If you missed the livestream of our World Literacy Day celebrations you can watch the replay here. Children's author and poet, Dr June Perkins joined us live via Skype and the children of Botongon sang and performed too. Please note…

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If you missed the livestream of our World Literacy Day celebrations you can watch the replay here. Children's author and poet, Dr June Perkins joined us live via Skype and the children of Botongon sang and performed too. Please note…
Rehearsals for our World Literacy Day celebrations started today and as promised here are the details to watching live on Friday. Today we went back over some materials we learned last year and I also began teaching the kids a little…
Less than a week now until World Literacy Day 2017 and I'd like to invite all my readers and supporters to join us live via YouTube on Friday, 8 September at 6.30pm AEST. I'm so excited to be hosting an activity…
Read More Join Us Live with Dr June Perkins and the Children of Botongon
International Literacy Day is held on 8 September every year and this year I'll be celebrating with the children of Botongon as well as some accomplished artists, writers and musicians from Iloilo City. As a special treat, my friend and…
Sharing this lovely Poetry and Illustration workshop presented by my friend June Perkins: it's for kids and it's free. From a very young age I loved poetry and it's so wonderful that June is inspiring kids into poetry. I only…
Author and poet June Perkins is launching a book of children's poetry Magic Fish Dreaming in Brisbane on 30 October 2016. This is my greeting video.
My friend, creative and author Dr June Perkins was interviewed yesterday on ABC radio. I am sharing here a link to her beautiful family story relating how she learned to deal with racism through the love and kindess. June is currently…
Read More Dr June Perkins: overcoming racism with love and education
Yesterday I was watching Bubble Guppies with my little house mate Jerry; an episode where the little mer-people were visiting the post office. It became immediately obvious to me that Jerry would have no concept of the post office and what it…