Mem Fox

There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green sheep? The search is on in this cozy, sheep-filled story that comes complete with sleepy rhymes and bright illustrations.

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.

A new and revised edition! Bestselling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read. With passion and humor, Fox speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most out of a read-aloud session. She discusses the three secrets of reading,...

Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrots dies.

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.

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

"After all the kissing and the hugging and the rocking and the snuggling, there at last comes a time for sleeping"--

"A small boy tries to discover the meaning of "memory" so he can restore that of an elderly friend"--Title page verso.

One by one five little ducklings tumble off the bridge into the river below--and mother duck follows them.

After buying, wrapping, and storing in a chest the Christmas gifts for her large family, an Italian grandmother discovers others more in need.