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Beat the price rise!

Posted on: August 19, 2010

Horacek Classic Cartoon Screenprints are going up in price on October 1, 2010.   So if you were thinking of getting one, now is definitely the time!  Check them out in the Cartooning Section.  And this website now has PAYPAL!  (We also accept credit cards and cheques)

Book launch

Posted on: August 17, 2010

My new cartoon collection, If you can’t stand the heat, published by Scribe, is being launched in Melbourne on Wednesday 29 September and in Canberra on Thursday 21 October.  More details soon.

If you can’t stand the heat

Posted on: 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an advance copy and it looks great – just like a real book!  133 cartoons in full colour, many of them previously unpublished.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

Hands Up

Posted on: 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

Posted on: 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 »

Yellow IS my favourite colour

Posted on: June 7, 2010

My new board book, Yellow is my favourite colour, is now in the bookshops.  (It is in honour of this book that ‘Colour’ is the current topic of the month.)  It’s a riot of colour and rhythm and rhyme, with lots of opportunities for kids to learn and practise their colours.  Published by Penguin, for 0-3 year olds (but everyone … more »

Yellow, it has to be Yellow

Posted on: May 25, 2010

Less than a week until my new picture book Yellow is my favourite colour hits the bookshops!

Soon to be Yellow

Posted on: May 3, 2010

Yellow is my favourite colour is out on 31 May 2010.  Not June at all, as I’ve been telling everyone, it’s snuck into May.  It’s an early childhood book, aimed at kids aged 0-3 years, but of course it’s for anyone who loves colour.  Here’s a picture of the cover, and there are details in full about the book on … more »

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