Kym Lardner

Kym Lardner is an Australian children's author, illustrator, and storyteller.

Kym's first picture book, "The Sad Little Monster and the Jelly Bean Queen", was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1981. After his first book was published, Kym began booking appearances at Primary Schools where he would tell original stories, creating art, and performing music. In addition to two self-produced video productions, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has produced live recordings of Lardner's appearances which are published on compact disc.

Hodders has sold 130,000 copies of Lardner's works. Fact|date=February 2007

Kym Lardner is an Australian children's author, illustrator, and storyteller.His first picture book, The Sad Little Monster and the Jelly Bean Queen, was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1981. After this first book was published, Kym Lardner began telling stories in Adelaide schools where he would also draw on the blackboard and sing improvised songs using the children's names. After 25 years of live storytelling in Australian schools his work was finally recorded. The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) produced live recordings of all Kym Lardner's stories and these are available at their shops (ABC Shops) Kym performs at children's festivals and has visited London for storytelling twice where his fresh Aussie humour was most appreciated.

Kym Lardner picture books:

"The Sad Little Monster and the Jelly Bean Queen" (1981) "Grandpa's Horses" (1986)"Arnold the Prickly Teddy" (1989) "The Coat-hanger Horse" (1992)

Kym also illustrated "Jezza", written by Krista Bell in 1991.

Kym Lardner Audio recordings:

"McMuscles and other stories for giggling" (1996)"Sunglasses and more stories for giggling" (1996)"Bandaid and other stories for giggling" (1998)"Father and son stories" (2004)

A treasury of his 4 picture books will be available in April 2007 through ABC Books.

A new title "The Naked Penguin" is due for release 2008

External links

* [http://kymlardner.com/ Official website]