James Foley

Chickensaurus – out now in colour!

Ever wondered if Jurassic Park had chickens?

Originally published in 2020, this new edition of Chickensaurus is in glorious full colour.

Here’s the official blurb:

Sally Tinker, the world’s foremost inventor under the age of 12, is back with a new adventure in invention. When Sally’s nemesis hatches a fowl and poultry plot – turning chickens into dinosaurs – there’s no room for the lily-livered. The chickensaurs are let loose, and Sally and co will need all their pluck to return the world to its rightful pecking order.

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Happy Barry and Toffle Towers both on the REAL awards shortlist

Wonderful news this morning: Happy Barry Capybara and Toffle Towers book 1 are both on the REAL shortlist! ⁠
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The REAL (Reading and Enjoying Australian Literature) shortlist is used by three children’s choice book award programs around Australia: the KOALA awards in NSW, the YABBAs in Victoria and the KROCs in the Northern Territory. ⁠
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Congrats to everyone involved in the shortlisted books! And a huge thanks to the library staff around Australia who volunteer their help with awards like these. ⁠
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Get reading, kids – which are your favourites? ⁠

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Bigfoot vs Yeti launched over east

A couple of weeks ago, I took a fantastic trip over east to help launch my new picture book, Bigfoot vs Yeti!

I got to visit wonderful bookshops, meet readers, and catch up with friends. When I got home my heart was full and the rest of me was completely exhausted!

Launches

The Sydney launch was at Gleebooks in Glebe, organised by the amazing Rachel. Can we get a life model decoy of Rachel for every state? She’s one of those invaluable champions of children’s literature who keeps the industry ticking along. There was also a real life bigfoot who looked a little like celebrated Sydney-based children’s book creator Mick Elliott.

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Dungzilla – out now in colour!

Dungzilla is back and browner than ever!

Originally published in 2017, this new full colour edition comes with an extra bonus story.

Here’s the official blurb:

Sally Tinker – the world’s foremost inventor under the age of twelve – has built a growth ray. But when she tries resizing a slice of pizza, she accidentally enlarges a dung beetle to scary proportions. As the hungry beetle rolls itself a dung ball large enough to crush an entire town, Sally races to shrink down the monster before it’s too late!

And in the bonus story One Small Step for Mammoth, Sally and her team are off to Mars! Rav is taking scientific experiments; Charli is taking a vegetable garden. And baby Joe is taking … a woolly mammoth? Where on Earth did he get a woolly mammoth, and how is it going to fit in the overhead compartment?

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Double book launches in Sydney and Melbourne

My new book Bigfoot vs Yeti: A Love Story has released to rave reviews … and the brand-new colour edition of Dungzilla will be out in April!

If you’re in Sydney or Melbourne, please come along to a book launch and help me celebrate these two new releases.

March 29 – Sydney, NSW

I’ll be in Sydney at the end of March to celebrate the release of Bigfoot vs Yeti and the new colour edition of Dungzilla! Join me at Gleebooks in Glebe for a ridiculously fun double book launch.

DATE: Saturday March 29
TIME: 10:30am
WHERE: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, NSW
REGISTRATION: rachel@gleebooks.com.au

April 4 – Melbourne, VIC

Melbourne friends, please come along to help me launch my new picture book Bigfoot vs Yeti, plus the colour edition of Dungzilla!

DATE: Friday April 4th
TIME: 6-7pm AEDT
WHERE: Readings Kids, 315 Lygon St, Carlton VIC
RSVP: essential, via trybooking

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Bigfoot vs Yeti = launched in WA 🥳

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday to celebrate the launch of my new picture book!

Bigfoot Vs Yeti: A Love Story had a fun-filled send-off featuring a cryptid Olympics, craft activities, Karen Irwin and a real life Bigfoot! Several snowballs were slung and many morsels were munched.

Huge thanks to everyone who helped out: Fremantle Press for organising, The Literature Centre for hosting, New Edition for book sales, Karen Blair for ably launching, Deb Fitzpatrick and Sam Hughes refereeing, and Renae Hayward for the hardest job of all: kid (+ James) wrangling 😘

Best on ground goes to Dave Foley for donning a gorilla suit on a very humid day 👏👏👏

Check out some video from the WA launch in the insta post below.

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Bigfoot is out; the reviews are in!

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Behind the scenes on Bigfoot vs Yeti

If you’d like a little more info on how my latest picture book was put together, here’s some recent media clippings:

an interview with the wonderful Rebecca Newman at Alphabet Soup about the development of Bigfoot vs Yeti,
and an article on the Fremantle Press website about the digital linocut technique used for the book.