A new Ant Mobile!

Pictured above is our new Ant Mobile - Helen and I stand next to our old Little Ant Books van which finally was retired after four full on years of service.
Signwriting is on the way to make it more obvious but it has already done one book signing in Mallacoota and took me to Bogan Gate in style for my stint as an Australia Day Ambassador.

We head off to Tasmania in May for its first overseas trip visiting schools and topping up my stores over there with lots of new titles.

Film Clip of Reg the Rooster

Film Clip of Reg the Rooster  - a Tiny Ant book for young readers

This great little book is the result of special needs teachers aide Peter Delwig's suggestion to provide a book to help students tell the time.

In our digital age the traditional clock face is a bit of a mystery not only to young children but sadly older students right into secondary school level are struggling to learn how to tell the time.

Clocks are everywhere - in shops, workplaces, stations and lots of public places.  To help students and teachers I came up with a story about a rooster called Reg who takes his hens to special locations around the farm - each page has a clock face and I was delighted to find that all students had no trouble learning how to tell the time with the help of Reg.  

Peter reads a page of the story to let you see how this simple little book works.  Again Helen Leach managed to convey the story in pictures filled with colour and energy.

It joins our Little Ant series selling for just $7.95.  You can contact me on susiesarah@hotmail.com.au for your local outlet.

A great way to celebrate the year of the rooster!

Film Clip All Creatures Short And Tall - a collection of short stories.

Meet Deborah who reads a page of the story "Riding with Granny"from my latest book "All Creatures Short and Tall" - this story is about her son Liam and his pet Granny.
Deborah also let me write stories about some of her other pets - Donald a duck who thinks he is a dog and her little life saving terrier.
My thanks to all who shared wonderful stories of their pets - many are inspirational showing great acts of bravery - others so funny!  My sister Christine also reminded me of our childhood and provided a very funny ferret story.
Wilma from Cootamundra was tickled pink when l featured a story about her little Jack Russell Polly who many will remember as the inspiration for "Snug Cove Sam"
All Creatures Short and Tall retails for $15.95 and can be found in all my usual outlets - just contact me if you need to find a store near you.

Australia Day at Bogan Gate

This Little Ant has been busy with yet another new book - "The Kimberley Camp Dog" which is with illustrator Helen Leach now ready for release in June this year.  We are also working on a Little Ant Activities Book filled with beautiful colouring pages, word searches and a few puzzles to keep the whole family busy during holiday times.
I had a wonderful time on Australia Day as the Ambassador for Bogan Gate - a tiny outback town not far from Forbes in NSW.
You will also be able to follow me on Facebook at either Susie Sarah Author or Little Ant books thanks to my niece Sarah who has finally sorted me out and helped set up my pages.  I try to post lots of information on these sites but if you've missed them here are some photos of the Australia Day event - we all had a marvellous time and to my delight they had a crossword competition with everyone winning a prize - I donated books for the children and gave one to "Chook Man" who has heaps of free range chickens - they wander all around the town!
This year is the year of the Rooster so he was chuffed to be given a copy of Reg the Rooster  so race into all your Little Ant outlets and grab a copy.