Don’t Look Down by Matt Zurbo This is Charlotte. (Charlotte half way up a parking sign, clinging to it for dear life. Wide-eyed stare at the reader.) Charlotte is scared of falling. (Girl clinging, white-knuckled to the top of a letterbox. Looking at reader.) “It’s true, I am!” At first we found it funny. … Continue reading Day 126: Don’t Look Down
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 125: Bush Ten (and back again!)
Bush Ten (and back again) by Matt Zurbo Tommy and Sam went fishing. All was quiet in the bush. No wind, no sound. (Two kids walking to billabong jetty with rods.) Not a single fish was found… (Boys bored. Lines in water.) Until… 1 drop of water, (Falling off a blade of grass.) caused 2 … Continue reading Day 125: Bush Ten (and back again!)
Day 124: I Hate My Curly Hair
I Hate My Curly Hair! by Matt Zurbo Louie had a problem he didn’t want to talk about. (Louie, curly black hair, looking vexed.)_ Until… “I hate my curly hair!” one day he blurted out. (Gnashing teeth, pulling at hair.) “Huh? So it’s curly, so what!?” Silly Sally said. “No-one else,” Louie wailed, “has … Continue reading Day 124: I Hate My Curly Hair
Day 123: The Roundest Object in the World
The Roundest Object in the World by Matt Zurbo Dragons are special and rare. It takes a miracle for one to be born. (Image of the sky, nothing in it except a cloud or two.) Amie didn’t know this when she set out to find the roundest object in the world. She wasn’t even sure … Continue reading Day 123: The Roundest Object in the World
