Louise Park – August 13 2017

National Science Week – August 12-20 2017

This year’s National Science Week school theme is Future Earth, a 10-year international initiative begun in 2015 to advance global sustainability science.

Louise is an author, publisher and educational consultant. With over 20 years’ experience in teaching, publishing, seminar presenting and writing, she has written over 50 successful fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults. Her children’s books include the top-selling fiction spy series for boys, Zac Power Test Drive, the 16-part fantasy adventure series for girls, Star Girl, preschool book series, SmartyCat, illustrated by Jeannette Row,e and the 16-book fiction series Boy vs Beast co-created and written with Susannah MacFarlane. As a publisher, Louise has had extensive involvement in the publishing of a large number of well known award-winning educational resources, literacy readers and novels for children.

New Girl (#1 in the Star Girl series)
MacMillan, 2012; ISBN 9781420290295
7-9 years

Adelaide Banks is the newest student to join the SEAS Space Agent program. Does First Year Space Cadet Star Girl have what it takes to save space – one planet at a time? Planet Polare’s ice is melting and the alien life forms are in danger. When Space Cadet Star Girl is sent to investigate with her room-mate SC Supernova she discovers that not all the dangers come from hairy aliens or strange planets. Can they work together to save the planet and its alien frozellas?

Water Beast (#1 in the Boy vs Beast series)
Co-written with Susannah McFarlane under the pseudonym Mac Park
Scholastic, 2011; ISBN 9781921931390
6-10 years

Kai Masters is a Border Guard, training to keep the world safe from Beasts. When his robot dog finds some fish bones and mysterious green slime on the beach, Kai has to fight a water beast. Should he choose the Torpedo Cross Bow or the Super-Zap-6? Was he right to choose the Torpedo Crossbow? Will it work against toxic jellyfish? Will it be enough to take on a wave attack?