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    Margaret Connolly has been a literary agent for more than twenty years, after giving up a career as a lawyer in the mid-1980s.

    She set up her own business in 1992, and since then has developed a client list which resembles a roll-call of Australia's finest novelists, poets, dramatists, non-fiction authors, film-makers, children's writers and illustrators.

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    Gregory Rogers: The Hero of Little Street

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    Gregory Rogers holds an advance copy of The Hero of Little Street, which Allen & Unwin will publish later this year.

    Escaping from a gang of bullies, our Boy slips into a grand old gallery – the perfect hiding place, full of mystery and treasures.

    Enchanted by the magic of painting and befriended by a mischievous dog, the Boy ventures into the world of a famous Vermeer painting – and he and his new friend are transported to Little Street, Delft in seventeenth-century Holland.

    But the streets of Delft are a dangerous place for a dog, and the Boy has to use every ounce of his ingenuity to rescue his canine mate from an untimely fate on the butcher’s block.

    Starring a cast of much-loved characters, alive with vivid detail and exciting from start to finish, The Hero of Little Street is a triumph of visual storytelling.

    This is Book 3 in the Boy Bear series, following the internationally acclaimed The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard and Midsummer Knight.

    Gregory Rogers has worked in Australia and overseas as a speaker, teacher and lecturer in illustration. He was the first Australian to be awarded the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal.

    Book 1 in the Boy Bear series, The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard was short-listed for the 2005 Children’s Book Council Awards, Younger Readers; selected as one of the Ten Best Illustrated Picture Books of 2004 by the New York Times and as a Notable Children’s Book of the Year by the American Library Association. Book 2, Midsummer Knight was a Magpies Pick of 2006 and a 2007 CBCA Notable Book.

    Gregory lives in inner-city Brisbane next door to a bookshop and a clairvoyant.

    Topics: Childrens books, Gregory Rogers | 2 Comments »

    2 Responses to “Gregory Rogers: The Hero of Little Street”

    1. sandra742 Says:
      September 10th, 2009 at 12:11 am

      Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

    2. Lori Lawrence Says:
      October 18th, 2009 at 2:28 am

      Love your books, they are wonderful for adults and children. When will The Hero of Little Street be available?

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