For over three decades, the classic Magic Beach has been one of Australian's favourite children's books. Magic Beach was entirely created by Alison Lester, who not only wrote the story, but also illustrated every scene. Alison teaches us the step by step of her illustrating process, so that you too can create your own Magic Beach inspired scenes. 🏖 Magic Beach is playing at the Playhouse until January 21st. Grab your tickets: https://soh.online/magic-beach_FB 🎫 | Sydney Opera House
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For over three decades, the classic Magic Beach has been one of Australian's favourite children's books. Magic Beach was entirely created by Alison Lester, who not only wrote the story, but also illustrated every scene. Alison teaches us the step by step of her illustrating process, so that you too can create your own Magic Beach inspired scenes. 🏖 Magic Beach is playing at the Playhouse until January 21st. Grab your tickets: https://soh.online/magic-beach_FB 🎫 | Sydney Opera House
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Join Alison Lester, author of the classic children’s book Magic Beach and director Robert Connolly (Paper Planes, The Dry) for a special meet & greet preview screening of the new movie Magic Beach. You’ll have the chance to say hello with your family and hear them introduce the film. Tickets on sale here. | Madman Films
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Join Alison Lester, author of the classic children’s book Magic Beach and director Robert Connolly (Paper Planes, The Dry) for a special meet & greet preview screening of the new movie Magic Beach. You’ll have the chance to say hello with your family and hear them introduce the film. Tickets on sale here. | Madman Films
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Hear from author Alison Lester, whose beloved book MAGIC BEACH has captivated children and families for 30 years. See the big screen adaptation for just $12 at Village Cinemas this long weekend, from Saturday 25th - Monday 27th January. Book your tickets here 👉 https://bit.ly/40cv9UU | Village Cinemas
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Hear from author Alison Lester, whose beloved book MAGIC BEACH has captivated children and families for 30 years. See the big screen adaptation for just $12 at Village Cinemas this long weekend, from Saturday 25th - Monday 27th January. Book your tickets here 👉 https://bit.ly/40cv9UU | Village Cinemas
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We have children’s book royalty in the building. We met Alison Lester, author of the beloved children’s book Imagine, to hear about its stage adaptation, IMAGINE LIVE – on now at our Fairfax Studio until 11 January. A celebration of creativity, friendship and the natural world, come experience IMAGINE's pages brought to life in this intimate, interactive adventure for the whole family. Book tickets: https://artscentremelb.com/imaginelive2025 | Arts Centre Melbourne
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We have children’s book royalty in the building. We met Alison Lester, author of the beloved children’s book Imagine, to hear about its stage adaptation, IMAGINE LIVE – on now at our Fairfax Studio until 11 January. A celebration of creativity, friendship and the natural world, come experience IMAGINE's pages brought to life in this intimate, interactive adventure for the whole family. Book tickets: https://artscentremelb.com/imaginelive2025 | Arts Centre Melbourne
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This school holidays take a trip to Magic Beach! 🏝️ Featuring Alison Lester’s timeless characters, Magic Beach is a movie that inspires the whole family to find wonder in the world around them. See it at Village from January 16. | Village Cinemas
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This school holidays take a trip to Magic Beach! 🏝️ Featuring Alison Lester’s timeless characters, Magic Beach is a movie that inspires the whole family to find wonder in the world around them. See it at Village from January 16. | Village Cinemas
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At our beach, at our Magic Beach... anything can happen. 🍉 Take a trip into a world of wonder with Alison Lester’s beloved classic, new to watch at home! | Madman Films
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At our beach, at our Magic Beach... anything can happen. 🍉 Take a trip into a world of wonder with Alison Lester’s beloved classic, new to watch at home! | Madman Films
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Take a trip to Magic Beach, In Cinemas Now! 🌊 Featuring Alison Lester’s timeless characters, Magic Beach is a film that will inspire the whole family to find wonder in the world around them. | Madman Films
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Take a trip to Magic Beach, In Cinemas Now! 🌊 Featuring Alison Lester’s timeless characters, Magic Beach is a film that will inspire the whole family to find wonder in the world around them. | Madman Films
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Come on an adventure these School Holidays, 12 & 13 April, as Alison Lester’s classic picture book "Magic Beach" comes to life on stage at Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in a wonderful world of text, song, light, puppetry, shadow and movement. Guaranteed to delight and captivate ages 3 – 12 and their families, book your tickets now at thejoan.com.au/events/magic-beach/ #thejoan #theatre #childrenstheatre #pagetostage #childrensbooks #childrenspicturebooks #schoolholidays #familyfun #what
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Alison Lester's book Magic Beach was all about kids' imagination. A new film keeps the focus
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Take a trip with the ones you love. 🐚🌊 Alison Lester’s beloved children’s book is headed to the big screen! See #MagicBeach at HOYTS from Thursday: https://tinyurl.com/HOYTSMBCSAU | HOYTS Australia
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Based on the beloved children's book by Alison Lester, gather the whole family and stream Magic Beach now on Stan. 🦀🐙🐬 #MagicBeach | Stan.
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Magic Beach | Official Trailer | 2025
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After captivating children and families for 30 years, Alison Lester’s beloved book Magic Beach has been brought to life by director Robert Connolly and some of Australia’s leading animators. New to watch at home with the family. | Madman Films
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Get the kids' imagination swimming at Magic Beach 🐟 In this stunning adaptation of the popular book by Alison Lester, the stage transforms right before your eyes with incredible sets, props, and clever illusions. This will have the kids wide-eyed and in love with the world of make believe. Magic Beach | May 10-12 Book now >>> http://www.thearthousewyong.com.au/whats-on/magic-beach | The Art House
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Trailer Time! 🎞 After captivating children and families for 30 years, Alison Lester’s beloved book #MagicBeach has been brought to life! Take a trip with the ones you love through a unique mix of live action, entwined with extraordinary animated adventures that bring you to a dreamy seaside where anything is possible. Coming to Bendgo Cinemas January 16! | Bendigo Cinemas
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Take a trip with the ones you love ⛱️ Based on Alison Lester’s beloved classic, here is the official trailer for Magic Beach. Coming to Australian cinemas January 16. From Robert Connolly, the acclaimed director of Paper Planes. | Madman Films
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After captivating children and families for 30 years, Alison Lester’s beloved book MAGIC BEACH has been brought to life on screen by director Robert Connolly (Paper Planes) and some of Australia’s leading animators. Take a trip with the ones you love through a unique mix of live action, entwined with extraordinary animated adventures that bring you to a dreamy seaside world where anything is possible. Featuring timeless characters, MAGIC BEACH is a captivating blend of reality and fantasy that i
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Official Trailer for 'Magic Beach' Movie Featuring 10 Animated Stories | FirstShowing.net
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Beloved children's book 'Magic Beach' gets big screen adaptation
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The beloved Australian children's book 'Magic Beach' by Alison Lester has been adapted for the big screen! The highly-anticipated film by Australian director Robert Connolly opens in cinemas this week. 📺💻 News Breakfast — Stream on ABC iview: https://ab.co/StreamABCiview | News Breakfast
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Alison Lester's book IMAGINE is hitting the stage in Imagine Live this Fri & Sat! Spot a leopard, dive with a dolphin or dig up a dinosaur as this iconic book springs into life before your eyes. Be amazed with a celebration of creativity, friendship and our precious natural world. Tickets, https://loom.ly/3Ko7ugU | The Events Centre, Caloundra
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It's not hard to see why this beach was the inspiration for beloved children's author Alison Lester when she wrote Magic Beach 🪄. Walkerville South's protected half-moon beach is great for swimming 🏖, bookended by rock pools and interesting rock formations. Remnants of the historic lime kilns can be seen from the beach. 📍 Walkerville South. 🚙 2:20 hours southeast of Melbourne. 👉 Find out more: www.visitgippsland.com.au/destinations/south-gippsland/walkerville?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=
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Do you have a magical beach of your own? Australian children's book author and illustrator Alison Lester describes the real life places and moments behind two of her most iconic picture books, Kissed by the Moon and Magic Beach. Both are featured in Guardian Australia's 50 best Australian picture books poll, alongside two more of her books, Are We There Yet and Imagine. | Guardian Australia
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Children's Story: Magic Beach. Read Aloud by Auntie Christine
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Term 4 2026 Magic Beach by Alison Lester and Pamela Allens illustrated books at NSW State library
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ACMI on Instagram: "Before an animator brings characters to life, they map out every beat of the story ✍️ Storyboarding sits at the heart of animation, whether hand-drawn or stop motion. For MAGIC BEACH by Alison Lester ✨, ten animators were invited to reimagine a single page as an animated moment. You can see three evolve from first sketches to finished films in gallery 1."
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Guardian Australia | And the winner is … 📚 📚 📚 Magic Beach by Alison Lester has won Guardian Australia’s poll to find Australia’s best children’s picture... | Instagram
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The Little Song Garden | 🌊 Singable Story of the Month 🌊 This month, I’m celebrating an Aussie classic — Magic Beach by Alison Lester @alisonlesterbooks , now in... | Instagram
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