Damperman: An Australian version of a Gingerbread tale - Paperback

by Karen Herps (Illustrator), Cai Herps (Illustrator), Karen Herps (Author)

This playful story is similar to a old favourite but with a wonderful Australian theme. Meet a cute swagger who decides to bake a man out of damper on his open bush fire. To his surprise his dinner comes alive and up jumps the cheeky damper man who runs away after a cheeky little tune. He mocks the swagger. The damper man just grinned and said 'Run, run, run as fast as you can. I'm too fast, I'm the damper man'. During this tale the damper man meets some Australian animals named a Koala, Lizard, Kangaroo and a very wise Platypus. The damper man learns the lesson about not being cheeky and teasing too late as he is gobbled up. He has been out smarted by the usual marsupial Platypus.

Author Biography

Karen started writing after she had life saving surgery which left her with severe disability in the form of mobility. Karen illustrated this book by herself. Her young son has been teaching her techniques to achieve this. Her son Cai has assisted in illustrating the amazing pictures. At his tender young age of 12 he has achieved amazing artistic accomplishments. He has received a silver medal in 2010 (grade 3) for Computer art, a silver medal in 2011 (grade 4) for Photography and has won The Young Australian Art Awards for two years in a row