Liam the Chid & the Kangaroo Warriors

Join us at Boobooks, Saturday 27th 11am, to launch a beautiful new book by Meridith Downs, in conversation with local New England children’s author, Bec Nanayakkara.

The first book in a thrilling new middle grade animal adventure series from Australian author, Meredith Downes, "Liam the Chid and the Kangaroo Warriors" is a tale filled with action, humour and heart. It tells about a young echidna, who must go on a perilous journey to seek the great kangaroo warriors and learn their secret fighting arts.

Liam is an echidna destined for trouble. A fierce fire inside him makes him do strange things...crazy things! Like standing up to the wicked Goanna Gang, something no other echidna has ever dared before. But when Liam learns he must find the kangaroo warriors and learn their secret fighting arts, he knows it's the craziest thing he's done yet! Can he make it all the way to the Roo Plains? Will the Roos really help him or just crush him into tiny pieces? Does he even have what it takes to become a toothless warrior? Find out in "Liam the Chid and the Kangaroo Warriors".

Meredith Downes is a children’s author and illustrator from Brisbane. She loves to draw and write adventures about all the quirky characters of the Australian bush she has met at home and in her travels across the country. Meredith was previously longlisted for the 2020 Queensland Stories, Songs and Rhymes competition and won the 2022 Storylinks competition for children’s short fiction. She has also written for The School Magazine. Liam the Chid and the Kangaroo Warriors is her debut novel for kids.

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