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Ruby's Repair Cafe by Michelle Worthington is a delightful tale about Ruby, a young girl who loves to fix things rather than throw them away.
When a shiny new department store opens next to Ruby's Repair Cafe, everyone in town soon forgets about fixing things. Can Ruby save her family business from big business before the rubbish takes over the town?
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781922326805
Publisher: New Frontier Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 November 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: New Frontier Publishing
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Zoe Bennett
- Illustrated by Zoe Bennett
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 280.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 28
About the Author
Michelle Worthington was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and currently lives in the Redland City. Since a very early age, Michelle has had a love for words and rhyme, and has always excelled at English and creative writing. Michelle has three boys who love to read and she has read them a bedtime story every night of their lives. They are her inspiration and motivation. She is an international award-winning author and businesswoman, and a real life bookfairy. As Founder of Share Your Story Digital, she waves her wand to coach aspiring authors and illustrators all over the world achieve their dreams of publication. Whether she's a fairy, a mermaid, a pirate or an elf, Michelle celebrates empowering readers and storytellers to dream big.
Zoe Bennett is a children's illustrator from Sydney. She creates character-driven watercolour, gouache and digital illustrations which capture the playfulness, curiosity, candidness and diversity of childhood. Designing unique characters and worlds with tailored colour palettes and style is her favourite thing to do. Ruby's Repair Cafe is her second picture book.
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