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Welcome Welcome to Sunbeam Books, a place I've created to introduce you to my first children's picture book Laugh again, Kinta!, a uniquely Australian story but one that touches on our universal search for home, happiness and our sense of self. It must have been a faraway place, surely a long time ago... Kinta does not feel at all like laughing when he realises he’s been separated from his family. Can he remember how to laugh when it might be the only way to find another kookaburra in this strange new place? Laugh again, Kinta! is suitable as a story for adults to read to younger children or for an older child to read themselves. Consideration has been made to children with reading difficulties, such as dyslexia, with font choice, generous line spacing and the selection of matt paper for printing. As well as reading his story you can also follow Kinta's journey on the game board-style timeline surrounding each main illustration, as new players come and go. You can look out for Kinta's dragonfly companion, sometimes hidden, sometimes in plain view. The book’s last page features information on kookaburras and a brief history of their introduction to Western Australia. If you have never heard a kookaburra laugh, watch the YouTube clip or click here to hear their call (mp3: 472KB). Kookaburra chorus courtesy of www.listeningearth.com.au  Heather Joy Leane |
Laugh again, Kinta! is a 32 page full colour picture book, written and illustrated by Heather Joy Leane, using acrylic paints, coloured pencils and chalks. • 25cm x 25cm • paperback-matt finish • ISBN 978 0 646 48331 3 • Price: AU$15.00  |
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