About Face is an illustrated children's book about a dream in which ears, eyes, nose and mouth become detached from the narrator's face, taking on lives of their own.
The facial characters, free from all restrictions, delve into mischief including party music, trying to bake a pie without burning down the kitchen, eating and even dancing!
About Face is a hilarious children's story illustrated with remarkable 3D effects and fantasic visual innovation – soon to be an animated film.
Robert Moore is a widely published writer of poetry, plays, articles, short stories and children's books.
Breathe Easy, a children's play that he co-wrote to help educate about asthma awareness, was awarded a special commendation from The Asthma Foundation of South Australia in 1998.
He was joint winner of the inaugural Feast Festival Short Story Competition in 2001 with Clearview.
His first children's book Raspberry Rat (Macmillan) was published in 2003 and Map (Macmillan) followed in 2004.
ISBN 9781921869129 (HB, 36pp); 36pp;
216mm x 280mm
Eden Hills writer Robert Moore's primary-age picture book tells of the story of a dream in which a boy's facial features take on a rumbustious night-life of their own. Eyes, ears, lips and nose, pictured in plastic technicolour by Adelaide company MonkeyStack slide off their face and explore the house, burning pies in the kitchen, indulging in reggae in the living room and arguing about earphones over which the ears not unnaturally claim a monopoly. Some fun is had with expressions such as "eye-popping" and "all ears", but in general the features behave like any kids having a bit of a midnight knees-up and needing a day or two in bed to recover.
– Katherine England, The Adelaide Advertiser
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Teachers' notes (free download)
Sample
My eyes jumped out of their sockets. My nose fell on the floor. My ears unscrewed themselves.
'Come on,' Lips said to Eyes.
'Come on,' Eyes said to Ears.
'Come on,' Ears said to Nose.
Eyes, Ears and Nose followed Lips into the kitchen.
Lips closed the door.
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