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365 kids books in 365 days

365 kids books in 365 days

by Matt Zurbo

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Day 321: The Ten Best Ways to Power Your Boat

01/07/201905/08/2019 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ Leave a comment

The Ten Best Ways To Power Your Boat by Matt Zurbo   Here are the Ten Best Ways to Power Your Boat! (Two kids with small bathtub they have rigged up like a boat. One kid in homemade pirate outfit. Image small with large, white background.) 1. Hippopotamus. (Fat hippo hanging onto back of boat, … Continue reading Day 321: The Ten Best Ways to Power Your Boat

Day 320: The Place With No Name

30/06/201905/08/2019 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ Leave a comment

The Place With No Name by Matt Zurbo   There’s a place you can go once you’re in bed. (Black page.) First the lights have to be out. (Black page.) Then, you have to whisper, three times, so soft you can’t tell if you're awake or asleep; “Bedtime… bedtime… bedtime…” (Bedtime words on black page.) … Continue reading Day 320: The Place With No Name

Day 319: Libby Lip’s Broad Rimmed Hat

29/06/201905/08/2019 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ Leave a comment

Libby Lip's Broad Rimmed Hat by Matt Zurbo   Libby Lip found a hat, with a rim, broad and flat! (Little girl skipping, looking at a sunhat with a 15 foot rim, stuck in branches of a tree.) Sure, it was kind of big, but no sun would shine on her lid! (Girl wearing enormously … Continue reading Day 319: Libby Lip’s Broad Rimmed Hat

Day 318: Grandpapa

28/06/201905/08/2019 ~ Matt Zurbo ~ 3 Comments

Grandpapa by Matt Zurbo   Hi, this is a story about my Grandpapa. (Cute painting, pref watercolour, of baby, nine months old, playing with building blocks.) We live far ‘Up North’. (Mum and Dad and Baby, tropical bush in the background, with rock-filled river. They are putting Baby into a harness that Dad is wearing.) … Continue reading Day 318: Grandpapa

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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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