KOBI and OSCAR Discover Book Bites for Kids!

The Story So Far:

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NOTICE
Regrettably, the projects for these two
picture books must go on hold for awhile,
due to stuff going on in the life of the illustrator.
January 2013
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* Kobi Borrows a Pouch

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* Oscar Needs a Friend
Two new "story books" I wrote about Aussie critters.

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LilyPilly - a native Aussie flower growing wild in
bush where Kobi and Oscar live.

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 Agy Wilson, my talented illustrator friend, will illustrate and animate both books. This is a joint venture into the world of self publishing: I write 'em and Agy illustrates 'em. Then, she will set them up for publication in Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPod.

Coming SOON to an e-Reader near you!

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Kobi Koala and Oscar the Tasmanian Devil
have joined forces, and taken on a life
of their own. . . . on my BLOG!   

 

 

TODAY. . .

The terrible two discover Blog Talk Radio. 

 

"Oscar, I'm fed up with hanging around here waiting to be published.  What's the hold up?  Margot refuses to take any more of my calls, texts, Facebook messages or pigeon drops!"

"Yeah, I know.  She won't even tweet me.   She told me I was a pain in the butt. If I keep stalking her online, she'll put another character in the story - MY STORY, Kobi.  Cripes mate, I could almost see smoke coming from her ears."

"She's a bit touchy these days, Oscar.  Let's send her some Pepto for her ulcer - she must have one.  And we better cool it, before both of us get the chop."

"Pepto. . .?  Oh, you mean that pink stuff.  Good idea.  But we gotta find something to take out minds off publication.  Hey, Kobi, what about this - Book Bites for Kids.?

"Holy stink weed, Oscar, do kids bite books?  I don't want those little scavengers biting the books I live in.  Don't their mothers teach them anything?" 

"No, no, you got it all wrong, Kobi, fairdinkum.  Book Bites is a  Blog Talk Radio program that interviews authors about their books.  I wanted to surprise you, see.  I got word that Margot is ON there today, chatting about US . . . plus a few other minor things.  That Agy person is there too.  Might be fun to listen in."

"Crikey, can we do that?  Do you know how to turn it on, Oscar?"

"Leave it to me. You just listen, mate.  I suspect Margot's getting the word out about how smart, good looking and fun we are."

"If you say so, Oscar.  As long as it takes my mind off this horrible waiting.  Who knew getting illustrated, animated and published could be so much like a piece of elastic."

"Elastic?  What are you on about now, you dunderheaded koala?"

"You can hang onto both ends of a piece of elastic, and pull it long and tight - right?  Well, that's us waiting to be published.  When Margot  and Agy finally let go of their ends, we'll both snap into those animated books like released elastic."

"Hah!  Hah!  Your imagination is a riot.  But just as long as they aim us ONTO the pages I'll be happy.  Now get ready Kobi,  The show's about to begin.  Ta-dah!"

 

 

 "Wow! did you hear all that malarkey, Oscar?"  Hardly anything at all about us."
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"I dunno mate, Margot and Agy have a lot on their minds.  Whoda thunk 5 books would take that much work to publish?"
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"If Agy asked US, we could tell her how to animate a Koala and a Tasmanian Devil."
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"For the love of beans, stop jumping around like that, Kobi.  You'll turn into a Mexican jumping bean.  That's not the sort of animation that goes in books for kids. "
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"Cripes, Oscar, we aren't top priority with Margot.  We're just two out of five. . . and I thought we were special.  Oh Oscar, what will we do?"
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"Nothing, mate.  But we CAN make sure we look our best when that elastic snaps us onto the pages.  We both love kids, both learned from our book adventures, and will both look phantasmagorical on a Kindle reader."
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"Thanks Oscar.  You're right. Three out of three aint bad at all."
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"We'll be he toast of the kiddie lists."
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"Yeah - and then some!"
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And then Kobi and Oscar listened to the recording once more -
just in case they missed something.

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Margot Finke - Author

*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com
http://hookkidsonreading.blogspot.com/

 

 DOWNLOAD FREE
Short and Sweet -
a sneak peek inside 8 of Margot's books.

 

Agy Wilson

Illustrator - author - teckie-whizz!
http://agyart.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/agy.wilson 

 

                                                                                                              

MAMA GRIZZLY JUMPS THE QUEUE!

The Story So Far:
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* Kobi Borrows a Pouch

and
* Oscar Needs a Friend
Two new "story books" I wrote about Aussie critters.

. Kangaroo Paw - a native Aussie flower growing wild in
bush where Kobi and Oscar live.

. 

 Agy Wilson, my talented illustrator friend, will illustrate and animate both books. This is a joint venture into the world of self publishing: I write 'em and Agy illustrates 'em. Then, she will set them up for publication in Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPod.

Coming SOON to an e-Reader near you!

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Kobi Koala and Oscar the Tasmanian Devil
have joined forces, and taken on a life
of their own. . . . on my BLOG!   

 

 

TODAY. . . 

The two blog-nappers complain about Mama Grizzly Bear
beating them to the publishing punch!

 

"You mean that ginormous Mama Grizzly and her cubs are going to be published first?"

"That's the word I got, Oscar.  Take a gander at her. Are you going to argue with a grizzly bear?"

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 "Cripes no. That dude-ette looks way scary.  Even my relatives back in Tasmania would run from her. "

"Smart of them, Oscar.  She'd nibble them into a short snack." 

"Some publishers are very pushy, Kobi.  That Guardian Angel Publishing wanted Grizzly Mama on the shelves first.  So, looks like Margot caved in to the Grizzly and the publisher."

"One thing that Mama doesn't need is a Guardian Angel.  Jumping grasshoppers Oscar, with her size and claws she can look after herself."

"Yeah, but  she's kicking our respective rumps Kobi.  Jumping the queue is NOT nice."

"Well, nice or not, I sneaked a peek at the Mama Grizzly book Oscar, and I memorized the first two verses. "

"Verses ! It's a rhyming story?  But we're just plain old text, Kobi ."

"Aha, but you forgot what Agy Wilson is doing for us - ANIMATION Oscar !!   Let that ole Grizzly Mama beat that."

"I guess you're right, Kobi." 

"Anyway, settle down and let me recite these verses.  Ready Oscar?

"Ready!"

 

The great grizzly mama is awesome and wild,
She’ll tear you to bits if you threaten her child.
With her shaggy coat flying, she hunts down a meal,
Her sharp teeth and claws make it look like a steal.

 Sometimes bear feels lazy—she just wants to doze,
And that’s when she steals meat from under wolf ’s nose.
Fat elk are for filling a tummy that rumbles,
Who cares if the wolf has a fit of the grumbles?

"I hate to say it, Oscar, but that's pretty good."

"Yeah Kobi.  Depressing isn't it?"

"Let's get outa here and look for a feed of gum tips and berries.  This blog doesn't even have a fridge, let alone goodies to munch on. I'll be glad when our books are finished, and we can live on the pages, like normal characters."

 

 

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And off Oscar and Kobi scurried to look for munchies. 

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Margot Finke - Author

*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com
http://hookkidsonreading.blogspot.com/

 

 DOWNLOAD FREE
Short and Sweet -
a sneak peek inside 8 of Margot's books.

 

Agy Wilson

Illustrator - author - teckie-whizz!
http://agyart.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/agy.wilson 

 

Betrayal Is a Bummer!

This BLOG
so far:
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* Kobi Borrows a Pouch

and
* Oscar Needs a Friend
Two new "story books" I wrote about Aussie critters.

. Kangaroo Paw - a native Aussie flower growing wild in
bush where Kobi and Oscar live.

. 

 Agy Wilson, my talented illustrator friend, will illustrate both books. This is a joint venture into the world of self publishing: I write 'em and Agy illustrates 'em. Then, she will set them up for publication in Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPod.

Coming SOON to an e-Reader near you!

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Kobi Koala and Oscar the Tasmanian Devil
have joined forces,
and taken on a life of their own. . . . on my BLOG!   

 

TODAY. . . 

The two blog-nappers have discovered "Short and Sweet,"
and they feel I betrayed them.  Look out Margot!

 

"What do you mean you're not going to read my story.   No fair, Oscar. I read yours."

"Listen up yabby-brain, we've been betrayed!" 

"Oscar, what are you yammering on about?"

"Last night, while you snored on like a bandicoot with adenoids, I  poked about in Margot's Outlook Express IN box."

"What in the name of goana-guts is Outlook Express?  You're obsessing again, Oscar."

"No Way!   O.E, Kobi,  is where e-mails land in Margot's computer."

"So?"

"So, one of her e-mails said she'd written a really cool pfd book.  It gives readers a FREE "sneak peek" into both  books Agy Wilson and her are publishing about you and me."

"That doesn't sound like betrayal Oscar.  Kinda like a. . . watch-a-ma-callit?  Wait,   I got it now.  A promotional pre press release." 

"Hoity-toity!  Get YOU with the big fancy words!  Well get THIS, Kobi.  She has added 6 other sneaky peeks to this FREE Short and Sweet pdf book.   And our stories aren't even at the beginning. They're tacked on way at the end!" 

"Bummer, mate.  That IS a tad traitorous of the old girl. But listen, Oscar, we're the NEW book characters.  And none of her other characters could be as smart, brave and loveable as us.  Kids will learn great things from reading about us. Right? Hey, we'll wipe the grass with the competition - no worries mate."

"You sure of that, Kobi?

"Sure as gum-tips are a sweet treat, Oscar. Now that's settled, how about you reading my book to me."

"I've a better idea, Kobi. I remember the download link for Margot's "sneak peeks."  Your story is there, too.  Let's just load the link into Google and read all about those wannabees."

http://myplace.frontier.com/~mfinke/Short%20and%20Sweet.htm#short

"You're on, mate.  Gotta suss out the competition if you want to come out WA-A-AY ahead."

  Cascading bottle brush flowers - native Australian shrubs
that grow in the dry bush areas.

 

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And so, these two smart, brave and loveable trouble makers
( also, big headed ego maniacs), trotted off to discover
all about their book world competition.

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Margot Finke - Author

*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com
http://hookkidsonreading.blogspot.com/

Agy Wilson

Illustrator - author - teckie-whizz!

http://agyart.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/agy.wilson 

KOBI and OSCAR Meet the "Wild and Wonderful" Bunch!

This BLOG so far:

* Kobi Borrows a Pouch

and
* Oscar Needs a Friend
are two new "story books" I wrote.
. 

 Agy Wilson, my talented illustrator friend, will illustrate both books. This is a joint venture into the world of self publishing: I write 'em and Agy illustrates 'em. Then she will set them up for publication in Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPod.

Coming SOON to an e-Reader near you!

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Kobi Koala and Oscar the Tasmanian Devil have joined forces.
They have taken on a life of their own. . . . on my BLOG!   

 

TODAY. . .

  Kobi and Oscar discover a
Wild and Wonderful bunch of critters
from the US and Down-under.

Margot, reading from "Wild and Wonderful"
7 book rhyming series - fun and educational

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"Hey Oscar, take a gander at that bunch of critters on the top of Margot's blog.  What are they doing on OUR blog?"

"Yeah mate, I'm looking, I'm looking!  Seems Margot changed the header.  They're animals she's a]ready written about - in a series called Wild and Wonderful.  Some of them come from that USA place, across the Pacific Ocean from us."

"Jumping Kangaroos, Oscar, you mean we aren't the first Aussie critters Margot put in a book?"

"Guess not, Kobi.  I snuck out last night, when you were snoring up a storm, and did a little research inside her Microsoft .docx folders.  We're the LAST ones,  not the first ones she's written about." 

"You mean we have to share the glory with all those  yobbos at the top of the blog?"

"You got it, mate. But listen Kobi, we've got one boomerang all those others don't have."

"What are you on about Oscar?  First is best: every critter knows that."

"But we ARE first in one way, Kobi.  The books Margot wrote about each us are not in rhyme.  They're written like proper books - story books that kids can read for themselves."

"Holy spit-weed, Oscar! How do you know that?"

"'Cause I poked through her Microsoft folders and SAW them both with my own eyes."

"You little beauty, Oscar!  What did Margot wrote about us?  Are we brave, kind and handsome?

"Read for yourself Kobi.  Seeing I was already IN her computer, I just printed out the beginning of both our books.  No problem, mate."

"YAHOO!!  Let me see! Let me see!"

"Hold your boomerang a second, mate. I gotta unfold the pages first.  Okay, now you can read."

Oscar Needs a Friend

by
Margot Finke

 "But it's about YOU, Oscar. . ."

"Oh, shut up and READ it!"

Young Oscar threw back his head and howled at the moon. Moon looked back, a fat butter-yellow smile on his face.

“You’re no help,” grumbled Oscar. He ate a mulberry from an overhanging branch. “Why are the bush creatures frightened of me? I’m not mean to them. I’d like to be mates.”
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Oscar was a Tasmanian Devil with a difference. He slept inside a snug hollow log at the edge of the bush, and he had an ample supply of tasty fruits and berries to eat.  When Oscar curled up inside his log and slept, he dreamed about berry bushes and trees loaded with good mates. They dangled from every branch, ripe for the picking. Yet unlike berries and fruit, good mates did NOT grow on trees.

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When he woke the next morning, Oscar ran across the grassy clearing to the billabong and took a long drink. High on a wattle branch overlooking the water, a blue Kingfisher watched for his breakfast.

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"Jumping grasshoppers, mate, she really got into your head.  Makes you sound like a pretty nice bloke."

"Yeah, Kobi.  That's what I've been trying to get across to the bushies for ages. I AM a nice bloke."

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NEXT
Kobi gets to read the beginning of the story about him.

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Margot Finke - Author

*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com

Agy Wilson

Illustrator - author - teckie-whizz!

http://agyart.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/agy.wilson

KOBI Explodes with Jealousy!

Introduction:

* Kobi Borrows a Pouch
* Oscar Needs a Friend
These are two new "story books" I wrote.

                 This little rock pool, surrounded by Aussie bush, is the sort of place 
                                       Kobi Koala lives.   Oscar the T.D. lives in Tasmania -
                                           an island that is included as a state of Australia. 

                                                            
Agy Wilson, my talented illustrator friend, will illustrate both books. This is a joint venture into the world of self publishing: I write 'em and Agy illustrates 'em. Then she will set them up for publication in Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPod.

Coming to an e-Reader near you - SOON!

And like many characters, Kobi Koala and Oscar the Tasmanian Devil joined forces and took on a life of their own. . . . on my BLOG.  
                                  Hold onto your hats, mates. 
                              Jealousy Rules!

 

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Inside my blog . . .

The two BLOG NAPPERS return after breakfast, 
and Kobi thinks he has been stabbed in the back. . .

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"Those gun tips weren't too bad Oscar.  What about your tasty road kill omelet?"

"Yummy in the tummy, mate.  Almost as good as what they serve Down-under."

"Hey, there's a note here for you, Oscar.  What does it say?"

"Blimey, half a moe, Kobi.  What's the hurry?"

" Just READ IT."

"Well whoda thunk it, Kobi me old mate.  They're publishing "Oscar Needs a Friend" first.

"NO WAY!  You're kidding me - right?  Here, let ME read that."

"Cripes, you don't need to snatch it."

"You ARE right.  Humph!  I'll bet you buttered up one of those two women .  Tell me now, which one?  Margot or Agy?"

"Look, Kobi, don't get your fur in a tangle.  I'm as flabbergasted as you."

"Phooey!  This was your plan all along.  Get published first, and make a big fat name for yourself.  I should have guessed.  All that, "I'm not like my relatives" guff was just a load of bird droppings.  I see your game now, Oscar - shameful it is.  Really shameful."

"Oh, go buy a gum tree and put your fat behind in it. You're lucky I'm NOT like my relatives.  If I was like them, I could solve this problem right now."

"How?"

"I would simply eat you!  Problem solved."

"Hey now, let's not go overboard, Oscar.  Maybe I did overreact a tad, but it's so hot inside this blog: and I always get cranky when I'm overheated."

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!  I guess that's as good an excuse as  any.  Funny everyone thinks you're so cute and cuddly.  A raging fur ball with killer claws is more like it."

"I guess they'll iron out all the kinks with YOUR book, before they begin on mine.  I should have thought of that.  Sorry Oscar.  Mates again?"

"Fairdinkum, Kobi, your moods are like the weather - always changing.  I hate fighting. It makes me tired.  Let's take a nap. "

"Beaut idea mate.  That Aggy person might have a few more sketches for us to see when we wake up. "

"Sketches of me, Kobi, remember?"

"How could I forget. . ."

While Kobi and Oscar napped, Agy slipped this
sketch under the door of the blog.

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Margot Finke - Author

*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com

Agy Wilson

Illustrator - author - teckie-whizz!

http://agyart.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/agy.wilson

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DO I LOOK FAT - or is it AGY'S FAULT?

  Preface:

* Kobi Borrows a Pouch
* Oscar Needs a Friend 

                                               These are two new "story books" I wrote.
Agy Wilson, my talented illustrator friend, will illustrate both books.  This is a joint venture into the world of self publishing: I write 'em and Agy illustrates 'em.  Then she will set them up for publication in Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPod.

Coming to an e-Reader near you - SOON! 

 

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And like many characters, these two joined forces and
took on a life of their own. . . . on my BLOG.

Who knows what they will get up to next.

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Early morning, and the sound of yawns and rumbling
empty tummies could be heard in the
"compose" file at Blogger.com.

The two BLOG NAPPERS are awake. 

"Oscar, you snore like an Old Man Roo in pain.  If I'd had a pillow, I'd have shoved it over your blinkin' head."

"Sorry about that, Kobi.  My dad snored something awful too.  I guess I got the snore gene from him."

"You got it in spades, mate.  Cripes, Oscar, how do you blokes sleep on the ground all the time?  Last night I'd have given a month's supply of tender gum tips for a nice comfy tree fork to snuggle into."

"Yeah, this Blog living's not all it's cracked up to be.  Maybe we should sue Mark Zuccerberg?"

"Don't be nuts and crackers, Oscar, he didn't invent Blogs.  He invented Facebook.  Every koala knows that."

"Right, furry-pants, you know everything."

"Maybe not, Oscar, but look at what I just found; drawings of you and me by that illustrator person, Agy Wilson."

 "Give us a peek Kobi.  Don't hog the lot. . . . . Jumping kangaroos mate, do we look like that, all kinda dark and washed out.  Did she run out of color or something?"

"I think they're what you call early sketches.  This is the author's Blog we've  taken over, so I'm thinking Agy left them here for Margot to look at." 

"Hmmm, you're probably right Kobi.  I do look rather dashing."
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"Humph!  I guess - in a moth-eaten kinda way.  But she's done just what I was afraid of , made me look all round and cuddly.  We koalas are NOT cuddly critters, and we have the claws to back it up.  Cuddles are for wimps!"

"Alright, alright, keep your fur on.  Let me look. . . . . I dunno mate. I think Agy caught you just right: those majestic ears and nose, those terrific sharp claws. Yep Kobi, that sketch is a dead ringer for you."
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 "You think?. . . . . . Lots of tree climbing and a vegetarian diet is supposed to keep a bloke slim and trim.  I guess I'm like you in the gene department.  I inherited mine from my dad. . . . . But Agy had better be warned.  The last sheila who tried to cuddle me still has the scars on her arm."

"Really?  Blimey, mate, you make yourself sound like some wild animal.  And the way you look, all cute and furry, almost makes me want to give you a hug myself."

"GRR-ror-r-r-rum-m-m-ble!   Koalas are small, and things scare us - especially cuddle-type humans.  When we're scared we fight back."

"Ha! Ha! Ha!  Tasmanian Devils are just the opposite.  Everyone is scared of US.  It makes me sad.  No one offers to hug or cuddle me."

 "I'm not surprised, Oscar.  You are one scary looking dude."

"Yeah, I know . . .  Holy spit weed, Kobi,  is that your stomach rumbling?  I thought it was thunder.  Hah-hah.  Time to see what the food around these parts tastes like.  Maybe you could leave Agy a note, ask her to shave a few inches off your butt?"  

"if you weren't so insulting, Oscar, you'd be funny.  Now, let's go find a gum tree. . . . . and it's YOUR stomach that's rumbling - not mine." 

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And the two BLOG NAPPERS left the
"compose" file in search of breakfast.

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This is the "Dream Team" partnership
behind the publication of:

"OSCAR Needs a Friend"

and

"KOBI Borrows a Pouch"
two illustrated story books with a friendship message
about saving endangered animals.

Margot Finke - Author

*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com

Agy Wilson

Illustrator - author - teckie-whizz!

Follow Agy's Illustration process here, on
Agy Wilson's Art

http://agyart.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/agy.wilson

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OZ CRITTERS BREAK INTO BLOG!

  Preface:

* Kobi Borrows a Pouch
* Oscar Needs a Friend 

                                               These are two new "story books" I wrote.
Agy Wilson, my talented illustrator friend, will illustrate both books.  This is a joint venture into the world of self publishing: I write 'em and Agy illustrates 'em.  Then she will set them up for publication in Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPod.

Coming to an e-Reader near you - SOON! 

 

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And like many characters, these two joined forces and
took on a life of their own. . . . on my BLOG.

Who knows what they will get up to next.

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If you jump into the Pacific ocean off the coast of Oregon, and swim west as far as you can, you'll bump into a huge chunk of  Down-under land - sometimes called Australia or OZ. 

 The Down-under land sits at the bottom of the world, just above the Antarctic Circle (brrr!), and  owns a selection of the most gloriously weird and wonderful critters you could imagine. 
 

      Today, two of these critters have
    wandered onto this blog: 

Please, do not scare my
Aussie wildlife while they are here.

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"Hey, what is this place?  Anyone here?"

"Yes, me."

"Who is 'me?'

"I'm Oscar the T.D.  But who, or what, are YOU?"

"I'm Kobi Koala, mate.  But that T.D. tag on the end of your name - what does it mean?"

"Jumping grasshoppers Kobi, don't you know anything?  T.D, stands for Tasmanian Devil."

"Then I guess I should be glad you haven't eaten me yet."

"Blimey, here we go again.  I might look ugly, but I'm NOT like my relatives. Understood?

"If you say so, mate.  Anyway, Oscar, what brought you to this blog page??

"That writer lady, Margot Finke, is putting me in one of her books.  I'm here to see she gets my story straight. You can't really trust an Aussie who leaves her birthplace and goes to live in Oregon.  Almost treason I call it!"

"She's writing a book about you too?"

"Hold on a sec, Kobi.  What do you mean by 'you too?'

"Because I snuck in here for the same reason you did - Margot's also writing a book about MY adventures in the Down-under bush."

"Cripes, what can she write about a furry kid who sits in a gumtree all his life?  You gotta be kidding me! That's not adventure. That's as dull and boring as. . . sitting in a gumtree ALL your life!

" Stone the crows, Oscar,  my adventure was as exciting and scary as any you've had.  No wonder bushies run when they see you and your relatives.  Mean and nasty is what you are - so there!"

"Oh cripes, Kobi, I've done it again, haven't I.  I really do want to make friends with the other bush critters, but changing old habits is really hard.  I'm sorry for being rude and nasty.  Please mate, give me another chance"

"She's Jake, Oscar.  Just don't go all soppy on me.  So, Margot's writing books about both of us.  Do you know who's doing the illustrations for our books?  They'd better catch my good side and not make me look chubby.  It's the fur, see: it makes me look fat when I 'm not, fairdincum."

"Don't get your ears in a twist, Oscar.  I hear it's some lady called Agy Wilson.  I took a quick look at her blog, and she's pretty darned good.  And she didn't run away from her own country to live here either."


"So Oscar. you think we can trust Agy to do us proud, then?"


"Sure as kangaroos hop, Kobi.  That lady really knows her way around a pencil and paintbrush.

"Guess we better find somewhere to bed down for the night, Oscar."


"Good idea mate.  I think we can camp in one of the empty "compose" slots on this blog.  And there's a restaurant just across from the Google highway."


"Sounds bonzer to me, mate.  Hope the gum tips they serve for breakfast are fresh."

"Yeah Kobi, me too.  I might even try a few myself.

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The publish button clicked, and the two
Aussie critters tiptoed into the compose folder. 

It is not long before snoring fills this blog.

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This is the "Dream Team" partnership
behind the publication of:

"OSCAR Needs a Friend"

and

"KOBI Borrows a Pouch"
two illustrated story books with a friendship message
about saving endangered animals.

Margot Finke - Author

*Books for Kids – Manuscript Critiques
http://www.margotfnke.com

Agy Wilson

Illustrator - author - teckie-whizz!


Follow Agy's Illustration process here, on 
Agy Wilson's Art

http://agyart.blogspot.com/

https://www.facebook.com/agy.wilson

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