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He's ready to make a splash!I'm ready to pull off the perfect cannonball, but everyone has advice."You need more weight""Bigger shorts!""More muscles!""BIGGER SHORTS!"All it really takes is listening to your own voice and finding the courage to make the perfect cannonball.



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Sacha Cotter

Sacha is a children's writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. She is the author of picture books Keys, Ng K?, The Marble Maker, and Te Kaihanga Mpere. Her third picture book with HUIA Publishers, The Bomb, will be released later in 2018. Sacha is also involved in writing for The Kiddets, an animated children's television show produced by Pukeko Pictures. Before publishing her first book Keys, Sacha gained an arts degree and a teaching diploma. Whilst living in Valencia, Spain, Sacha completed several short film courses. During this time her short script 'Wasabi Peas' was a semi-finalist at the 2013 L.A Comedy Shorts Festival. Since returning to New Zealand Sacha has completed the Writing for Children Workshop and the Television Master Class with the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University. She has also participated in a writing workshop under the tutelage of Kate de Goldi. Awards:? LIANZA Children & Young Adults Book Awards 2015 Te Kura Pounamu (Te Reo Mori) Finalist for Ng K?? New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young People 2015 Picture Book Finalist for Keys? New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young People 2015 Mori Language Award Winner for Ng K?? IBBY International Honour List 2016 for Ng K?? New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2017 Winner Te Kura Pounamu (Te Reo Mori) for Te Kaihanga MpereWebsite and Resources:



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