tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50028770681318733612012-03-01T00:48:27.609-08:00Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-61522819593878868402012-01-27T16:36:00.000-08:002012-01-27T16:43:18.878-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ix_2SFN3OY/TyNDg06m4sI/AAAAAAAAACc/3JTASPx-BFQ/s1600/cutest%2Bpet%2Bever%2Bcover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 278px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ix_2SFN3OY/TyNDg06m4sI/AAAAAAAAACc/3JTASPx-BFQ/s320/cutest%2Bpet%2Bever%2Bcover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702475784420516546" /></a>If you could have any pet in the world, what would you choose? A pony? A goldfish? A dragon?<div>Billie dreams up all kinds of pets that she thinks would be just purrrrfect for her, but in the end, the perfect pet finds her!</div><div>I hope you enjoy this new Billie story - out in February 2012.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-6152281959387886840?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-49645609139773128662011-10-02T00:55:00.000-07:002011-10-02T00:59:08.749-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ptyivd9-7gU/TogZY6uX30I/AAAAAAAAACE/GsBF4XJh8PI/s1600/aki%2Bart%2BBig%2BBook%2Bof%2BBillie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ptyivd9-7gU/TogZY6uX30I/AAAAAAAAACE/GsBF4XJh8PI/s400/aki%2Bart%2BBig%2BBook%2Bof%2BBillie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658800847662341954" /></a><br />... the Big Book of Billie B Brown!<div>Twelve Billie stories, puzzles, games, recipes and more! Aki has even included a page on how to draw Billie. So much fun!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-4964560913977312866?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-91508069905731795762011-08-31T02:50:00.000-07:002011-08-31T03:01:43.839-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2ll05-gq0bQ/Tl4GIqlAYlI/AAAAAAAAAB0/yl55NGD7A_A/s1600/Spotty%2BHoliday.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2ll05-gq0bQ/Tl4GIqlAYlI/AAAAAAAAAB0/yl55NGD7A_A/s200/Spotty%2BHoliday.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646957728707404370" /></a>I have some very exciting news. As a part of the Get Reading campaign we are taking Billie B Brown on the road! Best of all, Aki, the illustrator, is coming over from New Zealand especially. I can't wait to meet her. We will be travelling around Victoria and NSW together from Sept 19th to the 23rd and we are really hoping to meet some Billie fans! To find out whether we will be heading your way, check the <a href="http://www.getreading.com.au/">Get Reading website</a> and click on the <a href="http://www.getreading.com.au/events/">events</a> page. Hope to see you there!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-9150806990573179576?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-36719141430829374882011-06-07T20:18:00.000-07:002011-06-07T20:27:34.589-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LlttAzYwsto/Te7rP5QjojI/AAAAAAAAABs/MTcakaGLzCo/s1600/9781921848001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LlttAzYwsto/Te7rP5QjojI/AAAAAAAAABs/MTcakaGLzCo/s200/9781921848001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615684443678417458" /></a>Have you ever made up a story that just gets bigger and bigger? Then the story gets so big that you just don't know how to get out of it? Well, one day Billie makes up a story about how she broke her arm, but soon the story gets so silly that nobody believes her any more. Not even her best friend, Jack! Find out how Billie manages to wriggle out of THIS tricky situation in The Little Lie, available now!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-3671914143082937488?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-6839902010194353622011-03-23T16:56:00.000-07:002011-03-23T17:05:20.710-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C2nnsk0WHEA/TYqI-b-sYxI/AAAAAAAAAA8/pBNRY1pDVr4/s1600/BilliePartyInvitation.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C2nnsk0WHEA/TYqI-b-sYxI/AAAAAAAAAA8/pBNRY1pDVr4/s400/BilliePartyInvitation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587428893950501650" /></a>Well, next month it will be a whole year since the Billie B Brown series were first launched. Billie has made new friends, had midnights feasts, cut her hair, gone on excursions, played lots of soccer and even had a new arrival in her family. So many things to celebrate! So we are holding an extra-special super-dooper one year Billie B Brown birthday party on Sunday 3rd April at the <a href="http://wheelercentre.com/calendar/event/childrens-book-festival/">Children's Book Festival</a> in Melbourne. Hope you can come!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-683990201019435362?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-53070275712448110332010-12-09T02:58:00.000-08:002010-12-09T03:05:44.365-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TQC3ftcJbPI/AAAAAAAAAAs/WnslZSrapws/s1600/TSM_cover%2BART.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TQC3ftcJbPI/AAAAAAAAAAs/WnslZSrapws/s320/TSM_cover%2BART.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548636496321932530" /></a>Hello everyone!<br />Well, I don't know about you, but I am always very happy when summer arrives. I love everything about summer: the warm weather, the Christmas holidays, and especially the beach! Billie likes the beach too, and in the next Billie book you will will see that she finds some very special things there. This is the lovely summery cover, and it will be in shops in January.<br />Until then, HAPPY CHRISTMAS everyone!<div><br /></div><div>Do you like summer?</div><div>What are your favourite things to do over the summer holidays?</div><div>What is the most exciting thing you have ever found at the beach?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-5307027571244811033?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-80643076230988926082010-10-17T16:30:00.000-07:002010-10-17T16:38:54.626-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TLuH1yh35hI/AAAAAAAAAAk/yeTemZ_Bw-Y/s1600/The+Perfect+Present.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TLuH1yh35hI/AAAAAAAAAAk/yeTemZ_Bw-Y/s320/The+Perfect+Present.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529162325694080530" /></a><br />Only fourteen more sleeps until Christmas! Billie B Brown's Christmas, that is. The beautiful new Billie book, with its gorgeous shiny cover, will be available from November 1, just in time for Christmas. Let's hope that lots of Billie B Brown fans will find them under the tree or in their stockings this year!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-8064307623098892608?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-38880227626253459312010-09-13T01:59:00.001-07:002010-09-13T02:09:51.723-07:00I have been very<span style="font-weight:bold;"> 'B'</span> for <span style="font-weight:bold;">BUSY</span> writing lots more Billie stories over the last few months. Here are some clues for the stories to come.<br />Something you might find under a Christmas tree...<br />Somewhere you might go for your holidays...<br />Something you might do on your birthday...<br />Someone who might arrive in your family!<br />That's all I can say for now, but look out for the next Billie book in November. It will be an extra-special one!<br />Thank you to everyone for writing. Keep those letters coming! Me, Aki and everyone on the super-dooper Billie B Brown team LOVE hearing from you!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BIG</span> Billie love from Sally<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-3888022762625345931?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-2089710845551463652010-07-18T19:27:00.000-07:002010-07-18T19:41:57.442-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TEO5P9N3CsI/AAAAAAAAAAU/RJDjI9K5h98/s1600/The+Beautiful+Haircut.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TEO5P9N3CsI/AAAAAAAAAAU/RJDjI9K5h98/s320/The+Beautiful+Haircut.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495439654104009410" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TEO42R-epPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7Q5NJUpYEcw/s1600/The+Extra-Special+Helper.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-TaGmgiHi9o/TEO42R-epPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7Q5NJUpYEcw/s320/The+Extra-Special+Helper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495439213000041714" /></a><br />Here are the covers for the next two Billie books, on sale from <span style="font-weight:bold;">Monday August 2nd</span>. Once again Aki has done a wonderful job illustrating them. I can't wait for you to see them and I'd love to hear what you think of the new stories. <br />Hope you love them as much as I do! - Sally (the author)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-208971084555146365?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-81735153141791105082010-06-11T03:47:00.000-07:002010-06-11T03:50:04.929-07:00Hey, all you Billie B fans out there. <br />Here's a competition for you!<br />Do you know what the B in Billie B Brown stands for?<br />-Lots of different things!<br />Billie can be BRAVE sometimes, other times she wants to be a BALLERINA. Some days she wants to do something BIG and sometimes she can be a little bit BOSSY!<br />Want to win a full set of the first four Billie B Brown books?<br />Just tell us what you think the B in Billie B Brown could stand for.<br />You can draw, collage or write your entry - the more BOLD and BEAUTIFUL the BETTER!<br />There are TEN sets to be won!<br />Send your entries to:<br />The B in Billie B Brown Competition<br />Private Bag 1600, South Yarra, VIC 3141<br />Don't forget to include your name, age and address so we can send you a prize!<br />Entries close 30/06/2010<br />The winner will be contacted by mail before 12/07/2010<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-8173515314179110508?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-90096028993750990802010-06-03T22:05:00.000-07:002010-06-03T22:15:13.854-07:00Hello!<br />Thank you to everyone for all these wonderful comments. I especially love hearing about the things you like best about the Billie books as it helps me to know what to do more (or less) of in the Billie books to come! So, tell me which is your favourite book, scene or character - I'd love to hear from you! Or maybe you'd like to send in some new outfit requests for Aki, our fabulous illustrator?<br />Thanks!<br />Sally (the author)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-9009602899375099080?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com104tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-67501324152158545382010-04-27T19:32:00.000-07:002010-04-27T19:36:00.938-07:00Parents, feel free to use this thread to post your message to Sally Rippin, Aki Fukuoka and the Billie B Brown team.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-6750132415215854538?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-25331811615303855762010-04-21T19:50:00.000-07:002010-04-21T19:53:01.425-07:00Hi everyone!<br /><br />Do you have something in common with Billie? Maybe you have a boy that's your best friend, or your favourite sandwich is banana and honey with sprinkles.<br /><br />Tell us what you have in common with Billie here!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-2533181161530385576?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002877068131873361.post-83349715925268103962010-04-01T01:49:00.000-07:002010-04-05T23:30:33.721-07:00Hi everyone and welcome to the Billie B Brown site!<br /><br />You can post a message to the author, the illustrator or Billie and her friends and the team at Billie B Brown!<br /><br />Click on the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Comment</span> link below this message to have your say!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5002877068131873361-8334971592526810396?l=bulletins.billiebbrownboard.com' alt='' /></div>Billie B Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08856445766409926819noreply@blogger.com91