Topic of the Month – August 2010

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Topic of the Month – August 2010

July 30, 2010

This month’s topic is Families

Is it me or is it Jennifer?

July 30, 2010

A while ago I did a series of simple cartoons about a character called Jennifer.  I’ve just put a piece of one up as my profile pic on my Facebook ‘Like’ page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/judy-horacek/129925351232?ref=s (trying to prove to myself I can do this whole new social media thing!)  

Click on this piece of the cartoon to see the whole thing and … more »

If you can’t stand the heat

July 29, 2010

My seventh cartoon collection is coming out with Scribe at the end of September.  I’ve received an advance copy and it looks great – just like a real book!  133 cartoons in full colour, many of them previously unpublished. Check out  Scribe’s website for more info:  http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/ifyoucantstandtheheat

The next big thing

July 26, 2010

And you thought Masterchef was huge…  (if you’re only seeing a partial picture, click on it to see the full cartoon)

Hands Up

July 26, 2010

Good picture book news about Yellow below. The sadder news is that These are my Hands is about to go out of print. So if you were considering buying a copy for someone for Christmas, better get to the shops now!

Yellow and the Magpie

July 26, 2010

Yellow is my favourite colour got a wonderful review in Magpies, the best place to be reviewed for Australian children’s books. The review begins ‘It doesn’t matter if yellow is your favourite colour or not, Judy Horacek’s board book displays an enthusiasm for many colours that will captivate both pre and early readers’ followed by lots of nice comments … more »