Anna Branford was born in the Isle of Man and spent her early
childhood in Sudan and Papua New Guinea before moving to Australia.
Creative writing was her favourite subject at school and she wrote
stories in all these different countries. Anna is a doll maker and
a sociology lecturer at Victoria University. Violet Mackerel's
Brilliant Plot was her first published work for Walker Books
Australia and was Honour book in the Children's Book Council of
Australia, Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers Notable Books
for 2011.
Sarah Davis grew up in New Zealand, wearing gumboots and falling in
rivers. She worked as a secondary school teacher before moving to
Sydney. Sarah is a very busy, award-winning artist who has
collaborated with Sue Whiting on Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (New
Frontier) and Jennifer Poulter Mending Lucille (Lothian), for which
Sarah won the 2009 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Crichton
Award for Best New Illustrator. Most recently, Sarah’s title
Fearless, written by Colin Thompson, was short-listed for the 2010
Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. Violet Mackerel’s
Brilliant Plot was also Honour book in the Children’s Book Council
of Australia, Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers Notable
Books for 2011.
Each activity has step by step easy to read instructions and
photographs. The ‘Thinking outside the square’ sections give extra
ideas for each project such as alternate materials, or turning
rings into brooches or crowns into door handle decorations. Violet
Mackerel is excellent at thinking outside the square, and she often
has very important ideas…great traits to encourage in our small
people.
*Childrens Books Daily*
Not only are the projects doable for the younger set, they are
actually really gorgeous. It's a joy to see unique ideas in a craft
world that's generally so repetitive.
Beautifully laid-out and designed, with excellent production values
and a hardy cover, this is what mini-crafters dream of. Just
gorgeous.
*Kids' Book Review*
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