The Race by Matt Zurbo   Chapter 1 It was bedtime, Boogi was in a rowdy mood. “I will crush you all!” he roared like a giant, as he stomped all over his bed.    “Go to sleep, or else!” his Mum’s voice came through the wall. Boogi’s sister, Bonnie, just smiled. He could be … Continue reading Day 13: The Race

Imagination by Matt Zurbo Cielo was no ordinary girl. (Girl with mop of shaggy hair, in cabbage-patch dress) Well, in some ways she was. Like many girls, she enjoyed dolls, and running around. But she had a power. Cielo could see people’s imaginations. (Cielo, watching person walking by, there is a mist/swirl coming off the … Continue reading Day 12: Imagination

Yoink, Boink, Bipperty Boo by Matt Zurbo     (There is no reason the characters can’t be semi-human like in Dr Seuss stories, or there be two kids, boy and girl, a couple of weird creatures – similar to Where the Wild Things Are, and, say, a wombat. Or give one kid a skeleton suit … Continue reading Day 11: Yoink, Boink, Bipperty Boo!

Signal Station by Matt Zurbo There once was a German railway signal station. That sounds impressive, but all it was, was a little wooden booth in the railways yards. A railway worker would stay in there, sheltered from the weather, and signal to trains which way to go, and use big leavers to change the … Continue reading Day 10: Signal Station