Freedom Is... by Matt Zurbo I wonder if I had wings, would I feel more free? (Kid with wings, looks small as soaring in clouds.) How would I handle the winds? (Kid with wings tumbling through air.) The cold? (Kid, hugging own shoulders, cold, while arching around snowy peak.) Predators? (Kid flying, being harassed … Continue reading Day 336: Freedom Is…
Author: Matt Zurbo
Matt Zurbo is a writer and bush worker. He has had nine kids books published, one of which became an Emmy winning cartoon, as well as YA novels (shortlisted CBC Book of the Year), and various works of fiction and non-fiction. He has written for music magazines and copious amounts on Aussie Rules football. He has published many things under many fake names on the internet, just for the fun of it, but won’t tell you what they are! He just loves stories, and writing.
Day 335: The Farmyard Champion
The Farmyard Champion by Matt Zurbo Logan had a problem. (Kid hands in pockets, kicking rock along dusty road.) “I want to be a country football legend like Dad!” he said. (Kid, possum wrapped around shoulders, looking at Dad’s trophy in the farm shed, on clustered tool shelf.) But Logan also loved his farm … Continue reading Day 335: The Farmyard Champion
Day 334: The Landscape Artist
The Landscape Artist by Matt Zurbo Mook discovered early in life he had a talent. He was great at painting landscapes. His family didn’t have much. Mook never used paint brushes, he was hopeless at that sort of painting. He used words. “Dad…” he said, on a day his father was … Continue reading Day 334: The Landscape Artist
Day 333: Juggle As You Please
Juggle As You Please by Matt Zurbo Nugsy was walking along, traveling here to there, when he saw a strange thing just beyond the fair. (Boy walking, holding an ice-cream. Looking at something out of our vision.) “Fish flying, still in their bowls? What’s going on?” he said, stopping to have a look, at happenings … Continue reading Day 333: Juggle As You Please
365 kids books in 365 days 