Mem Fox

We all hope and expect our children will learn to read, but how many of us realize we can get our kids on the road to reading simply by reading aloud to them every day? With passion and humor, Mem Fox explains why reading aloud to young children has such an impact on their ability to readand on their entire lives. Writing as an ordinary mother as well as a bestselling author and internationally respected literacy expert, Fox explores when and where...

Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join humanity together, such as pain, joy, and love.

Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes. On board pages.

Hattie, a big black hen, discovers a fox in the bushes, which creates varying reactions in the other barnyard animals.

As darkness falls various animal parents get their children ready for sleep. On board pages.

Invites the reader to search for Ladybug, who loves to hide.

Everyone loved soft, round, cuddly Koala Lou, but her mother loved her most of all and told her so a hundred times a day. As time passed and more little brothers and sisters were born, her mother became too busy to tell Koala Lou that she loved her. Koala Lou grew sad, and oh, how she longed to hear her mother say it once again. Then one day Koala Lou though of a brilliant plan to win back her mother's love and hear again those wonderful words, "Koala...

Wombat auditions for the Nativity play, but has trouble finding the right part.