SCHOOL TOURS/WORKSHOPS
The Lighthouse invites you to take part in a special 90-minute tour of Matt Ottley’s The Sound of Picture Books exhibition with an accompanying workshop. Your workshop can focus on a particular book of Matt’s, or the Sound of Picture Books as a whole. Please be in contact to arrange a tour.
Tours can take place any time from 10am Tuesdays-Fridays from 8th-25th October.
The following is a list of books for children, young adults and adults that Matt Ottley has illustrated and composed music for as part of The SOUND of PICTURE BOOKS.
2024 Stickboy, Rebecca Young, Scholastic Australia (August 2024)
2022 The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness, One Tentacle Publishing
2021 Afloat in Venice, Tina Wilson, One Tentacle Publishing
2020 How to Make a Bird, Meg McKinlay, Walker Books
2019 Dumazi and the Big Yellow Lion, Valanga Khoza, Scholastic Australia
2018 The Incredible Freedom Machines, Kirli Saunders, Scholastic Australia
2015 Teacup, Rebecca Young, Scholastic Australia
2013 Parachute, Danny Parker, Hardie Grant
2012 Tree, Danny Parker, Hardie Grant
2009 Home and Away, John Marsden, Lothian/Hachette
2007 Requiem for a Beast, Matt Ottley (Author/Illustrator), Lothian/Hachette
Please contact hello@thelighthousetoowoomba and we will arrange a tour for you that meets your students’ needs.
Exhibition runs 8th - 26th October | Tuesday - Saturday | 10am - 3pm
The Sound of Picture Books promotional video: Bringing picture books to life! (youtube.com)
This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. It was also made possible by the Australian Government Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.
