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. You can also see our exclusive video interview with writer and illustrator Helen Oxenbury, Fox’s partner on Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.
Why May is called a merry month is no longer a mystery! That is, if you read slightly offbeat, often laugh-out-loud stories. You can meet a boy who befriends odd aliens, a young mouse who has a song to share, dancing dinosaurs and a swan ballerina.
