Littledog Katrina Germein & Tamsin Ainslie (Scholastic)Littledog is a stray. Littledog is found by a family one holiday evening waiting for them at their beach side shack. very soon most of the family Sam, his mother and his bigger sister - but not dad) are besotted with the dog and get more and more attached to him. They put up found posters and advertisements but no one comes to claim him and soon Sam and Littledog are very attached. When the holidays end and the family leave the holiday house will Littledog go too - especially when dad has other ideas?
Littledog is a lovely story and the great beachside holiday illustrations are delightful.
A girl wearing a back brace for her spine spends her days at her father's wharf-side cafe, gazing out to sea - she can't swim in the water - at least not yet. She sees a face like a pup come out of the water in the sheltered harbour - and it is Tatiara, an injured seal. Soon the girl and the seal form a bond with eh girl even catching fish (which she didn’t like doing before) for the seal. Eventually the seal's wounds have healed and the girl is also able to swim in the bay.
A story of patience and friendship and healing.
This is a beautiful lilting bedtime lullaby with simple rhyming words and soft illustrations of sleeping Australian animals.
As night falls, one by one, the animals start to fall asleep, first joey, then koala, turtle, cockatoo, echidna, spider and more Australian animals. Soon all the animals outside are asleep - and even the nocturnal ones! Soon the little child who is hearing this lullaby is also dreaming surrounded by her toy animals snuggled in her room.
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