Olive of Groves and the Great Slurp of Time

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'Exciting, imaginative, charming and very, very funny' - Judith Rossell, award-winning author of WITHERING-BY-SEA on OLIVE OF GROVES 'Oh deary, deary me!' Mrs Groves cried. 'It really is! Right here! On the front porch to my esteemed Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers!' She was quite flabbergasted at the sight of it. Finally, however, she managed to get the words out. 'It's a ...a ...What is it? Not a naughty boy. Not a talking animal. Not even a circus performer. Oh me, oh my! It's a time traveller!' When last we met Olive, she had defeated school bully and all-round nasty swine, Pig McKenzie, and proved her acrobatic skills, earning herself a place at Groves. But when a twelve-year-old time traveller lands on the doorstep, trouble is just a minute away, and soon Olive is off on an adventure as big as time itself ...Ages 8-12

Katrina Nannestad is an award-winning Australian author. Her books include the CBCA-shortlisted We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief, the Travelling Bookshop series, the Girl, the Dog and the Writer series, the Olive of Groves series, the Red Dirt Diaries series, the Lottie Perkins series, and the historical novels Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief and Waiting for the Storks. Katrina grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming and pursuing her love of stories. Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing. She also loves creating stories that bring joy or hope to other people's lives. Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria with her husband, a silly whippet called Olive and a mob of kangaroos. www.katrinanannestad.com Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany, and moved to Queensland in 2007. Since then she has become a much-loved, award-winning Australian illustrator. Her books include The Boy and the Toy, Come Down, Cat! and The Wild One (with Sonya Hartnett), The Hole (with Kerry Brown), The Nose Pixies and My Real Friend (with David Hunt), and the Olive of Groves trilogy (with Katrina Nannestad). luciamasciullo.com