Mem Fox
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Language
English
Description
"Both video and audio quality are excellent. This is a video that teachers and parents will love to use when talking of grandparents, the elderly, and love." - School Library Journal
In this very special story, Wilfrid Gordon helps his 96-year-old friend, Miss Nancy, regain some of her memories. Beloved Australian author Mem Fox wrote Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge in the hope of bringing children and the elderly together and it remains a modern-day...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
4) Possum magic
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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
5) Baby bedtime
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"After all the kissing and the hugging and the rocking and the snuggling, there at last comes a time for sleeping"-- Provided by publisher.
8) Hello, baby!
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A baby encounters a variety of young animals, including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub, before discovering the most precious creature of all
9) Cat Dog
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"A call-and-response-style adventure in which a cat and dog are astonished to find a mouse in their house! The three circle each other while the story sometimes correctly describes their antics-and sometimes doesn't"-- Provided by publisher.
10) Time for bed
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
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Description
As darkness falls parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.
11) A particular cow
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A particular cow has some particularly unusual adventures on a particular Saturday morning
12) Wombat divine
Author
Pub. Date
1996, c1995
Language
English
Description
Wombat auditions for the Nativity play, but has trouble finding the right part
13) Night noises
Author
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Old Lily Laceby dozes by the fire with her faithful dog at her feet as strange night noises herald a surprising awakening
14) This & that
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text Mother mouse tells her child stories at bedtime.
17) Our dragon
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"What are two parents to do when their beloved little dragon keeps breathing fire all over the house?"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Ducks away!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
One by one five little ducklings tumble off the bridge into the river below--and mother duck follows them.