Dr MARK CARTHEWMark Carthew is an award winning Australian author and educator well known for his books and series exploring wordplay, music, movement and drama. Mark's latest releases include Newts, Lutes and Bandicoots, Wicked Wizards & Leaping Lizards and Witches' Britches, Itches & Twitches! produced with UK illustrator Mike Spoor. Mark's picture books include Five Little Owls and The Gobbling Tree, winner of Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year 2009.His poetry books and anthologies include Can You Keep a Secret? Timeless rhymes to share and treasure was noted by the Children's Book Council of Australia as a 2009 Notable Book, Early Childhood. Mark's latest picture book is - The Moose is Loose! illustrated by Matt Stanton and published by HarperCollins/ABC Books. Available June 1st 2013.www.markcarthew.com.au