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Emily S. Smith

Children's Author - Storyteller - Presenter

@EMILY_S_SMITH_AUTHOR

@EMILYSSMITHAUTHOR

Garbage Guts Picture Book

Garbage Guts Picture Book

How To Hug a Cactus Picture Book

How To Hug a Cactus Picture Book

Kora Kerplunk's Travelling Tongue Picture Book

Kora Kerplunk's Travelling Tongue Picture Book

Garbage Guts Picture Book

Garbage Guts Picture Book

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Hello fabulous readers! Thanks for stopping by!

I am Emily S. Smith- children's author, teacher, book lover and fairly ridiculous human being.

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So thrilled to have my play 'Bartingle Bloop's Guide to Earth', and my article 'The Incredible Living Bridges' included in the Orbit and Touchdown issues of The School Magazine this month. Hopefully, my play will have kids all over NSW giggling in their classrooms 🤞😁

#kidsplays #australianwriters #kidslit #childrenstheatre #storytellingforkids

So thrilled to have my play 'Bartingle Bloop's Guide to Earth', and my article 'The Incredible Living Bridges' included in the Orbit and Touchdown issues of The School Magazine this month. Hopefully, my play will have kids all over NSW giggling in their classrooms 🤞😁

#kidsplays #australianwriters #kidslit #childrenstheatre #storytellingforkids

They say 'write what you know'... I know silly, ridiculous, quirky, and kooky. It turns out that this is a perfect fit for The School Magazine. I'm so excited to have 2 plays out with them this month!

#playsforkids
#sillyplays
#kids plays
#theatreforchildren

They say 'write what you know'... I know silly, ridiculous, quirky, and kooky. It turns out that this is a perfect fit for The School Magazine. I'm so excited to have 2 plays out with them this month!

#playsforkids
#sillyplays
#kids plays
#theatreforchildren

“If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.” - Dr. Seuss

Today, I went to Timezone with one of my high school besties. Just 2 middle-aged women versus the lolly machine. We won! Victory is ours (although we are not looking at how much was spent on said victory... ).

“If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.” - Dr. Seuss

Today, I went to Timezone with one of my high school besties. Just 2 middle-aged women versus the lolly machine. We won! Victory is ours (although we are not looking at how much was spent on said victory... ).

Guess who scored a signed copy of Adam Wallace and Dave Atze's newest JF "Monty and Mandy Take on Camp Spaloonka"?

It's me! The answer is ME!

As a lover of all things slapstick and chaotic, I read this from cover to cover in one swift sitting. I love the innocence and naivety of Monty and Mandy as they go about their lives, causing chaos wherever they go. No matter what life throws at them (or what disasters they create themselves), they always have each other's backs. They are two happy, bumbling fools who somehow end up with luck on their side even amidst their self-made mayhem.

Dave Atze' energetic and fun illos perfectly match the chaos and humour of Adam Wallace's fun text. It's a perfect fit for Larrikin House and for fun-loving kids everywhere!

@adamwallacestuff
daveatze
@larrikinhouse

Guess who scored a signed copy of Adam Wallace and Dave Atze's newest JF "Monty and Mandy Take on Camp Spaloonka"?

It's me! The answer is ME!

As a lover of all things slapstick and chaotic, I read this from cover to cover in one swift sitting. I love the innocence and naivety of Monty and Mandy as they go about their lives, causing chaos wherever they go. No matter what life throws at them (or what disasters they create themselves), they always have each other's backs. They are two happy, bumbling fools who somehow end up with luck on their side even amidst their self-made mayhem.

Dave Atze' energetic and fun illos perfectly match the chaos and humour of Adam Wallace's fun text. It's a perfect fit for Larrikin House and for fun-loving kids everywhere!

@adamwallacestuff
daveatze
@larrikinhouse

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy, prosperous, creative and successful 2025!

Here's hoping the new year brings ALL the great things ❤️

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy, prosperous, creative and successful 2025!

Here's hoping the new year brings ALL the great things ❤️

Guess who made it to the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2025 booklist?

Woo-hoo!

@larrikinhouse @pete_illustrations

Guess who made it to the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2025 booklist?

Woo-hoo!

@larrikinhouse @pete_illustrations

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From the Blog

'How To Hug a Cactus' is Now a Board Book!

'How To Hug a Cactus' is Now a Board Book!

'How To Hug a Cactus' is Now a Board Book!

IF Maitland 2023

IF Maitland 2023

IF Maitland 2023

Hi... it's me... I'm the interviewee! Fun with Captain Starlight on Starlight TV!

Hi... it's me... I'm the interviewee! Fun with Captain Starlight on Starlight TV!

Hi... it's me... I'm the interviewee! Fun with Captain Starlight on Starlight TV!

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"Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

-Roald Dahl

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