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Author/Illustrator - Fiona Sinclair
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This is a splendid addition to the Australian haiku landscape, encouraging a new generation to actively observe the vibrant natural world around them and to capture those moments with the platypus, the rosella, and the wattle in thoughtfully selected words. Haiku is an accessible creative pursuit, requiring few tools but an inquisitive mind – ideal for children exploring outside with their parents and teachers. Fiona’s watercolours complement the delicate beauty of her haiku, ensuring this as a treasured childhood book.
Alison Rogers - haiku poet at Connected Words,
Secretary - Australian Haiku Society.
A landscape of letters is an illustrated haiku book about the natural world.
The aim of this book is to inspire children to go outside, observe what is around them and write their own haiku.
These poems are moments of significance to me as I walk and observe the Australian landscape. I look closely at the bending alpine wild flowers and walk quietly in the hope to see the platypus in feathery reeds. I sit by the pond to catch a glimpse of the darting dragonfly and wonder at the dance of the Monarch butterfly as it flits from flower to flower.
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Review by Guardian Childcare and Education and interview with the author, Christine Cameron, who was the inspiration behind publishing this book
https://www.guardian.edu.au/blog/activities-for-children/flying-through-your-abc/
A fantastic example of this has come from one of our amazing Bachelor Qualified Teachers at our Guardian Kinfolk Albury Centre. As part of our national Guardian Literacy Program, our Curriculum Team are always on the lookout for the best examples of age and stage appropriate books to choose for our Centres and to recommend to our families.
Australia is very fortunate to have a large variety of beautiful birds. This book will help young children to admire, recognise and care about Australia’s native birds while learning their ABC. They will learn about their habitats, their food and their nesting habits. The book also meets all of the learning outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework.
My illustration and design work specialises in vector illustration and watercolour painting with a focus on education, typography and Australian themed imagery.
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Type has a body... Just like you!
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Although central to language, typography is a mystery to many, but this unique offering by Melbourne designer-educator, Fiona Sinclair, may very well change that. Blending art, imagery and information, Type has a body … Just like you! introduces young readers to the anatomy of letterforms and typefaces in a quirky, entertaining way.
Read more on the CBCA Reading Time review and interview
https://readingtime.com.au/type-has-a-body-just-like-you/
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This is a brilliant visual method for introducing children to the anatomy of letterforms and relating their often unusual names to familiar parts of the body. The memorable imagery and concepts would have certainly made a lasting impression on my younger self!
Jamie Clarke | Lettering and Type designer, UK
jamieclarketype.com
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Typography is at the centre of language, and this book makes typography fun for children. Children with good language skills go on to become successful adults, so I have no doubt this book will make a positive contribution to children’s literature.
Wayne Thompson | Director of the Australian Type Foundry
atf.com.au
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This book will inform and entertain children of all ages, giving them an insight into a range of fonts, their names and characteristics. Type has a Body...Just like you! is visually appealing and plays beautifully with language through the use of alliteration and rhyme.
Dr. Martina Tassone | Initial Teacher Educator, Australia
Type has a body...Just like you!
Learn about letterforms and typefaces
Just like your body, each letterform has a structure. Some have arms, a neck, a shoulder or an eye. Each of these letterforms belong to a typeface family with their own characteristics, such as size, shape and form.
Come with Minnie and Ivan on a journey of letterforms and typefaces and see how they relate to the body, and the many different families they belong to.
