Felice Arena
Felice Arena
Felice Arena is the author and creator of many popular and award-winning children’s books for all ages, including the acclaimed historical adventures The Unstoppable Flying Flanagan, The Boy and the Spy, Fearless Frederic and A Great Escape, the bestselling Specky Magee books, a cheeky read-aloud picture-book Poo and Other Words that Make Me Laugh, and the popular Andy Roid and Sporty Kids series. His picture book Pasta, illustrated by Beatrice Cerocchi, came out in March 2023. Felice's books have garnered several awards, including six Australian Children Choice Book Awards. In 2013 Felice was honoured as a KOALA Awards Legend, and in 2020 he was the recipient of the YABBA's Graham Davey Citation Award for his contribution to Australian children's literature. In 2022 Felice was the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Ambassador.
Books represented by Annabel Barker Agency
Pasta
These pasta words are fun to say ...
Spaghettini
Fagottini
Ditalini
More Grattini?
Manicotti
Agnolotti
That's a lot-ti!
Pasta tastes delicious, but do you know that pasta names are also fun to say? Grab your fork and spoon and get stuck into this rhyming feast. It's enough to make anyone hungry for PASTA!
From bestselling author Felice Arena and award-winning illustrator Beatrice Cerocchi comes a joyous ode to the food that everyone loves to eat.
Unstoppable Flying Flanagan
Another crowd-favourite from the number-one bestselling author of the Specky Magee series!
This is Specky Magee meets The Boy and the Spy - a moving and inspiring story set against the backdrop of the Second World War in Australia, the women's movement and the little-known history of women's football.
Another entertaining historical novel by one of Australia's most-acclaimed authors.
The war seems a long way away to Maggie Flanagan. Her brother is somewhere across the sea, flying to protect England from the Germans and the Italians. But Maggie is more interested in kicking the footy and finding out who's going to play for St Kilda this season.
But when the war comes to Australia and Maggie sees what she's sure is a Japanese spy plan in the skies of Melbourne, it all gets very real. The Japanese attack Australia up north, raining bombs on Darwin and Broome, and American soldiers start appearing on the streets. Worst of all, it looks like the football season will be cancelled!
When Maggie decides to stage an all-girl football game to raise money for the troops, she's breaking all the rules. Everyone knows that girls can't play footy! But the rules aren't going to stop the unstoppable Flying Flanagan . . .