Tania McCartney Blog: Blog Tour: Riley and the Jumpy Kangaroo Sneak Peek

I hope you've had fun on my Very Jumpy Tour! Thank you to everyone who hosted me on this whirlwind trip around the webosphere. It was a lot of fun. Don't forget to check out the blog tour schedule {at the end of this post} for any destinations you missed, and to be in the running to win a copy of the book.

So, I promised you all a sneak peek of Riley and the Jumpy Kangaroo, my fave Riley book yet. In the hardback copy, you'll find some pretty glorious endpapers featuring a flower-bedecked Panda that you won't get to see in the paperback version, so here is Panda in all his Floriade glory . . .

I thought you might also like to see some of Kieron's glorious draft images that were never used in this book {maybe the next one}.

Isn't he brilliant?

In this fifth book, I've done something a little different to the first four books. I've started to introduce colour into the photographs. There's a reason for this - and I won't spoil the surprise! - but you'll find out why at the end of the story.

Here is a peek at a page with lots of colour. I wonder if you can spot the REAL Riley's real-life Granny?

Lastly, this Riley book will be launched at Floriade this year - at Gnome Knoll - and you're invited! See here for more details but be sure to RSVP if you want to snaffle a goodie bag and a balloon!

To celebrate Riley's Gnome Knoll launch, we have added a very special visitor to the pages of Riley and the Jumpy Kangaroo. If you search really hard, you may just find this little man somewhere in the book's pages ...

I hope you've had a wonderful time on tour with Riley. Be sure to visit the very special people who hosted me on tour!

Riley and the Jumpy Kangaroo is available at a bookstore near you. If it's all sold out, just ask your retailer to order it in.

A Very Jumpy Tour!

MONDAY 29 JULY

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