Issue #4
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Hello again!
Read with Sally!
Do you have a fancy hat? Maybe you’d like to make one! Sally has some fun tips to get started.
PUSH PLAY!
How many of you like dressing-up? I used to love dressing-up when I was little. Sometimes my sisters an d I would even put on plays to entertain our parents, dressed up in homemade costumes. I bet they were very funny! But did you know that some people ma ke costumes and fancy hats for a job? How fun would that be? In this episode we get to meet my neighbou r, Will, whose job it is to make costumes and very fancy hats. Maybe you might like to make your ow n fancy hat this week from things you can find around the house, just like Billie and Jack? An empty ice-cre am container is a very good start! See you next week! Lots of love,
Sally
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PUSH PLAY! Have you read The Hat Parade yet? Why don’t you read along with Sally and see if you can finish it by yourself!
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Let’s meet some SUPER-DOOPER fans! They have some activities for you!
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How well do YOU know the Billie B Brown book,
The Hat Parade?
Take this quiz to find out!
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1 In The Hat Parade, what does the B in Billie B Brown stand for? 2 What are Billie and Jack making from boxes? 3 What day will the hat parade be held at school?
Abbey and Polly Psst ... last week Sally got bees, and promised to show us! Watch Sally interview a beekeeper here! P U
4 Who won the prize for Best Hat last year?
6 Fill in the gaps! Billie and Jack ride their __________ up and down the __________. 7 Which movie does Billie’s dad let her watch three times in a row? 8 Jack and Billie win a special award. What is it called? 9 What colour is their award?
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5 It’s cold and wet on Sunday, so what does Billie’s dad tell her to wear before she goes outside? Circle all the right answers.
10 At the end of the book, what does Jack wear as a hat?
bathers coat thongs hat slippers Answers 1. Box (see page 2) 2. Hats (see page 2) 3. Monday (see page 4) 4. Lola (see page 4) 5. Coat and hat (see page 13) 6. Bikes (see page 15), lane (see page 15) 7. Finding Nemo (see page 30) 8. The Best Friend award (see page 37) 9. Red (see page 36) 10. A tissue box (see page 41)
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Learn all about William’s job as a Costume Desig ner!
PUSH PLAY!
! r e n g i s e D Costume UMES for Some people make fancy hats and COST uld be? their job! Imagine how much fun that wo for theatre My neighbour, William, makes costumes here: shows, like some of these amazing ones
What things do you lik to make and do? e Maybe you like gardening? Mayb e you like cooking? Maybe you like building tall tow ers out of block s?
William
He says he always loved dressing up and putting on plays when he was little so now he thinks he has the best job ever!
(Of course, I didn’t tell him that actually MY job is the best job ever!)
Can you imagine if you got to do your r job? favourite thing all day, every day as you
What would you choose?
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: E K A M HO W TO Ask your family if it’s OK
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to do some gluing and painting. Then work out where you’re going to do your fancy hat making, and cover that area with newspaper. This is REALLY important. Billie once forgot this step and accidentally glued a googly eye to the bench. Her mum and dad were NOT pleased!
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Things you might need:
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Then, it’s pretty simple se and really… Take your hat ba it! stick fancy things all over Here are some shapes you might like to trace and cut out!
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• A hat base – this could be an ice cream container
(make sure there is not more ice cream in it!), or a tissue box,
a Tupperware container – anything that fits on your head, really. We used a cereal box!
Stick your hat decorations to the hat base !
• Glue • Scissors (get a grown-up to help)
HING You can use ANYT y hat! nc fa to decorate your hers, at fe , Stickers, ribbons ol! wo fabric or
• Fancy things to stick on your hat!
• An audience to parade your hat to! You could do a hat parade for your family, or you could take your hat on a parade of the neighbourhood!
You could even enter The Younger Sun ’s Virtual Hat Parade (details on the nex t pag
e)!
We ran out of ribbon, but maybe there is some spare material lying around you could cut up into strips. Ribbon looks great, because it flows in the breeze as you walk very theatrical!
You can make super-dooper flowers by cutting out different shapes and layering them.
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If you would like to be part of their
VIRTUAL HAT PARADE – just ask a grown-up to upload your pic to Instagram! It can be a pic of you in your fancy hat, or just the hat itself! The Younger Sun will be parading hats on their Instagram page next week!
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#BilliesHatParade This is Jess and Eadie, who work at The Younger Su n, in their FANC IEST hats!
The Younger Sun is a wonderful bookshop in Yarraville, Melbourne. Did you know that The Younger Sun is delivering books via bike, as well as their online store! See if you live close enough to get a bicycle delivery! www.sunbookshop.com
Roll it, read it, write it! This is a sight word game using words from The Hat Parade. Roll along with Billie and Jack!
Materials: 6-sided dice. If you don’t have one handy, you could make one from paper or use the virtual dice on Google.
How to play: roll a dice, read the sight word, and then trace the sight word. Only trace one word per roll! The game continues until the entire board is filled.
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TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITY
Oops! Each sentence from The Hat Parade has a word that has gone
These words are from the story The Hat Parade. I wonder if you will recognise them!
TEACHER APPROVED
Colour in the word that matches the picture.
ACTIVITY
missing. Look at the words in the list and choose the correct word to complete the sentence. There is a picture clue to help you find the correct word for each sentence. Don’t forget to look carefully at the
Make sure you look carefully at all of the sounds in
sounds in each word so you that make the right choice.
both words so that you don’t get tricked!
On Monday there is a _ _ _ parade at school.
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‘All right,’ Dad says. ‘But put your _ _ _ _ and hat on.’
‘It’s cold and _ _ _ outside.’
bed
bud
cap
hat mat hit
cut cat coat
with wet warm
cat ‘I guess Lola will _ _ _ best hat again this year.’
Her dad stays home from work and makes Billie a _ _ _ on the sofa.
win wet won
bin bed bad
TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITY
Jack and Billie won a special award called the
Best Friend award
because Jack was doing such a kind deed for Billie. He wore the hat Billie had made for the parade when she was sick at home! I wonder if
TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITY
you’ve ever done something kind enough to get the Best Friend award?
Write about a time you have been kind to a friend and then draw a picture to match your writing!
r writing. u o y h c t a ture to m Draw a pic
It’s Billie’s birthday! Colour in her brilliant birthday party!
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Follow these simple instructions from BBB illustrator Aki Fukuoka and you will be drawing Billie like a pro in no time!
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I K A MEET the illustrator of the Billie B Brown books!
e became We asked Aki how sh se we an illustrator – becau VERY know a lot of you are perhaps good at drawing and ou might when you grow up, y r too! become an illustrato
My teachers taught us about being original, inventive and to learn from history. My classmates and I studied masterpieces created by other artists, and then tried come up with something original ourselves. Once, we got to choose our own homework so I chose to draw a comic, just like I used to make when I was a kid! This project was so fun, and I even won awards for it!
After I graduated, I kept drawing more comics. Once I decided that I definitely wanted my job to be an illustrator, I put together a portfolio – like a big photo album of my illustrations – and sent it out to over fifty book publishers in New Zealand and Australia. After a long time, two publishers came back to me and offered me some illustrating jobs. One of those publishers was Hardie Grant Egmont, asking me to illustrate a chapter book series about a bold, brilliant and bubby girl – called Billie B Brown! CLICK WATCH TTO H VIDEO! E
I have loved drawing since I was little – drawing has always been my favourite hobby and it still is! I would draw comics to tell stories. I was too shy to show them to my parents or friends, and shared them only with my sister. I didn’t know that you could be an illustrator for a job – it was just fun for me. I always thought that when I was old, I would live deep in the woods with lots of cats and draw all day!
in school were Other than art, my favourite subjects blems with maths and science. I loved solving pro when I grew numbers and formulas. I thought that scientist who up I would be a physicist – a type of ce I finished gets to use lots of exciting maths. On dy Physics – high school, I went to university to stu my mum, I also but after some encouragement from e time! Studying decided to study Fine Arts at the sam lpture and the the Fine Arts is all about painting, scu two years, I history of art! I LOVED it, and after decided to study only art.
That was over ten years ago, and since then I have illustrated over eighty books – and drawing is my job! Now I just need to get lots and lots of cats, and all my dreams will have come true! e things I did to Here are some of th might help you! at th r to ra st lu il become an
• Even though I love other subjects like science and maths, I always kept drawing. • I eventually grew the courage to share my work not just with my sister, but also with my parents! Their encouragement helped me decide to study art at university. • I listened carefully to my teachers, and researched lots of other artists from history to figure out my own style. • I practiced lots and lots to improve my skills. • I always kept trying, and having fun!
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Prep time: 10 mins Cooking time: 10-20 mins Makes: 12
INGREDIENTS 680 grams veggies (Pick your favourites! I like zucchini, sweet potato and corn.) 1
Don’t for get to wash you r dishes when you ’re done!
No matter what she wants to cook, Billie always asks a grown-up if it’s okay before she starts. And she always, always asks for help when she’s using the stove or oven. You should do that, too!
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1 egg /2 cup grated cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
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Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line an oven tray with non-stick baking paper.
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Add the cheese, flour, garlic and oil into the bowl and combine.
Grate vegetables.
Remove excess moisture of zucchini by placing grated zucchini in a clean tea towel, scrunching it together and squeezing until towel is damp. Repeat with the sweet potato - place it in a clean towel and squeeze out the moisture.
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Whisk the egg in large bowl.
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (or chickpea flour for gluten-free) 1 clove minced garlic or 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
Add the veggies to the bowl and mix together.
Recipe published with permission from VicHealth.
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Roll mixture into balls and flatten down the top. Each fritter should measure approximately 7cm wide. Place onto baking tray lined with baking paper.
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Once tray is full, brush fritters with olive oil and bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes, until the fritters are golden.
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O R D N DR SA O I A M E D CEO of VicHealth! Did you always want to be a doctor? I did. I had a toy doctor's kit even as a very young child. I loved the idea of helping others, and was always fascinated by science.
What was your favourite movie? It would have to be The Lion King. I still remember going to
see it at the Rosebud cinema in the summer holidays of 1994. The music was incredible, and the animation seemed so advanced back then! I still find myself humming the songs today.
What does the CEO of VicHealth do? What’s your favourite thing about your job? Leading VicHealth and our wonderful team of health promoters, I get to work with communities across our State to improve health of all Victorians. Our focus is on keeping people well, for longer. One of my favourite things to do is to spend a day visiting communities and partners in regional Victoria. Exploring small towns and regional centres, I am always welcomed so warmly and get to see first hand the difference our support can make when combined with the hard work and dedication of local partners and community groups.
What is your favourite m emory?
It would have to be passata da y at our family's farm, with the entire Demaio clan (a nd a few welcome extras) turning the annual harv est of tomatoes into the most delicious bottles of sauce for the year ahead. Across four generations, ever yone would have a role. The day would end with aroun d four-hundred bottles, a big long table filled with tir ed but happy cooks and of course a generous plate of fresh pasta.
CLICK HERE FOR DO CTOR SANDRO’S TIP S ON STAYING SUPER-DO OPER HEALTHY THIS WINTER. What was your favourite book as a child? The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I was very young, and Jeannie Baker's Where the Forest Meets the Sea when I was a littler older. It's no wonder I grew up to love both good food, and nature.
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You might have some of these Billie B Brown books
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in your bookcase, or they might be available as an ebook to borrow from your local library! Billie B Brown books can be found where
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all good books are sold. While it’s a bit tricky to get to the shops at the moment, we recommend checking if your local bookstore is doing delivery, or look up any of the fabulous Australian retailers who sell books online.
Launch timetable THE SPOTTY HOLIDAY Launching Monday 27 April
We are going to profile a different bookseller every week! UT
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QBD believe reading is a timeless form of entertainment, and that the importance of a book to help us learn and understand cannot be underestimated. They REALLY love BOOKS!
FEAST T H G I N D I M THE 4 May y a d n o M g in h Launc
THE SOCCER STAR Launching Monday 11 May
‘Billie B Brown was the first big girl books I read. I love the characters and the adventures they get up to. And I love that even when things went wrong, everything ended up ok in the end.’
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Sam,
Alison’s daughter (Bookseller, QBD)
www.qbd.com.au/billie-b-brown
Contact us! While we can’t meet up at a wonderful book event right now, we welcome you to the Sally Rippin Holiday Program community. Let’s keep in touch. Email us! Do you have questions? Suggestions? Maybe you just want to send us a picture of a butterfly! We will be checking our mail, and Sally will be answering a selection of questions every week! mailbag@hardiegrant.com.au
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