Kym Lardner

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Kym Lardner (born 1957 in Adelaide, South Australia), is an Australian children's author, illustrator, and storyteller. [1]

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His first picture book The Sad Little Monster and the Jelly Bean Queen was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1981. After many years of live storytelling in Australian schools his work was recorded by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). [2] Kym continues to perform in schools, at children's festivals and has visited London twice. Kym Lardner continues to write picture books now illustrated by his son, Oliver. Kym is preparing a sequel to his first book to be entitled "Sad Little Monster comes back" as well as two other volumes being the back stories of the two characters. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kym Lardner". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Lardner, Kym". The Australian Literature Resource. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Kym Lardner". HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
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