Amanda Commander: The Blues-Day Tuesday
After having a sick day, Amanda notices it’s harder to fit back in with her school group. So with the help of her friends in the Dolphin Squad, Amanda plans to make sure everyone is included. But when Eve is sick and has a few days off school, how will Amanda ensure Eve doesn’t have a blues-day back at school just like she did?
It’s OPERATION WELCOME BACK!
Amanda finds fitting in with her friends tricky after having a sick day. Can she make sure no one else feels the same?
A heart-warming story about friendship and community.
AMANDA COMMANDER:THE BLUES-DAY TUESDAY is the fourth book in a Junior Fiction series promoting kindness, loyalty and friendship.
'Using all the textual devices that support those making the transition to novels, this is a series that will be a sound stepping stone.' – Barbara Braxton, The Bottom Shelf
Coral Vass is an award-winning Australian children’s author. She has always loved telling stories and has been writing books for over ten years. Coral is an ambassador for Reading Out of Poverty and is passionate about giving all children an equal opportunity to read. With numerous best-sellers, Coral’s awards include the 2018 Speech Pathology Awards for Best Book for Language and Literacy Development – Indigenous Children, the 2019 CBCA Book of the Year Eve Pownall Award and the 2021 Caleb Picture Book of the Year Award. Shehas also been shortlisted for the REAL Awards, voted by the children of Australia.
At an early age Heidi Cooper-Smith knew she wanted to write and illustrate picture books. But during a Visual Arts degree, she fell in love with Ceramics and spent the next 20 years covered in clay. Heidi rediscovered her passion for drawing in 2014 when she joined the online ’52-week illustration challenge’. Six months later she was offered her first illustration contract with Koala Books for Two Birds on a Wire. This wonderful experience inspired her to start writing, and in 2015 and 2016 she won the CYA illustrated manuscript competition. Kate and the Thing is Heidi’s first book as both author and illustrator. She was also the illustrator of The Other Brother.