Are you a teacher looking for a literacy lesson plan about friendship, community and sharing spaces? Or looking to download some cute colouring pages for your kids? Look no further than The Big Backyard Plan resources! Available for free download are full teaching notes and a three page colouring in activity designed by both author and illustrator.
Today, I had fun putting copies of The Big Backyard Plan into little street libraries near me!
Thanks Beach Kids Early Learning & Preschool Cabarita and Kool Beanz Casuarina for inviting your neighbours to share the joys of reading and helping to build community.
Thanks Affirm Press for the extra author copies.
Less than a week to go before The Big Backyard Plan is released!
Wow, so happy and honoured to get this wonderful review from Australian parenting guru, author, educator, podcaster and ‘queen of common sense’ @maggiedentauthor 🤗
Thank you Maggie 🙏 I am beyond delighted that The Big Backyard Plan made your heart sing 💛
So happy to share that in celebration of Neighbour Day 2025 The Big Backyard Plan will be a part of the prize pool for @neighbourseveryday Tell Us Your Story competition!
Each year, on the last Sunday in March, the Neighbours Every Day campaign invites everyone to celebrate and connect with their neighbours.
The theme for 2025 is ‘Create • Share • Grow • Belonging’.
As part of the campaign, they are running a competition called Tell Us Your Story where people can submit a story about their unique journey of connection and community - their own way.
Enter the competition to win a copy of The Big Backyard Plan (out 25 Feb) - a joyful story about community connection that celebrates big dreams, best friends and removing the things that divide us and aligns perfectly with the message of their campaign!
Read more about the Tell Us Your Story Competition 2025 here
Can’t wait for you to meet these four cuties as they -
💚 brainstorm a brilliant idea
💙 make plans
💛 work together to try and make them happen
Even when things don’t go exactly as they want, they show perseverance, flexibility and heart and show us that wonderful things are possible if we -
💚 give kids agency
💙 encourage imagination
💛 embrace thinking outside the box
The Big Backyard Plan out March 2025 🤗
Preorder The Big Backyard Plan here
I am so excited to see my next picture book, The Big Backyard Plan - illustrated by Laura Stitzel and published by Affirm Press make the ArtsHub Upcoming Books to Look Out For list - Yay!
I can't wait to share it with you - the official cover reveal is coming soon!
