Today’s author spotlight is on CBCA Picture Book of the Year winner Claire Saxby Claire loves to encourage curiosity and wonder. We’re so excited to have her join the Mini-Writing Festival program next year. Secure a spot for your class now 👉 littlescribe.com/mini-writing-f…

Teacher Kelly Ferrier from Evans River Community School wanted suggestions for factual text with an animal theme. Littlescribe ran a webinar sharing options and examples to demonstrate possibilities for differentiation and extension Enjoy these books from Jingir Jingir!

Favourite teacher feedback During workshop, Tristan Bancks read Arran's response to a writing "...The flow-on effect has seen other students also strive to create texts of similar quality and turned non-writers into enthusiasts." -Jenny Baxter, Teacher, Soldiers Point PS, NSW

Favourite collaborative book "The creation of this book and running the Littlescribe program is simply in keeping with our school motto at IBS: Excellence through Bilingualism." -Giuseppina Pappalardo. Principal. Italian Bilingual School, NSW. read: app.littlescribe.com/#/viewer/9f73f…

Favourite Festival Funny Our favourite 'Festival Funny' from the fabulous James Foley still makes us giggle. Students from Maranatha Christian School in Victoria merged their teacher with a dung beetle in Oliver Phommavanh's Character Fusions workshop! #Littlescribe #funny

Check out this new book he's reading, "The Three Little Rascals" written by some talented students from Coopernook Public School! Dr. Nguyen knows that reading expands your mind and helps reduce stress and improve cognitive function! Read the book here bit.ly/3ZpMwjA

Teachers - our author writing challenges are here! Kristin Darell , a talented author and journalist, is one of 15 renowned authors in this year's Mini-Writing Festival. Kristin's workshop: Writing about Sports: Turning Facts into Fiction. littlescribe.com/mini-writing-f…

To all teachers! We appreciate the work and hours you put in to make a difference in your students' lives and shape tomorrow's minds. From all of us at Littlescribe, have a happy Easter break! Parents - feel free to tag a teacher making a difference in your children's lives.

With our lessons & resources for all text types, book creation has been easier! The book creation tools make it simple to transform their work into digital & printable books Read, share, &celebrate your students' work by placing their books in the library, classroom, & at home

I was so inspired by Claire Saxby last year at the teacher librarian conference I asked her to join our writing festival! Watch a master juggle words, wonder and wilderness with primary students! They’ll be creating their own picture books! 🙌 Littlescribe

‘Seeing Barry Humphries live was like being struck by a thunderbolt. I had never laughed so much in my life. That anyone could be so hilarious was magic. Off-stage he was elegant & sophisticated but just as funny as Dame Edna. A lethal wit, fast & fearless he was the greatest’. D

The most useful razors and rules I've found. Rules of thumb that simplify decisions:

Hello Pilbara - keep us update Claire Saxby love to see some of the writing and illustrations!

Writing a motivational book for teens has been a dream of mine for a long time. I’ve decided that 2023 is the year. I’ve raised teens, I’ve worked with teens and I was a teen (feels like it wasn’t that long ago) 🥰 I can’t wait to share it 💫📖

Friday night bucket list musings🤔 #Santorini bookshop with: ✔️ water, view, sun ✔️ coffee and wine ✔️books-books-books. 👉🏼Atlantis Books in the picturesque village of Oia.

Stories from the heart…

Thinking about the process I tend to go through for structural edits (and sometimes for one sentence!) 1)My editor’s crazy - what I wrote was perfect! 2)They’re right. It’s terrible and can’t be fixed. 3) Or -what if I try this… 4) This is so much better!

Join me and 15 other Aussie children's authors at this year's Littlescribe Mini-Writing Festival, July 31st-Aug 4th. ⁠ Find out more at littlescribe.com/lp/mini-writin… Littlescribe #Littlescribe #writingprompts #writingstrategies #texttypes #writingfestival #BookWeek