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    • Kate de Goldi interview on The Golden Day
    • Prizes
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  • THE GAME OF THE GOOSE
  • THE RED SHOE
  • International Editions
  • Reviews
    • The Red Shoe -
    • The Golden Day -
    • Other Novels
    • Picture Books
    • The Word Spy
    • Cryptic Casebook
    • The Blue Cat
  • Theatrical productions
    • Plop! In New York and Australia
    • Too Many Elephants In This House
    • The Red Shoe
    • The Golden Day
    • Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • Biography
  • Writing activities for children
  • THE MARCH OF THE ANTS
  • MIDNIGHT AT THE LIBRARY
  • HERCULES QUICK
  • PIERRE'S NOT THERE
    • PIERRE'S NOT THERE
    • Pierre's Not There reviews
  • "Tales of All Kinds" Author Study resources
  • Hello Mapgie song
  • Interviews/articles
  • Interview transcript ABC Classic FM
  • Novels of John Henry Newman - long essay Sydney University
  • FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL and THEODORA'S GIFT
  • ONE LITTLE GOAT
  • THE WORD SPY/WORD SNOOP
    • Interviews
    • Activities
    • Awards
    • Reviews
    • The Word Spy Blog - Dear Word Snoop!
    • International editions
    • On Facebook
  • GUINEA PIG DETECTIVES
    • Coco and Alberta
    • Guinea pig activity sheets
    • Alberta In Buenos Aires - photos!
    • Online recordings "The Looming Lamplight"
    • Beware of the Guinea Pig: poem
    • Ursula's books with guinea pigs
    • Famous Guinea Pigs of History
    • Guinea pig in other languages
  • THE TERRIBLE PLOP
  • TOO MANY ELEPHANTS!
  • TIM AND ED
  • THE CAROUSEL
  • REINDEER'S CHRISTMAS SURPRISE
  • PLAYS FROM OVID FOR CHILDREN
  • THE BOY WHO COULD FLY PUZZLES
  • TWO TALES OF TWINS FROM GREECE AND ANCIENT ROME
  • TIBBY'S LEAF
  • VIOLET VANISHES
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photo: Vicki Skarratt

photo: Vicki Skarratt

Here are some fabulous “Ethel the Penguin” craft activities, created by illustrator Christopher Nielsen - a flying penguin paper plane, a folding cardboard penguin and a colouring-in sheet!

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PIERRE’S NOT THERE - click for teachers notes re putting on puppet plays and more

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ONE LITTLE GOAT

 

 

Click on the image for a printable colour board game based on the story. 

And here for a colouring in sheet.

 

 

 

 

THE BOY WHO COULD FLY

Click here for craft and puzzle activites based on this book of children’s plays taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses

THE TERRIBLE PLOP

https://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780143505136/terrible-plop

Colour cut and paste snack time activity sheet

Make your own Christmas Clock

Make your own Hanukkah Clock

 

TOO MANY ELEPHANTS IN THIS HOUSE

https://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670075461/too-many-elephants-house

Count and colour sheet

Elephant make your own jigsaw puzzle

Elephant mask

 

TIM AND ED

https://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670074631/tim-and-ed

Three colouring in sheets!

 

THE CAROUSEL

https://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670074624/carousel

 Carousel horse to cut and colour - stick paddle pop stick to back for pole

 

THE CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO AND ALBERTA (SERIES)

https://www.allenandunwin.com/search#series=Cryptic+Casebook+of+Coco+Carlomagno+%28and+Alberta%29

Coco’s letter to Alberta in rebus code to decipher and colour in

Coco and Alberta spot the difference and adding up activity

Coco and Alberta join the dots with letters in the starry sky

 

THE GAME OF THE GOOSE

 

Multiple activities and teachers' notes

Print and colour Game of the Goose game board

 

THE WORD SPY BOOKS (three books)

https://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780143304487/word-spy

Word Spy Word Search

Word Spy Class Quiz

Word Spy cut out for stick shadow puppets etc