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Mem Fox

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Born January 1, 1946 (80 years old)
Melbourne, Australia
51 books
4.1 (44)
1,043 readers

Description

Australian academic and children's writer known for picture books

Books

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Time for Bed

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Little ones follow a pop-up menagerie through a fun-filled bedtime routine.

Guess what?

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On each successive birthday, a young girl receives a wonderful surprise gift that reflects her age. Features movable flaps.

Possum magic

4.4 (5)
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When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.

Whoever You Are

4.0 (9)
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Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.

Hunwick's egg

4.0 (1)
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When a wild storm sends a beautiful egg to Hunwick the bandicoot's burrow, he decides to give it a home and become its friend.

Sleepy Bears

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When winter comes, six sleepy bears are rhymed to sleep by Mother Bear.

Tough Boris

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Boris von der Borch is a mean, greedy old pirate--tough as nails, through and through, like all pirates. Or is he? When a young boy sneaks onto Boris's ship, he discovers that Boris and his mates aren't quite what he expected.

Let's count goats

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The reader is invited to count goats of many shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions.

Good Night, Sleep Tight

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A girl's stuffed animals, Frog, Lion, and Cat, and her doll, Mary Ann, each take her on a different bedtime adventure.

The Goblin and the Empty Chair

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A goblin who for many years has been hiding himself so that he does not frighten anyone finally finds a family.

Shoes from Grandpa

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In a cumulative rhyme, family members describe the clothes they intend to give Jessie to go with her shoes from Grandpa.

Where is the green sheep?

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A story about many different sheep and one that seems to be missing.

A Particular Cow

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A particular cow has some particularly unusual adventures on a particular Saturday morning.

Zoo-Looking

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While Flora visits the zoo with her father, not only does she look at the animals but some of them turn to look at her.

Radical reflections

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The internationally acclaimed children's book writer and educator offers her insights into the learning process, language education, and the pleasure, growth, and power that reading and writing can bring. --publisher description.

Two little monkeys

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A rhyming tale about two little monkeys who are hiding from a leopard.

With love, at Christmas

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4

Can the imperfect family really have the perfect Christmas? Juliet Joyce adores Christmas. She loves the presents, the tree, the turkey, the tinsel, everything. Already the festive spirit is upon her, which is just as well as this Christmas things are starting to get out of hand. Her son Tom is out of work and bringing home a slew of unsuitable partners; pregnant daughter Chloe and her little boy have moved back in; Juliet's father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own and Rita, her eccentric mother, is behaving more erratically each day. And has the chaos got too much for Juliet's husband Rick? With the big day fast approaching, Juliet hopes that she can stop everything spiralling out of control, because the only thing she wants is her family all around her and her home to be filled WITH LOVE AT CHRISTMAS.