Nina Rycroft

Nina Rycroft had her first book, Little Platypus (Nette Hilton, 2000), published receiving a CBCA notable book in 2001. Since then, Nina has illustrated over ten books, including the award-winning picture book and stage production, Boom Bah! (Phil Cummings, 2007), No More Kisses (Margaret Wild, 2009) and Now I Am Bigger (Sherryl Clark, 2010). Ballroom Bonanza (Nina Rycroft, 2010) - a story inspired by Nina’s great-grandfather in-law, Tommy Jones - is a finalist in the 2010 CJ Picture Book Awards International Competition.


“Being a part of the Literature Live! team has been so exciting. I love the fact that I can connect and share ideas with students right across the country. To simultaneously draw on the same board, in real time, from two different schools, in two different suburbs...cities...countries...WOW!”



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Drawing Dinosaurs at the Australian Museum

Drawing Dinosaurs at the Australian Museum

Join children’s book illustrator Nina Rycroft and learn animation techniques, using dinosaurs from the Australian Museum. Learn animation techniques that will transform dinosaur skeletons from the Australian Museum into picture book characters that...
$100.00

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Funny Bones - Drawing Australian Museum Characters

Funny Bones - Drawing Australian Museum Characters

Join children's book illustrator Nina Rycroft and learn how to create fun animal characters from the Australian Museum exhibits. Students learn how to gather visual information from the skeletons or preserved animals from the museum, look closely...
$100.00

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Picture Book Magic

Picture Book Magic

Bring the magic of picture books to life with award winning illustrator, Nina Rycroft.   Nina’s presentations are educational, interactive and  fun. A digital slide show will hold the students attention as Nina shows students the process of...
$100.00

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Puggles Rule!

Puggles Rule!

Learn all about Australia’s very own puggles – baby platypuses and baby echidnas – with two Australian picture book creators who know them best.   Nina Rycroft is the illustrator of Little Platypus (CBCA Notable Book, NSW Premier’s Reading...
$100.00

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The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt

The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt

The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt is fun, interactive story play between participating schools. Using simple thumb-nail prints students will create their own dinosaur character and then develop a story using mystery items from the Australian...
$100.00

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