DRAGON AND FRIENDS’ MINDFUL ADVENTURES: THE GREAT RACE AGAIN! BOOK LAUNCH AT WAHROONGA PARK

A perfect autumn day for the launch of my dragon book, the third instalment in the Lunar New Year Animal Books for Kids in Sydney on Saturday, 23 March 2024. The sun and the autumn colours of red, gold and orange came out for Shan-Long, the wood dragon’s debut.

A curated video of the book launch.

Watch now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqEnW320Vjw

My deep appreciation to the Hon. Paul Fletcher, MP, Federal Member for Bradfield for launching the book, and for the warm support from Mr Alister Henkens, SC. Member for Wahroonga, Mr Matt Cross, Member for Davidson, the Hon. Philip Ruddock, AO, Mayor of Hornsby and Ms Barbara Ward, Councillor. Paul who is born in the year of the wood dragon spoke humorously about how he found out that he is actually born in the year of the dragon, rather than the year of the snake. Paul also launched my “AM I A TIGER? Book in 2022.

I am grateful to Paul for his lovely speech and his heart-warming endorsement —“The book helps children develop a resilient mindset. And it helps them apply a set of mental tools in dealing with the stresses and pressures that life inevitably brings. . . . . It is a story that is built on a foundation of both very deep academic and clinical knowledge about psychology, about mental well-being, about resilience, and about the importance of all of these things for children, as, of course, for adults.”

Many thanks to Jo Coffrey of Novella, my family and friends. To Lynne, Matthew, Nicholas, Alex and Isabella  who read and acted out the book beautifully. A wonderful thank you to my amazing team and friends who helped me to plan, managed and videoed the launch, and to everyone who supported the event and make the day really special for me and wood dragon. A special thanks to the LionDance Kids for their amazing performance of the Lion and Dragon Dances, a highlight of the launch.

I am grateful to my illustrator, Pip Tweed, for her beautiful illustrations of the book and making my vision come alive.

It was a really fun and successful book launch. I was pleased to sign books for many wonderful readers of all ages.

A Big Thank You,

Belinda Khong & Shan-Long