Funkybooks is a boutique Australian publisher of unique musical picture books.

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Musical Picture Books

Chris’ musical picture books are designed with one thing in mind – to encourage kids and adults to read for the joy of reading!

Our Books

Funkybooks has published five beautiful musical picture books, including Funky Chicken: A Bushy Tale of Crocs and Chooks, A Bug Called Doug, Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space (Winner – 2016 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year), Funky Chicken: Mission InCROCible, and our latest (and stinkiest) environmentally-themed book, The Things You Can Do With Blue Whale Poo (Shortlisted 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year).

Other stockists:

Our musical picture books are available in bookstores throughout Australia and New Zealand. If it’s not on the shelves they can order it in for you!

Our books are also stocked at an ever-increasing number of tourist gift and specialty stores right around Australia!

Wholesale orders:

If you are a retailer wishing to stock our books and/or other merchandise, contact us for wholesale terms and to place your order.

 

Retail orders:

You can order copies of A Bug Called Doug, the Funky Chicken books and The Things You Can Do with Blue Whale Poo, as well as other merchandise, through our secure online shopping cart.

The more items you purchase, the more you save on postage!

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Our books are utterly unique in the world of children’s picture book publishing. All of our books come with an incredible digital package of the narrated story to a full orchestral backing score plus a song, all performed by the author.
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Feedback

Chris Collin has a very simple philosophy which is to encourage people of all ages to read for the joy of reading! His beautiful rhyming books and author visits are designed to encourage this through fun and funkiness! But don’t just take our word for it! Here’s a selection of what others have to say:

I have been privileged to watch the development of ‘Funky Chicken’ from early manuscript format to the current illustrated form. I heartily recommend it to young readers, and also to parents, aunts, grandparents, librarians, teachers and big brothers and all those people who love to share stories with smaller folk. What’s great about ‘Funky Chicken’? Well, it’s a true-blue Aussie of a story. Think ‘The Sentimental Bloke’. Think ‘The Muddleheaded Wombat’. Think ‘Possum Magic’. Think Banjo Paterson. Think of all those wonderful stories that revel in Australian heritage, idiom, and the offbeat humour that dwells wherever someone’s swatting blowies round the barbi, playing tunes on a gumleaf or eating fairyfloss at the show. ‘Funky Chicken’ is the tale of the search for the most unique animal in the bush and how the crown goes to the winner’s head and almost gets that same head – well, you’ll have to read the story aloud to some seven-year-olds to get the full flavour. Be prepared to stop often to let the laughter die down. The jaunty text is perfectly complemented by the illustrations; a text/picture match made, if not in heaven, certainly somewhere in the outback. I love the Australian spirit of this book. I’m going to buy a copy for my grandson and I can’t say better than that. I might even learn to dance The Funky Chicken.

Sally Odgers

This is an outstanding and original production, with a CD that children and parents can watch and listen to, or simply read. Narrated by the author, Chris Collin, the pages peel back on the screen as the story evolves. The bold coloured, vibrant illustrations are expressive and funny. I laughed my head off while watching and listening to the rhythm and rhyme accentuated by the accompanying background music. With a strong message on the importance of keeping a low profile, readers will enjoy this book immensely.

Anastasia Gonis - Kids Book Review

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Feedback

Chris Collin has a very simple philosophy which is to encourage people of all ages to read for the joy of reading! His beautiful rhyming books and author visits are designed to encourage this through fun and funkiness! But don’t just take our word for it! Here’s a selection of what others have to say:

“This is an outstanding and original production, with a CD that children and parents can watch and listen to, or simply read. Narrated by the author, Chris Collin, the pages peel back on the screen as the story evolves. The bold coloured, vibrant illustrations are expressive and funny. I laughed my head off while watching and listening to the rhythm and rhyme accentuated by the accompanying background music. With a strong message on the importance of keeping a low profile, readers will enjoy this book immensely.” ~ Anastasia Gonis – Kids Book Review

“I have been privileged to watch the development of ‘Funky Chicken’ from early manuscript format to the current illustrated form. I heartily recommend it to young readers, and also to parents, aunts, grandparents, librarians, teachers and big brothers and all those people who love to share stories with smaller folk. What’s great about ‘Funky Chicken’? Well, it’s a true-blue Aussie of a story. Think ‘The Sentimental Bloke’. Think ‘The Muddleheaded Wombat’. Think ‘Possum Magic’. Think Banjo Paterson. Think of all those wonderful stories that revel in Australian heritage, idiom, and the offbeat humour that dwells wherever someone’s swatting blowies round the barbi, playing tunes on a gumleaf or eating fairyfloss at the show. ‘Funky Chicken’ is the tale of the search for the most unique animal in the bush and how the crown goes to the winner’s head and almost gets that same head – well, you’ll have to read the story aloud to some seven-year-olds to get the full flavour. Be prepared to stop often to let the laughter die down. The jaunty text is perfectly complemented by the illustrations; a text/picture match made, if not in heaven, certainly somewhere in the outback. I love the Australian spirit of this book. I’m going to buy a copy for my grandson and I can’t say better than that. I might even learn to dance The Funky Chicken.” ~ Sally Odgers

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