Mem Fox

We all hope and expect our children will learn to read, but how many of us realize we can get our kids on the road to reading simply by reading aloud to them every day? With passion and humor, Mem Fox explains why reading aloud to young children has such an impact on their ability to readand on their entire lives. Writing as an ordinary mother as well as a bestselling author and internationally respected literacy expert, Fox explores when and where...

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal how all of our lives are enriched by the vibrant cultural diversity immigrants bring to their new communities.

Siblings Bonnie and Ben impress Skinny Doug with their ability to recite nursery rhymes.-- Provided by Publisher.

Roly Poly the polar bear never wanted a brother, but then little Monty arrives and Roly Poly has to adjust to his new sibling.

Invites the reader to search for Ladybug, who loves to hide.

A small boy, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, knows and likes all of the old folks in the home next door, but his favorite is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper she has four names, too. Hearing that she has lost her memory, he asks the old folks what a memory is ("Something from long ago" ; "Something that makes you laugh;" "Something warm;" etc.), ponders the answers, then gathers up memories of his own (seashells collected long ago last summer,...

A story about many different sheep, and one that seems to be missing.

Illustrations and simple text tell a story about how various members of the animal kingdom get their children ready for sleep.

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

A wizard's hat blows into town, but it changes people into different animals when it lands on their heads.