In this modern classic, bestselling author and educator Mem Fox explores the power and impact that reading aloud to our children can have—on literacy, development, confidence and connection. She explains the benefits and processes of reading, offers practical guidance and tackles enduring controversies from phonics to television.Mem Fox is a retired Associate Professor of Literacy Studies from Flinders University and the author of over 40 books. Her first book, illustrate...

Mem Fox is Australia's best-known children's book author. Her books are tremendously popular in the U.S. as well, and she has traveled widely as a writer, teacher, and passionate proponent of reading aloud to children.

There was once a baby koala, so soft and round that all who saw her loved her. Her name was Koala Lou. Koala Lou is the first born in a large family. She feels sad because her mother seems too busy to pay her any attention. Perhaps if she wins the tree-climbing at the Bush Olympics her mother might notice her again ... Koala Lou starts her training right away!

Clever monkey babies, dusty lion babies, sleepy leopard babies – the world is filled with beautiful babies. But which one is the most treasured baby of all?

The dingo pair set out to sea – their hearts were beating fast. Their boat was but a redgum log with neither sail nor mast.

A boisterous baker's dozen silly rhymes presents rollicking and whimsical scenarios about what a young person would do rather than frighten a goose, including feeding pajamas to piranhas and walking on knees past a hive full of bees.

When Grandpa decides to buy Jessie a new pair of shoes for winter, the rest of the family join in with offers of new socks, skirt, blouse, sweater, coat, scarf, hat and mittens. But all Jessie really wants is ...

Bonnie and Ben's favourite babysitter tells them nursery rhymes at bedtime – including 'It's raining! It's pouring! The old man is snoring'; 'This little piggy went to market' and more. Bonnie and Ben enjoy the stories so much that they don't want to go to sleep; they want to hear each one again! Instead the babysitter tells them new nursery rhymes until, finally, all three of them fall fast sleep.

The day is done, darkness is falling and little ones are getting sleepy. With its rhythmic verse, this audiobook is ideal for listening before bedtime.

'I can see a nose and two eyes in the bushes!' cries Hattie the Hen. But nobody is listening. Not goose. Not pig. Not horse. Not cow. Hattie tries again and again to warn her friends, but nobody seems to care! They're all in for a big surprise when they realise that what she's been saying is true!

In a time long past, in a land far away, a family has suffered an unspeakable loss. But a lonely goblin has been watching. And he knows what to do to help them heal.

Follow the adventures of the ladybird in various scenarios in a fun finding-game.