This is the Mud!

A rollicking, rhyming story based on 'This is the house that Jack built'. This is the cow who was chewing her cud, as she went for a drink and got stuck in the mud. A girl passing on her horse gets her dad passing in his ute to help unstick the cow. The ute gets bogged, the neighbour's tractor and plough get bogged...who will rescue them all now? Great rhythm and rhyme in a funny story of mayhem caused by the placidly chewing cow.

Author Biography

Kathryn Apel is passionate about words, and working with children, which is why the primary teacher writes children s books. Kathryn lives on a family property in Queensland with her cat-astrophic husband, Felix, and their two sons. She will never run out of things to write, because the males in her life are always making mischief and chaos. Many of Kathryn s stories are quirky tales of life in rural Australia, and she loves turning disaster into laughter. Mud! is Kathryn s first picture book. It won the Preschool Picture Book Manuscript category of the inaugural CYA Later children s writing competition in 2006. Kathryn s chapter book, Fencing with Fear, was published in 2008. Warren Crossett studied Applied Art at Box Hill TAFE, Melbourne, and in 1985 he won a statewide illustration prize. Since completing his studies, he has done graphic design for several advertising companies, and has also illustrated twelve educational books. Warren s first picture book, The Sound of the Sea, was shortlisted in the Picture Book category of the 2006 CBCA Awards. Warren lives in Ringwood, Victoria, with his wife and three children.