Ooops! Harry sends a naughty Chinese New Year greeting…
February 20, 2018 at 2:16 pm | Posted in Chinese New Year | Leave a commentTags: Books about Chinese Zodiac for kids, Chinese Calendar Tales, Chinese New Year, Harry Harrison, The Dirty Stories, The Year of the Dog
Now I know that I do bang on about not using toilet humour in your stories for my Clever Competitions…but I can’t resist sending you this fabulous Chinese New Year greeting from Harry Harrison, beloved illustrator of the Chinese Calendar Tales and the Dirty Stories! It made me giggle out loud – and I especially love the look on the dragon’s face! Thanks Harry for keeping us all laughing this Chinese New Year!
More fab photos from Desmond Dog’s Woofy Launch Party on Saturday!
February 12, 2018 at 12:56 pm | Posted in Being an Author, Book launches, Bookazine Princes Building, Bookshop event, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Books about Chinese Zodiac, Chinese New Year, Harry Harrison, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Year of the Dog
Many thanks to Bookazine Events Organizer Manon for these lovely photos!
Here’s Harry Harrison and me before the launch!
Here’s our fun book reading with some avid fans!
My gorgeous daughters Bea (left) and Annabel (right) have been holding up the pictures for the last 14 years now! Thanks Bea and Annabel!!
A busy book-signing!
Harry and the Quiz, me and Harry – and the man himself with his fabulous book covers!
My wacky daughter Annabel continuing her annual ritual of a finger-signing by Harry and me!
Meet Burger and Long Long!
January 16, 2018 at 12:59 pm | Posted in Children's Chinese Zodiac Books, Kingston International School Hong Kong | Leave a commentTags: Chinese history, Chinese Zodiac, Harry Harrison, Stories about Chinese Zodiac characters, The Tale of Desmond Dog, The Year of the Dog
Whenever I visit a school to give the VERY FIRST reading of my new Chinese Calendar Tale, I give the kids in the very first session what I call “naming rights” for the two little extra creatures that our fabulous illustrator, Harry Harrison, adds to all the pictures in the book!
Yesterday, at the very first ever reading of The Tale of Desmond Dog, that session happened to be for the kids of Grade One at Kingston International School in Kowloon Tong!
After hotly contested debate, they came up with the following:
Burger the Hermit Crab: Long Long the Sea Louse:
I think those names are great!
So when you get your copy of the book here, make sure you check every page and see if you can find Burger and Long Long!
Join Rickshaw Rooster and me for some fabulous fun at the HK Young Readers’ Festival this weekend!
March 10, 2017 at 3:39 pm | Posted in Literary Festivals, Story Readings | Leave a commentTags: Harry Harrison, Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster, The Year of the Rooster
Yippee! It’s Young Readers’ Festival time again here in Hong Kong (see Harry Harrison’s terrific flier above!), and there’s a fabulous weekend lined up at Comix Home Base in Wanchai! Come and meet the fabulous Aussie artist and kids’ author Sarah Davis on Saturday at 10am, and me and fun local author Blair Reeve on Sunday from 10am to 12.30pm! Here are all the details!
http://youngreadersfestival.org.hk/2017-programme/2017-public-events/
See you there!
Kung Hei Fat Choy for the Year of the Sheep/Ram/Goat!
February 19, 2015 at 2:44 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Harry Harrison, Year of the Goat, Year of the Sheep
A very Happy New Year of the Sheep – or the Ram – or the Goat – to you all from me and from Harry Harrison! Here is Harry’s wonderful cartoon – isn’t it fun?! We hope this year is woolly, woolly wonderful for you and the people you love! Have fun and remember to keep reading lots, and lots, and lots of BOOKS!
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