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...

As darkness falls parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.

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

When a young girl has a series of mishaps at home one day, her mother tries not to lose her temper--and does not quite succeed.

The reader is invited to count goats of many shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions.

In rhyming text Mother mouse tells her child stories at bedtime.

A small boy tries to discover the meaning of "memory" so he can restore that of an elderly friend.

Despite the admonitions of his friends, a straight line enjoys expressing himself by twirling in whirls, pointing his joints, and creeping in heaps.

One by one five little ducklings tumble off the bridge into the river below--and mother duck follows them.

"A call-and-response-style adventure in which a cat and dog are astonished to find a mouse in their house! The three circle each other while the story sometimes correctly describes their antics-and sometimes doesn't"--