Stories for…

It’s Happy Publication Day for a new set of kids’ anthologies from Random House Australia. Edited by Linsay Knight, they feature stories from a whole bunch of great Aussie authors.

I’m very proud to say that I’ve got stories in three of them…

Stories For 7 Years Olds features “The Dog Ate My Homework”. This is a humorous story about excuses that was originally published in The School Magazine in 2006. It’s really lovely to see it back in publication for a whole new audience.

Stories For 8 Year Olds features a new story called “Liquid Mouse”. Well, new in the sense that it’s never been published before. I wrote the original draft of this over ten years ago. I tried submitting it to a couple of places back then, but it was rejected for being ‘too weird’. But now, after a bit of a polish, this weird story about a mouse trying to rescue his brother from an evil cat plan to liquefy and bottle mice, is finally seeing the light of day. I’m very happy about that.

Stories for 9 Year Olds features a new story called “50 Cents”. It’s a story about making links with the past, about looking to the future and about being Australian (even if you’re born in another country). I’m very proud of this story.

I’m also proud to share the pages of these anthologies with so many talented Australian authors, including…

These book are now available and I’m sure they’ll make great Christmas presents. 🙂