Zelda's Big Adventure

Zelda's Big Adventure
ISBN: 9781925266382
Publication Date: 27 July 2016

A very funny story with an endearing and resourceful main character determined to live her dream of being the first chook in space.

Zelda has big plans - she wants to be the first chook in space. She leaves nothing to chance and packs food, fuel and a cosy nesting box. But will she make it without the help of her friends

Great fun to read aloud, this wonderfully illustrated story shows that for a plucky chook like Zelda, the sky is never the limit.

About the Author

Marie Alafaci has been writing for her own entertainment for most of her life, so she was surprised and delighted when publishers began publishing her work around 17 years ago. She's written non-fiction and fiction for children as well as adults, in long form and short, and her biography of her aunt and grandparents coming to Australia in the 1920s from Italy, Savage Cows &; Cabbage Leaves - an Italian Life, was on the Age best-sellers list and short-listed for a number of awards.

Marie has worked for the Australian Society of Authors, reviewed books and written feature articles. She has also been a buyer for Myer Stores, a corporate trainer, a science and English teacher, a manuscript assessor and a pharmacy assistant. She teaches short courses in grammar and punctuation and is working on a series of short stories, but her first love is reading and writing children's books. At home she has two chooks, two cats, two children and one husband, all of whom are a constant source of amusement and inspiration.

Shane McG is a Melbourne-based illustrator whose work appears in publications globally. He writes and illustrates his own picture books for children as well as illustrating for a wide range of authors.