The AR in Sydney Harbour

Author: Judith Barker is an English teacher who has taught phonemic awareness to children in Europe, the Middle East, India and China. While completing an MA in Phonology, Judith began to use visual language in stories by colouring the different phonemes, so that children could make a holistic sense of the various spelling patterns. Judith published her first children’s book, The Oo in Uluru , in 2019, and it soon won a Book of the Year award from Speech Pathology Australia. Ee in the Sea followed in 2020 and O in the Snow in 2021. When Judith is not writing children’s stories or plays, she is usually found somewhere exploring the great outdoors. Illustrator: Originally from New Zealand, Janie Frith attended art school and then became an art teacher. In 2006 Janie moved to Australia with her family and now lives in Foster, South Gippsland. Janie holds art classes in her studio, Art Blast. This is where Janie spends most of her time, usually with her naughty border collie Lucy snuggled under her feet.