Me, Oliver Bright Megan De Kantzow & Sally Rippin (Scholastic)This is a lovely book about families, family history and change as seen through the eyes of three generations. Oliver has a school project to do on his family he does so comparing his life and life today with that of his father and his grandfather and in doing so sees how much life in Australia has changed over the three generations.
Illustrations are great, in school project style. The book would be terrific for students to use as a model for their own family school project.
Mbobo Tree Glenda Millard & Annie White (Scholastic)A young baby is found swaying from a tree's stooping boughs in a sling. The tree is a vial part of the villagers as well as the other animals around. She is taken in by the villagers, joins in all the village customs and grows. But all the time she does not speak a word. this did nor worry the villagers for they knew that she would speak when she had something important to say and that day does come - when the tree is threatened by a stranger with a gleam of greed in his eye. It is the brave young girl who saves her village - and the villagers' life-giving tree.
A heart warming fable.
Fox and Fine Feathers Narelle Oliver (Scholastic)The detail contained in the illustrations in this book is glorious and requires a lot of investigation. The detailed endnotes contain notes on the setting and the animals in these pages.
Four ground birds of the Australian forest floor watch out for danger and warn each other but when three of the birds are distracted and forget their duty a wily fox enters the secret part of the forest. Dull looking Nightjar is ever watchful but can he protect them from the fox?
I Love My Dad Anna Walker (Scholastic)Just in time for Father's Day comes I love My Dad, the latest title about Ollie, Fred and their friends and this time including Ollie's Dad. Ollie tells of the reasons why Dad is loved, from making banana bread to climbing trees and painting but it is the piggyback to bed that is the best!
These are just delightful and perfect for shairng together with younger readers.
