Carol Goess

award winning children's author

Carol writes engaging stories with gentle humour that promote oral language development and literacy in young children. Her primary aim as an author is to motivate reluctant readers and to make a connection through universal experiences and creative storytelling.

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Cover of Can We Lick the Spoon Now? by Carol Goess and Tamsin Ainslie — a girl in a red polka dot dress holds a mixing bowl while a boy licks a wooden spoon and a black dog watches, with the 2011 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year award sticker

Can We Lick the Spoon Now?

Carol's award-winning picture book Can We Lick the Spoon Now? illustrated by Tamsin Ainslie and published by Working Title Press in 2010 (now under HarperCollins Australia) focuses on rhythm, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and fun.

Illustration from Can We Lick the Spoon Now? — a girl in a red polka dot dress and a boy in a blue striped shirt licking chocolate off wooden spoons

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