Anna Branford was born in the Isle of Man and spent her early childhood in Sudan and Papua New Guinea before moving to Australia. Creative writing was her favourite subject at school and she wrote stories in all these different countries. Anna is a doll maker and a sociology lecturer at Victoria University. Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot is her first published work for Walker Books Australia. Sarah Davis grew up in New Zealand, wearing gumboots and falling in rivers. She worked as a secondary school teacher before moving to Sydney. Sarah has collaborated with Sue Whiting on Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Jennifer Poulter Mending Lucille, for which she won the 2009 Children's Book Council of Australia's Crichton Award for Best New Illustrator. Sarah's title Fearless, written by Colin Thompson, was short-listed for the 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
The Violet Mackerel series proffers themes and issues that many
young readers will connect with…these are stories about a real girl
and a real family…complete with issues that will be familiar to
many children. There is a scarcity of books for young girls that do
not involve fairies, princesses, hair twirling and lots of pink,
and the Violet Mackerel series seeks to amend this!
*Childrens Books Daily*
I finally met Violet Mackerel this week- I can only wish that I'd
done it sooner. Violet Mackerel is a dreamer, a daydreamer, and the
book is completely charming. Gorgeously illustrated by Sarah Davis,
Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot is a delight to read. Quite
rightly it was an honour for the CBCA awards in 2011.
*A Strong Belief in Wicker*
The Violet Mackerel series proffers themes and issues that many
young readers will connect with...these are stories about a
real girl and a real family...complete with issues
that will be familiar to many children. There is a scarcity of
books for young girls that do not involve fairies, princesses, hair
twirling and lots of pink, and the Violet Mackerel series seeks to
amend this! * Childrens Books Daily *
I finally met Violet Mackerel this week- I can only wish that I'd
done it sooner. Violet Mackerel is a dreamer, a daydreamer, and the
book is completely charming. Gorgeously illustrated by Sarah Davis,
Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot is a delight to read. Quite
rightly it was an honour for the CBCA awards in 2011. * A Strong
Belief in Wicker *
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