Melissa-Jane Fogarty has written and illustrated a moving story of Myra who is staying at her grandfathers house. A place that is warm and welcoming and feels like home. One day she overhears her grandfather talking on the phone, in a language she has never heard before.
Maybe you recognise their names, or maybe you don't, but you probably know their internationally acclaimed picture book, We're Going On a Bear Hunt.
Michael and Helen are back with another collaboration, their first in more than 30 years.
It's called Oh Dear, Look What I Got!
In it, a child's trip to the shop to buy a carrot turns into a succession of mistakes.
My parents’ consistent efforts of reading to me led to a pastime of reading on my own. The return on their investment was never having to hear 'I’m bored' from their oldest child, whose nose was always in a book.
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Curiosity killed the cat, we might warn a too inquisitive child. Or, Blood is thicker than water, we say to emphasize family loyalty.
These phrases are catchy, memorable, and roll off the tongue so easily. They seem to wrap up big ideas in neat little packages.
But what if these familiar lines are only part of the story? What if the wisdom we think we are sharing is, well, a bit incomplete?