Award-winning children's author and illustrator
F E L I C E A R E N A
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Entertain the little ones in your life with Felice's joyous and lyrical read-aloud picture books...
Stunningly illustrated by award-winning illustrator Beatrice Cerocchi
Austrailan edition.
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MY BIG SECRET
Written and Illustrated by Felice Arena
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F E L I C E A R E N A
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Felice Arena is one of Australia’s most prolific children’s authors.
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His books have topped bestseller lists and garnered several awards, including six Australian Children’s Choice awards.
His most popular books include the iconic Specky Magee series, the Sporty Kids series, the highly acclaimed historical adventure novels and CBCA notable books – The Boy and the Spy, Fearless Frederic, A Great Escape, and The Unstoppable Flying Flanagan – and the lyrical read-aloud picture books Pasta! and Cheese! Felice’s most recent picture book, My Big Secret, is a fun uplifting story about love, acceptance, and being yourself.
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Felice's books have been published around the world, including the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Turkiye, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and China.
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In 2020 Felice 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.
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SCHOOL & FESTIVAL VISITS
LIVE AND VIRTUAL A P P E A R A N C E S
Felice Arena is a hugely popular speaker at schools and festivals in Australia and abroad.
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His entertaining presentations are high-energy sessions that incorporate interactive theatre improvisations. Drawing on his acting and teaching experience Felice employs performance-based activities with the aim of bringing his stories to life and jump-starting a lifelong love of reading.
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Felice has also been an entertaining guest at many of the premier literature festivals, including the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth Writers' Festivals, the Somerset Literature Festival, Byron Writers' Festial, Scotch College Literature Festival, Voices On the Coast, Write Around the Murray, and All Saints Literature Festival -- just to name a few!
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Felice’s presentations are ideal for primary school audiences, large or small, depending on the venue and availability of audio-visual equipment.
Sessions can be broken into the following Grade levels:
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• Juniors (p-2)
• Seniors (3 - 6 or 3/4s or 5/6s)​
To book Felice for your
school or festivaL contact:
OR CALL +61 3 9824 0177
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"Brilliant, engaging, captivating and inspiring are just some of the ways I would describe Felice's sessions. His energy is infectious and its not just the students who enjoy themselves. Do yourself a favour and book Felice in at your school or library, you certainly won't be disappointed."
- Sharmaine Delgardo, Griffith City Library
"This is the third time we have had Felice Arena visit our school, and he is always wonderful fun, yet educational as well! Felice's sessions are as much a performance as anything, and the children don't realise they are learning at the same time – nobody gets the shuffles, everyone wants to participate, & laughter abounds! We always have a resurgence in reading his books after Felice has visited, and even more so with his newly released titles. We love Felice!"
- Montrose. P.S. Book Week
"We were thrilled to have Felice Arena join us virtually for Book Week. He engaged our students immediately, as well as providing a sneak peak of his new novel next year. We learnt lots about writing, illustrating and history. We hope to have him back in person next year! Thank you, Felice!"
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St. Paul's Primary School, Coburg.
"Felice — I just wanted to thank you again for your presentation with the Prep – Year 2 students. They absolutely loved listening to you talk about your books and characters and also where you find inspiration. Thank you for your generosity, your spirit, your humour, and your understanding of what children love!” — B. Joseph, Grimwade House,
Melbourne Grammar
