Sleep Tight, My Honey Lisa Shanahan & Wayne Harris (Lothian)I cannot believe I have taken this long to get this book up here.
Lily and Monty are proud rabbit parents but their new baby bunny just will not sleep. They have unsuccessfully tried everything they could think of as well as suggestions form other neighbourly animals ... but there is one solution to the problem!
This is a delightful book - just perfect for bedtimes! Beautiful illustrations combine perfectly with a lovely text.
Little Cat and the Big Red Bus Jane Godwin & Anna Walker (Penguin)Little Cat and her big sister catch the bus to and from school every day. One day Little Cat has to travel on the school bus all by herself and on the way home she falls asleep on the bus only waking after the bus has arrived at the terminus. How will she get home? A lively charming story of a little girl's adventure.
Tiny: A Little Dog on A Big Adventure Jennifer Castles & Steve Otton (Allen&Unwin)This is a picture book illustrated in photographs with wonderful, images of Australia - especially of life in the outback. This is the story of Tiny the dog and his best mate Steve, and how they look after each other and of friendship.
Purple Snow Eric Lobbecke (Random House)A quirky tale with a good environmental message.
Cockatoo takes a trip to the North Pole to see the snow which just happens to not be a thick as usual! But when invited down under only polar bear believes that purple snow exists and makes the trip. Exhausted from the heat polar bear falls asleep under a tree at night without seeing any purple snow. But next morning...!
Enigma Graeme Base (Penguin)A new book by Graeme Base is always highly sort after and this one will continue that tradition. This book is filled with the visual puzzles that Base is renowned for creating. When a thief steals the props from a group of retired magicians Bertie sets out to sort out the crime. There are clues to the identity of thief and missing things to find in every illustration - as well as Enigma. There are other puzzles to solve as well - and a magical code breaker in the back of the cover to decipher ... this will have readers entertained ... and absorbed for hours!
Lovely reads and great illustrations are in these picutre books. Enjoy devouring them!
