Federation
Square Book Market with Judy Watson - Saturday June 13
Judy will
join us from 12pm to 3pm.
Meet Judy
and celebrate the release of her latest picture book Thunderstorm Dancing,
written by Katrina Germein and published by Allen & Unwin. Thunderstorm
Dancing is a rumbling tumbling story about a family that dances through a
wild thunderstorm, and a little girl who shines in the golden calm when the
storm passes.
Judy Watson
is a Melbourne based illustrator and designer who has illustrated a number of
children's books, including the Extraordinary Ernie and Marvellous
Maud series by Frances Watts.
The first Ernie
and Maud book became a Notable Book in the Younger Readers category of the
2009 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Her picture book with Frances Watts Goodnight,
Mice! won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Children's Fiction in
2012.
You can
find lots of interesting information about this new book on Judy’s website
including the fact that it took her three years to illustrate. The medium and
techniques she used were ink and watercolour on litho paper with digital
overlays added on the computer. You can also read about the progress of her
current book Leonard Doesn’t Dance.
Judy will
be demonstrating some of her techniques on the day and you can have a book
personally signed! She’s also
prepared some craft activity sheets based on the book for little ones that can
be taken away.
