Congraduations! is a collection of illustrated poem stories, for young adults, that explore the perspectives of a school leaver:Looking back on their school years,Looking forward to possibilities, andReady to navigate life!Each story supports that grown-up kid who, at this moment in life, finds themselves standing between yesterday, today and tomorrow.This book is an ideal gift for anyone you're proud of, finishing up and moving on.Table of Contents:Ready? Set?Happy Graduation!Goodbye! Hello?Some Gentle AdviceThe CallLeon Goes To The CircusRebecca Trowbridge and Caitlin Bales are an award-winning author-illustrator combination - their first book, Fond Farewells: Stories That Comfort When Saying Goodbye, has won the 2013 International Book Awards for the category of Children's Picture Book: Softcover Fiction. Bi-racial, multi-language, author and self-translator, coming off a plane on a balmy night, geology, scientific method, new age mother, daughter is the first daughter of a first daughter of a first daughter of a first daughter, other child is the second child of a second child of a second child, kitsch, amusement rides in shopping centres, carnivals, music cul-de-sac, people who draw, words, night-time jazz, Tom Waits in the early 70s, writing in the wee hours, comfortable underground, eating not cooking, tea rather than coffee but coffee ok even instant, French winters, Melbourne summers, pretentious anytime, skiing, softball, touch football, good times with friends and family, forget to wear costume jewelry, family planning, hot chocolate instead of champagne, noice hotels, texture, yellow, orange, ok all colours, listening practice, always wanted to do a backflip, gratitude, shandies, So You Think You Can Dance without the screaming audience without the judges and without the phone voting, karma and always learning, mentor, truth, looking at the ocean, looking at the sky, every moment counts, baby animals, interactive zoos, source of the pain, 5 whys, psychology, computer addiction however not a facebook addiction, expensive cigars gone stale, custard, apple pie, soft drinks are not for kids, WTF, no gardening but will pull out weeds, life is but a dream, can't go past the eel at a Japanese Restaurant, attitude, self-exploration, accidentally give away the end to movies and books, deep abiding devotion to Survivor reality show...
