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365 kids books in 365 days

365 kids books in 365 days

by Matt Zurbo

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      • Day 1: The Dragon Who Breathed Letters
      • Day 7: The World’s Smallest Sound
      • Day 37: Build a Moat
      • Day 79: Matchbox Boats
      • Day 86: Monster Pants
      • Day 97: The Storm Goddess
      • Day 128: Little Tiger
      • Day 133: For Cielo
      • Day 137: The Prettiest Flower
      • Day 144: Backwards Billy With Hanging
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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 110: Lunch

02/12/201811/01/2019 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ Leave a comment

Lunch by Matt Zurbo   (Kid sitting on a roof, eating lunch, looking up at cloudy sky.) (Side image of kid’s face looking up, hand holding half eaten sandwich from lunchbox.) (Cute image of kid flying straight up in harness of helmet propeller.) (Kid laughing as he flies through flock of seagulls.) (Kid hovers in … Continue reading Day 110: Lunch

Day 109: Tommy Digs a Hole

01/12/201801/12/2018 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ Leave a comment

Tommy Digs a Hole by Matt Zurbo   Tommy dug a hole, as if he was a mole. No-one knows why Tommy dug that hole. Tommy dug a hole, as if he was a mole, tossing worms into the air, toiling soil without care. Tommy dug a hole, tossing worms in the air, that the … Continue reading Day 109: Tommy Digs a Hole

Day 108: Above

30/11/201801/12/2018 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ Leave a comment

Above by Matt Zurbo   Head-and-shoulders front on image of kid. (There are dozens of crowded oval-shaped word balloons all around him, each one filled with one of the following:) …not awkward. So what if…? Embarrassing. What does the teacher even mean? Why did they go and say…? What if I fail? Why didn’t I … Continue reading Day 108: Above

DAy 107: Sun and Moon

29/11/201801/12/2018 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ Leave a comment

Sun and Moon by Matt Zurbo   (Two main protagonists a nocturnal creature and a daylight dweller - a wombat and an emu, or a platypus and a kookaburra, wombat and dingo - any combination that takes the artists fancy, as long as they are indigenous. No foxes or cats.) Sometimes I want to scrunch … Continue reading DAy 107: Sun and Moon

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What is it?

Hi. I’m a short listed author, who loves making kids books, and new father of Cielo – a beautiful baby girl! As an ode to my daughter, I am writing 365 children’s books in 365 days, giving each one art direction, and putting them on the internet for free.

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Day 1: The Dragon Who Breathed Letters

Day 7: The World’s Smallest Sound

Day 86: Monster Pants

Day 133: For Cielo

Day 249: Seagull

Day 257: The Safe Place

Day 265: The Girl With 1,000 Teeth

Day 314: The Plains

Day 318: Grandpapa

 

 

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