Author(s): Sally Morgan

Picture Books

Sally Morgan writes and illustrates some of her best short stories in this amusing and entertaining compilation. The witty stories, with a folktale feel, are based around a host of characters which are Australian animals, non-native animals, spirits, planets, the sun and moon, and humans. The first story is the title story The Flying Emu where a beautifully-coloured emu learns about vanity and immodesty when he and his friends race to the sun. •The original version of The Flying Emu was Sally’s first published children’s book •Some of these stories were drawn from Sally’s own childhood, while others were suggested by the intertests of her children, nieces and nephews •The Flying Emu has a companion title, The Greedy Crocodile, which will be published in March 2012