The Marble Maker

by Sacha Cotter

Picture book:
A child dreams of inventing a new marble and having the recipe appear in The Book of Marbles. In a chaotic lab, with a sheep as an assistant and using ingredients as diverse as ‘teeth bling from a retired rapper’, ‘three pints of swooshy night air’ and ‘a snippet from a sheep’s fringe’, the child lights up the stoves and, with a bang, marbles that have never been seen before rain down.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Sacha is a children's writer based in Wellington, New Zealand.

She is the author of picture books Keys, Ngā Kī, The Marble Maker, and Te Kaihanga Māpere.

Her third picture book with HUIA Publishers, The Bomb, will be released later in 2018.

Sacha is also involved in writing for The Kiddets, an animated children’s television show produced by Pukeko Pictures.

Before publishing her first book Keys, Sacha gained an arts degree and a teaching diploma. Whilst living in Valencia, Spain, Sacha completed several short film courses. During this time her short script 'Wasabi Peas' was a semi-finalist at the 2013 L.A Comedy Shorts Festival.

Since returning to New Zealand Sacha has completed the Writing for Children Workshop and the Television Master Class with the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University. She has also participated in a writing workshop under the tutelage of Kate de Goldi.

Awards:
 LIANZA Children & Young Adults Book Awards 2015 Te Kura Pounamu (Te Reo Māori) Finalist for Ngā Kī

 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young People 2015 Picture Book Finalist for Keys

 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young People 2015 Māori Language Award Winner for Ngā Kī

 IBBY International Honour List 2016 for Ngā Kī

 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2017 Winner Te Kura Pounamu (Te Reo Māori) for Te Kaihanga Māpere

Website and Resources:

www.sachacotter.com

https://www.facebook.com/cotter.morga...

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun and empowering tale of imagination of delight (and never giving up)

[Tom Moffatt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baa-Woooooooo! This is such a fun story, filled with creativity, sizzling vocabulary and one drop of hamster snot. Loved the operatic sheep noises too, and some of the illustrations are exceptional.