Fearless Fred starts rolling off the press!
View ArticleAN OPEN LETTER TO SYRIA
In the Name of God whatever Name you use stop killing your own people the world looks on with ineffectual horror while men, women and children bleed and cry in your cities where is the love in this...
View ArticleFRED’S DEBUT
Had a lovely time today in the Dargaville library. I was really nervous but the kids were great, and did some sterling work with the armour. (Click on any photo to enlarge.)
View ArticleWE ARE
Every so often I get to the point where the world’s pain is just too much… We are the desperate poor the necessary casualties of the economic war we are the newly dead forgotten in the rubble so the...
View ArticleTHE BIG LAUNCH
The Storytime Children’s Bookshop and the Whangarei District Library gave me a fantastic launch yesterday. Lots of children, lots of parents, and lots of fun. My throat still hasn’t fully recovered...
View ArticleTHE BUILDERS
got the spirit level got the wood me and dad going good off to do some building
View ArticleRANGI’S POINT
only thirty minutes away she said you must visit Rangi’s Point you’ll love it she said she didn’t mention winding shingle roads up steep slopes not wide enough for us and the logging truck we met on a...
View ArticleRIPPLES
When we went to watch our youngest grand-daughter playing water polo in an enclosed pool on a cold winter night, I was fascinated by the play of light and colour on the water. voices echoing through...
View ArticleUPDATE ON FEARLESS FRED
by Maureen Sudlow. Illustrated by Kat Quin-Merewether Now that sales of ‘Fred’ are well under way in bookshops here in NZ, I am offering them for sale from my blogsite as well. $(NZ)19.99 plus $(NZ)8...
View ArticleA TRIBUTE TO LOVE
Do not think of the madness of a gunman think instead of the heroic actions of the guardians do not think of the innocent blood spilled think instead of those who were saved do not think of the terror...
View ArticleSURFIN’ SONG
surf’s up so dad and I we found our Christmas boards slapped on the sunscreen and hit the ocean running all day in pounding foam and now it’s time to plod the long path home
View ArticleTHE ACTIONS OF A HERO
In case anyone out there is ready to tar all Muslims with the same brush – in the NZ Herald this morning there was an article about a Somali Muslim who risked his life saving people trapped in Kenya’s...
View ArticleFRED AND FRIEND
This is Kat’s (the illustrator) daughter Florence with her very own Fred doll. Florence and Fred were growing together… and in case anyone is wondering, that lovely doll was made by …...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS SPECIAL
through a child’s eyes the magic of Christmas comes to us all …a gift from the first Christmas child
View ArticleCOUNTRY TOWN CHRISTMAS
Dargaville had it’s annual Christmas parade on Saturday, and there was dancing in the streets… …just click on any photo to enlarge
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