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    My Nan Speaks Nanish: and other poems for kids and wannabes
    My Nan Speaks Nanish: and other poems for kids and wannabes
    My Nan Speaks Nanish: and other poems for kids and wannabes
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    My Nan Speaks Nanish: and other poems for kids and wannabes

    By Jane Williams and Lisa Morgan

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    ‘Jane Williams’s poems are inventive and the fun is infectious. A bag full of goodies and a delight to the ear.’ – Harry Laing, author of Shoctopus

    ‘In these poems, a whole heap of relatives and animals collide and come together in a series of wonderful moments. We overhear the things that Nan an

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateAug 11, 2018
    ISBN9781760415952
    My Nan Speaks Nanish: and other poems for kids and wannabes
    Author

    Jane Williams

    Jane Williams has been writing and publishing poetry for adults for over twenty-five years. This is her first collection of poems for children. And wannabes. She lives in Hobart.

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      My Nan Speaks Nanish - Jane Williams

      My Nan Speaks Nanish

      My Nan Speaks Nanish

      and other poems for kids and wannabes

      Jane Williams

      Lisa Morgan

      Ginninderra Press

      My Nan Speaks Nanish (and other poems for kids and wannabes)

      978 1 76041 595 2

      Copyright © text Jane Williams 2018

      Copyright © illustrations Lisa Morgan

      All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Requests for permission should be sent to the publisher at the address below.

      First published 2018 by

      Ginninderra Press

      PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015

      www.ginninderrapress.com.au

      Contents

      My Nan Speaks Nanish

      Acknowledgements

      My Nan Speaks Nanish

      no

      No such thing

      No such thing as monsters

      I’m absolutely sure

      So is Mrs Werewolf

      Who rents the house next

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