Debi Gliori (2010 children's event)

In a sold out event Debi Gliori takes us on an enchanting journey, wandering through the forests and meeting the animal characters in her acclaimed books.  Gliori explains how her stories often begin as small seeds that grow over the years. The main characters in her latest picture book Stormy Weather, first appeared in No Matter What, eleven years earlier. And no matter what people may think the main characters are foxes not kangaroos.

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