 First edition | |
| Author | Mem Fox |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Judy Horacek |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Reading literacy, early childhood |
| Published | 2001 (Pan Macmillan) |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 145 |
| ISBN | 9780330362825 |
| OCLC | 62537647 |
Reading Magic: How Your Child Can Learn to Read Before School - and Other Read-aloud Miracles is a 2001 book by Mem Fox. In it, Fox propounds reading books aloud to children from when they are babies to after they can read by themselves.
In a review of Reading Magic Booklist noted its "cheerful, chatty style that's totally jargon-free" and recommended it for new parents. [1] January Magazine', in its review, wrote: "Fox' book isn't some boring, didactic treatise on how to improve your child's reading skills. In fact, she's not at all fond of the phonics fanatics, and even discourages making your child read aloud to show their progress". [2] Library Journal Review calls it a "rah-rah book on the benefits of reading aloud to children" and "a marginal purchase for public libraries". [3]
Reading Magic has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly [3] and the School Library Journal . [3]
Joanna Cole was an American author of children's books, best known as the author of the Magic School Bus series, which sold more than 93 million copies in 13 countries. She wrote more than 250 books, ranging from her first book Cockroaches to her famous series Magic School Bus, which is illustrated by Bruce Degen.
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes is a 2008 children's picture book by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury. It is about babies, who, although they are from around the world, all share the common trait of having the same number of digits.
Where is the Green Sheep? is a children's picture book written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. Published by Penguin Books, It is about various coloured sheep doing various things, with the protagonist, the green sheep, not being seen until the final pages.
Flossie & the Fox is a 1986 picture book by Patricia C. McKissack about a girl, Flossie, who takes some eggs to a neighbor, meets a fox on the way and manages to outwit it. In 1991, a film adaptation of the book was made with the author narrating.
The Hate U Give is a 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is Thomas's debut novel, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in reaction to the police shooting of Oscar Grant. The book is narrated by Starr Carter, a 16-year-old African-American girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an elite private school in a predominantly white, affluent part of the city. Starr becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil. She speaks up about the shooting in increasingly public ways, and social tensions culminate in a riot after a grand jury decides not to indict the police officer for the shooting.
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This & That is a 2015 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. It is about a mouse telling bedtime stories to a pup.
Nellie Belle is a 2015 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Mike Austin. It is about a dog called Nellie Belle who escapes from her yard and has some adventures in her beachside town before being scared by some possums in a park and returning home.
Baby Bedtime is a 2013 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Emma Quay. The book, published in America by Beach Lane Books, and published in Australia by Penguin Books Australia, is about an adult elephant getting her baby ready for bed.
Hello, Baby! is a 2009 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Steve Jenkins. In this book the narrator asks the reader whether they are various animals.
The Magic Hat is a 2002 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Tricia Tusa. It is about a wizard's hat that appears in a crowded park and alights on people's heads, turning them into various animals. Then, the hat's owner, a wizard, shows up and restores things back to normal.
The Goblin and the Empty Chair is a 2009 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. It is a modern fairy tale, and is about a hermit goblin who observes a farming family that is so aggrieved that they cannot carry out their daily tasks; for 3 days the goblin secretly does their work not realising that he has been seen, eventually the goblin is invited to partake in breakfast with them.
Anna and the Swallow Man is a young adult historical fiction novel by Gavriel Savit, published January 26, 2016 by Knopf. The book is a New York Times best seller and received the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen Readers and the Odyssey Award.
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