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I'm not super great at make vids. I still can't sing in tune. Colouring in between the lines is the extent of my illustrative prowess but ... I do know a thing or two about pigeons. So when the youngsters at many of the schools I visit wanted to know more too and specifically, know what Pippa's next adventure was, well I had to do something. So ... have I got news for you!  If you have been craving to find out what ever happened to that pertinacious pigeon, Pippa well wonder no more. Pippa is back! and ready to soar to new heights but two little weights keep dragging her down – her troublesome twin brothers! Pippa longs to take off on more adventures but the two new noisy additions to her family continually thwart plans and divert attention. Sound familiar? She loves her brothers, Pepi and Penn but their constant mess and cries for attention are driving her batty! How can she be a good big sister and still have fun? Find out by joining our feisty pigeon on her latest feath...

Pippa is a little pigeon with big blue-sky ambitions: to fly solo and explore the world beyond her nest. Her parents are less than thrilled  with their risk-taking, feathered fledgling and smother her with well-meant yet suffocating warnings until one day she ignores them all and takes the leap into the unknown…alone. This plucky little pigeon is also the star of my latest picture book,  Pippa ,  which she considers something of a self-titled achievement! She is young, feisty, determined and wilful, just like many youngsters, and she refuses to remain grounded by her parents' overprotective ways. But what happens when she throws caution to the wind and encounters more adventure than she bargained for? You can find out for yourself this July when  Pippa   lands in bookshops around Australia. Masterfully illustrated by Andrew Plant and published by Ford Street Publishing ,  Pippa  is a light-hearted adventure tale about striking out alone, fo...

It's time to find a little box to hop onto and hold up my new book baby to the world. Illustration courtesy Nicky Johnston Pop onto the link to Kids' Book Review below for the full REVEAL. Kids' Book Review: Cover Reveal: At The End of Holyrood Lane : I love announcements and this time it's something I'm extra excited to shout about ... the imminent arrival of my new picture book...