When legendary Aussie children’s author Mem Fox gives you advice on choosing books for kids, you listen.
The author of classic books, such as Possum Magic and Where is the Green Sheep?, can now add ‘proud grandmother’ to her list of creditials and she’s noticed a few things when it comes to choosing books for modern children.
“You have really got to look at the book and see that it is current,” she says, down the line from her home in South Australia.
Mem makes the point that kids want to read about the things they see around them and it is important not to choose a book that is too old-fashioned and boring.
“Although the classics are never too old-fashioned,” she adds.
I’m interviewing Mem to help her spread an important message this Christmas – she is urging parents to give their children the life-long gift of reading by popping… Read the rest