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Our featured book this month is the delightful Piano Piano by Davide Cali, and illustrated by Eric Heliot (who is also our featured Author this month). Piano Piano was Named Outstanding International Book (2008) by the USBBY, and received a special mention at the Bologna Childrens Book Fair Ragazzi Awards.

 

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Retired teachers save the day on grammar: SMH

07/28/2010
'Grammar ... will be a tough subject even for teachers when a new national curriculum reintroduces basic literacy skills next year.'
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‘Red Piano’ ideal for multicultural studies

07/27/2010
'This beautiful and inspiring book chronicles the experiences of a young girl growing up during China’s Cultural Revolution.' - Victorian Dept of Education
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Top 10 Sales for June 2010

07/08/2010
Our top 10 bestsellers in Australian bookshops in June ...
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Have you read ‘Kampung Boy’?

06/29/2010
It's hard to convey Lat's standing in his own country. In 1994, he was granted the honorary title of Datuk by the Malaysian Government. His cartoons are seen regularly in the national newspaper, a film and TV series of Kampung Boy was made in 1997. Malaysia has even issued postage stamps of his Kampung Boy drawings, and AirAsia has decorated one of its Boeing 737s in his honour.
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‘Teaching Kids to Read’ Video

06/24/2010
Here's a short promotional video on our August publication, 'Teaching Kids to Read' by Australian literacy specialist Fay Tran.
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Towards an editorial policy: some notes for prospective authors

06/16/2010
I've been rejecting an increasing number of proposals from authors recently and it's struck me it might be helpful to them to set down some of the things we're looking for or not looking for.
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About teaching kids to read

06/11/2010
Over the past few years, Wilkins Farago has built a reputation for publishing children's picture books from around the world. Our next book couldn't be more different. It's adult nonfiction, has only minimal illustration and the author is Australian. But it's probably the most important book we've published so far.
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Top 10 sales for May 2010

06/09/2010
Our top 10 bestsellers in bookshops in May were: The Bear with the Sword (1) The Red Piano (2) The Enemy (7) Piano Piano (-) A Dad Who Measures Up (8) Kampung Boy (-) Waiting for Mummy (-) Santa’s Suit (-) I Like Chocolate (4) The Goose Bath Poems (-) (*) denotes last months ranking. [...]
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Our Featured Book for June – Piano Piano

06/09/2010
June's book of the month - Piano Piano - Outstanding International Book - USBBY
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Support breast cancer research this Mother’s Day

04/28/2010
Buy a Wilkins Farago book online before Mother's Day and we'll give 20% of the proceeds to breast cancer research.
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