Have are some absolutely delightful titles.
This is a luscious book filled with imagination and the end papers are quite stunning. One brave big sister (the princess) and one not-so-brave little sister (her panther) camp out under the night-time stars in the backyard - of course with imagination this is the most glorious camp-out ever as owls become witches and frogs become monsters and the dog becomes a wolf and ... imagination runs riot! a gorgeous story about sister and imaginations and night-time campouts.
Night-time has rarely been this lovely!
Penny Pasketti is a lonely little girl and one night, while staring out befriending the stars (she imagines that every twinkle was a smile or a secret or some such wonderful thing) a shooting star lands in her backyard. together Penny and the star do become friends - and they share the night-time joys. But soon the star must return to the sky. They imagine ways of returning the star to the sky but when nothing worked and Little star thought he might never get home Penny comes up with a bright idea - and does send Little Star on his way!
A beautiful story of friendship and sharing and helping.
Leaving his bush home Rufus the numbat passes through town, not planning to cause any chaos but of course - it happens. He startles a cyclist which causes the painter on a ladder to fall, which causes chaos at the coffee shop, and through the noisy Chinese dragon parade and sends a skateboarder astray ... all as Rufus the numbat is passing by on his way to his bush home!
Another wonderful 3D creation; this time about the relationship between humans and other animals; the natural and built environments, and the dwindling native animal habitats.
April Underhill, Tooth Fairy Bob Graham (Walker Books) Bob Graham creates some of the most sensitive and gorgeous picture books, and this is another to join his list.
Daniel Dangerfield has lost his first tooth. April and Esme Underhill are tooth fairies and are on their first tooth collecting flight, that is if they can persuade their parents, who always do the teeth collecting. And when they do, they fly off with a bag, a coin and a mobile phone (it's lovely they are modern tooth fairies) which becomes very necessary when they have to text for advice about what to do when they are seen.
This book will be read over and over again adn teh illustrations we be poured over and over.
