"Shoestring loved the sudden intake of breath when he stepped onto the rope.
She has also worked extensively as an artist in the youth health sector, and uses these skills in workshops she runs with Julie in schools around Australia..
Her distinctive work has appeared on gallery walls, newspapers, magazines, and educational books for children.
She has a background in lithography and etching, which brings a love of rendering light and tone to her pencil illustrations.
Dale Newman creates images full of mystery, high drama, and subtle humor, so her collaboration with Julie Hunt on KidGlovz and Shoestring, the Boy Who Walks on Air has been a natural fit.
She has received many awards and commendations for earlier books, including winning Readings\' inaugural Children\'s Book Prize for Song for a Scarlet Runner in 2014 and the Children\'s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award for The Coat, illustrated by Ron Brooks, in 2013.
KidGlovz won the 2016 Queensland Literary Award and her latest novel, Shine Mountain , was shortlisted for the 2019 NSW Premier\'s Award.
This interest has taken her from the rugged west coast of Ireland to the ice caves of Romania where she collected ideas for her graphic novel, KidGlovz , illustrated by Dale Newman.
She loves travel and is fascinated by landscapes and the tales they inspire.
Her stories combine other-worldly elements with down-to-earth humor.
About author(s): Julie Hunt loves storytelling and traditional folktales.
A thrilling, heart-in-the-mouth adventure of ambition, friendship and the threads that bind from the award-winning creators of KidGlovz .
But when he steals his best friend\'s mind, he\'s at risk of losing all he values most.
It\'s so easy to help himself to whatever he likes--even other people\'s hopes and dreams.
When he\'s wearing the gloves, the world is at Shoestring\'s fingertips.
But trouble is brewing--the magical gloves that caused so much turmoil for KidGlovz are back.
Their lead performer, he has an invisible tightrope and an act to die for.
The upturned faces of the audience made him think of coins scattered at his feet, more coins than he had ever taken when he was a pickpocket." Twelve-year-old Shoestring is leaving behind his life of crime and starting a new career with the Troupe of Marvels. "Shoestring loved the sudden intake of breath when he stepped onto the rope
