X is for Marimba, which doesn’t start with X but is a wooden musical instrument similar to a large Xylophone — Glenda has one in her lounge room
Yo-Yo — the biscuit, the toy and especially Yo-Yo Ma, the man who plays cello
Zinnias — they were Glenda’s nana’s favourite flower
The A-Z of things Stephen likes
Abstract art and animation
Belief — from Buddha to Peter Pan, with Santa Claus in-between — and B-B-B-BAREFEET
Creativity, cobalt blue, clay (dirty and wet) and Calder (an American sculptor)
Drumming, Daffy Duck and being a dad
Edward Ardizzone (an illustrator)
Frank Capra movies — one of Stephen’s favourites is You Can’t Take It With You
Galahs, grevilleas and gardening (all three combined) and Giacometti (a sculptor)
Hand-made anything
Ink — Stephen uses it all the time. It’s hard to control, it stains his clothes, hands and everything around him and he loves it! (Stephen’s just a messy little boy at heart.)
J … Stephen can’t think of anything … just joking!
Kindness
Leaf — Stephen’s Mona Lisa
Mickey Mouse — particularly the old 1930s and ’40s animations and the mystery comic books like Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot
Night-time — the stars, the moonlight or when it’s pitch-black and you can’t see a thing. Add a fire, surround it with family and friends making noise and Stephen’s happy.
Olsen, John (an Australian artist)
Painting and printmaking — Stephen likes lots of painterly mess and unpredictability
Quiet — Stephen loves being around people without the pressure to talk. He loves observing.
Robin Hood — especially Robin Hood Daffy — and rain … Stephen loves the rain.
Storms — similar to rain but with added danger! Also skate-boarding (especially RipStiking), although storms and skate-boarding don’t combine very well.
Tim Burton movies — for the tenderness and scars
U V W X Y Z … Stephen can’t be bothered thinking up things for these … Oh, okay …
Verandas — Stephen can’t imagine why any house in Australia wouldn’t have one! Front, back, side … the more veranda the better. If your house doesn’t have a veranda, Stephen reckons you should definitely put V for veranda under D for dream and start drawing up designs (you can file your designs under D too)
Y … Y … Why … does Stephen have to think of things he likes for U, W, X and Z?
You can visit Stephen Michael King at:
smkbooks.com
Also by Glenda Millard
When the Angels Came
Bringing Reuben Home
The Novice
Angel Breath
Mrs Wiggins’ Wartymelons
Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle
The Kingdom of Silk series
The Naming of Tishkin Silk
Layla, Queen of Hearts
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First published in Australia in 2009
This edition published in 2011
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Copyright © Glenda Millard 2009
Copyright © Illustrations Stephen Michael King 2009
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Millard, Glenda.
All the colours of paradise / Glenda Millard; illustrator, Stephen Michael King.
ISBN: 978-0-7333-2583-0 (pbk.)
ISBN: 978-0-7304-9435-5 (ePub)
Millard, Glenda / Kingdom of silk; 4.
For primary school age.
Family — Juvenile fiction.
Contests in art — Juvenile fiction.
Emotions in children — Juvenile fiction.
King, Stephen Michael.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
A823.3