Ella Kazoo
Everyone loves Ella Kazoo! The lively, lovable character from 'Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair' is back in another charming picture book.
Books
Ella Kazoo Will Not Go To Sleep
ISBN:9780734411419
Price: $16.99
As the Kazoo household settles down for the night, Ella Kazoo is wide-awake and ready for adventure. She begs for a drink and another bedtime story, and sits up in bed chatting with her teddy. Sleep is a no-go zone for Ella Kazoo!
Family tensions mount as Ella ignores her mother’s pleas to stay in bed. She would rather set out on an adventure on the high seas, chasing Captain Shut-eye and his pirates.
But when Ella finally captures the pirate ship Dread, she discovers that at bedtime the fearsome Captain Shut-eye and his pirates love nothing more than getting in their jarmies and getting some rest!
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair
ISBN:9780734410191
Price: $16.99
Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair. She hides in the cupboard and under the stair, she roars at her mum like a big growly bear, she whines and she moans and she howls in despair, but Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair!
Ella Kazoo will do anything to avoid having her hair brushed. Her poor mother is beside herself with frustration as she watches Ella’s hair get more and more out of control.
But what happens when Ella’s hair develops a mind of its own? Find out in this delightful tale, told in rollicking verse, about a girl who’s got just what it takes to change a really bad hair day into a happy situation for all.
About the author Lee Fox
Lee Fox grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. She has been a production assistant for a commercial radio station, a stripper’s assistant, a Mormon, a cook in a childcare centre and a store manager on a remote Aboriginal community – not necessarily in that order. A mother of five children, Lee’s writing career began in 2005 with several articles published in The Age. Lee lives in Castlemaine, Victoria, and shares a beautiful garden and rambling farmyard with her partner and her youngest daughter.
About the illustrator Cathy Wilcox
Cathy Wilcox is a Sydney-based book illustrator and cartoonist, drawing cartoons and illustrations for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, as well as other magazines and books. Two of her popular picture books, A Proper Little Lady, written by Nette Hilton, and Boris and Borsch, written by Robin Klein, were shortlisted by the CBCA, and she has won several Stanley Awards for illustration and been nominated for a Walkley Award for journalism.
Teachers
The Ella Kazoo books provide the perfect blend of imagination and reality. Lee Fox and Cathy Wilcox play out modern-day fables for young kids that are sometimes fussy and always creative. The simple vocabulary and lively illustrations are perfect for young children, and the books help teach important lessons about cooperation, behaviour and compromise.
For teaching resources and tools for Ella Kazoo, refer to the below links:
-Download the teachers'/parent Guide for Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair [pdf]
-Download the teachers'/parent Guide for Ella Kazoo Will Not Go To Sleep [pdf]
-Activity Templates:
Spot the difference with Ella Kazoo
Draw Ella Kazoo’s hair
Ella Kazoo Colouring sheet
Help Ella find the pirates (maze)
Download all activities [pdf]
Contact Us
For further information, author interview and review copy requests please contact:
Tel: 02 8248 0800
E: media.enquiries@hachette.com.au
A: Hachette Children’s Books, Att: Theresa Bray, level 17, 207 Kent St, Sydney, NSW 2000