Bilingual books in 11 languages

In the last few years I have written and have had published some 33 small 16 page bilingual books about Australian and Tibetan animals. They are printed in Australia and are available in English with the following 11 languages translated to create bilingual books. A

Available languages are: French, German, Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Turkish, Tibetan, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer and Arabic. Retail $5.95.

Komodo dragon visit 2019

In April we joined Crystal Symphony in Sydney to travel up Australia's east coast via Cairns, Darwin then to Indonesia's Komodo Island to visit the endangered Komodo Dragons. This is also a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. We went ashore in the ship's tender and hiked into the bush. We noticed wild deer and boar nearby which are the dragon's prey. The guides only had long sticks to protect us??? No fences etc. We came upon 5-6 large dragons near a waterhole and we were told to keep our distance as they are dangerous ambush predators. Well, no excitement here, as they lay around and slept or occasionally moved or looked up. Still it was on our bucket list - tick! Stunning coastal scenery in the area.

Easter Island and Komodo Island on Crystal Cruises

This has been an exciting year with our travels on Crystal Cruises. I was giving lectures on both cruises, One from Santiago, Chile to Easter Island, Pitcairn Island and on to 5 French Polynesian Islands in March. The Moai on Easter Island were fascinating and we felt they deserve the UNESCO World heritage listing. A remnant of the culture of the Polynesian Rapa Nui.

Jill's writing in 2018

Well, an interesting year in Politics - ANOTHER NEW PRIME MINISTER! So edition 7 of my book Prime Ministers of Australia. I sent a copy to Scott Morrison and received an interesting reply.

I also had a new bilingual book - Australian Platypus in Japanese

I have written a Book titled Heron Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. It is with the publisher to be released in 2019. WATCH THIS SPACE!

Travels in 2018

What a great 2018 we have had. A flight to Mauritius and a cruise back on Crystal with Jill lecturing.

In June-July we visited Cuba, the Galapagos, Ecuador and Mexico. What an amazing world!

On the equator in Ecuador and giant tortoise in Galapagos.

On to Mexico for a Trafalgar tour of the Mayan civilisation and beaches.

Then to Cuba, a fascinating place where it is way behind the times. Old cars, old Spanish buildings in need of renovation and repair. 

Old Spanish building, Che Guevara, and us in old U.S. Car

Home to OZ and appreciative of our freedom and quality of life.

Esala Perahers Festival, elephants, singers and musicians, Kandy Sri Lanka August, 2016.

JILL BRUCE'S BOOKS FOR CAMBODIA

Cambodian bilingual ENGLISH-KHMER CHILDREN'S books.

I have just written 4 new books (pro bono) for the Cambodian Buddhist Library. They translated them into Khmer and have them printed in Cambodia for use in their schools and libraries. The titles are;

Angkor Wat

The Mekong River:

Cambodian Tigers;

CAMBODIA'S ASIAN ELEPHANTS

I ALSO DONATED THE RIGHTS TO MY FOUR AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL BOOKS WHICH THEY HAVE TRANSLATED AND PRINTED AS BILINGUAL BOOKS

AUSTRALIAN KOALA, KANGAROO, EMU AND PLATYPUS

THE CHILDREN BELOW ARE READING THE KOALA AND EMU BOOKS

I  HAD PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN THREE SIMILAR BOOKS FOR AUSTRALIA TIBET HOUSE FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN HERE AND IN INDIA. THE CAMBODIANS ASKED FOR THEM SO I DONATED THEM AND THEY HAVE TRANSLATED AND PRINTED THEM AS ENGLISH-KHMER BILINGUAL BOOKS. LETTER OF APPRECIATION BELOW.

TIBETAN YAK

HAVING VISITED CAMBODIA 10 YEARS AGO I SAW FIRST HAND THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING YEARS OF THE KHMER ROUGE. MY DAUGHTER VISITED IN JANUARY AND SAID THE COUNTRY IS DEVELOPING BUT EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO ADVANCEMENT. ENGLISH IS WIDELY TAUGHT AS T.HE SECOND LANGUAGE

THESE BOOKS MAKE THIS SLIGHTLY OLDER AUTHOR VERY PROUD.