Children's Books

Thursday 8 March 2012 - Thursday 7 June 2012

Presented by: Sofie Laguna
Rating: Early and Emerging
Type: Course

Thursdays, 12 – 4pm. 8 March, 5 April, 3 May & 7 June

Focus on developing picture books and chapter books for children. Sofie will share with participants all that she has learnt about creating appealing characters and plot lines that engage the younger reader. Participants will examine the relationship between text and image and learn how to pare back their manuscripts to provide space for illustrations. Participants can expect to be encouraged and inspired.

Sofie Laguna is an author, actor and playwright. Her many books for children have been named Honour Books and Notable Books in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and have been shortlisted in the Queensland Premier’s Awards. Some of her titles for children include My Yellow Blanky, Too Loud Lily, Stephens’s Music, Bad Buster, and Bird and Sugar Boy.

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