Joan's collaborative writing and her ILLUSTRATIONS

Memory Book That Was Journey

The three grandmothers, Mary, Joan and Joanne have completed a series of twenty four THAT WAS BOOKS. it all started when Mary paid a visit to Joan's house and saw her Victorian dolls' house. Mary started to write The Victorian house that was, Joan joined in with her ideas and Joanne typed the book. When that got published the trio worked on a whole series of the books where Jessica and Matthew go back in time with the help of a magic doll called Miranda. The books are in some of the local schools and the library. On their writing journey the grandmothers have been invited to lots of places like Bay Television, radio interviews, school work shops, Media City, book signings and many more. They have made lots of new friendships on the way. This memory book takes you through the journey of the THAT WAS team.