Show threadJo the Neenish TartMay 25, 2024
@ibk This book is The Hungry Caterpillar of Gen Z/Alpha. And you never get sick of reading it to the small ones in your life 💚 🐑 #WhereIsTheGreenSheep #MemFox
ibkMay 25, 2024

Where is the Green Sheep is 20!

‘Fox ... has a message for any would-be children's book writers out there: "Don't teach anything — kids can see straight through it...”’

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-25/where-is-the-green-sheep-mem-fox-judy-horacek/103885208

#MemFox #JudyHoracek #GreenSheep #NewClassic

Where is the Green Sheep? is 20 years old but to writer Mem Fox and illustrator Judy Horacek it still feels as fresh as ever

It's been two decades since Where Is the Green Sheep? hit shelves, but the classic Aussie children's book has lost none of its sparkle. Here's how it first came to be.

ABC News
lachlan slowly taming rustApr 12, 2024

There was one little mutant from a lab far away
And another was spawned the very next day
And both of these mutants, as everyone knows,
Had 12 little fingers, and 12 little toes

#childrensliterature #memfox

AvrilNov 21, 2022
Do other people give away so many children’s books for #Christmas that they get confused about who is getting what and have to lay them all out and write copious lists? #MemFox #AlicePung #JackieFrench #TomTaylor #ChristmasPresents #ChildrensBooks