Possum Magic
10 best books like Possum Magic (Mem Fox): The Magic Pudding, The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Blinky Bill, Wombat Stew, Where the Forest Meets the Sea, John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat, The Elephant and the Bad Baby, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes, Mr Archimedes' Bath, Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness
| Author | Norman Lindsay |
| ISBN | 0140300988 |
"We don't needs no Review," replied Sam rudely, "We just needs to get away from them rascally Puddin'-thieves." And he pointed to the Wombat and the Possum, lurking in the comment thread, who looked up with a guilty start.
"Ignore...
| Author | May Gibbs |
| ISBN | 0207170614 |
Not, you never said that Snugglepot and Cuddlepie was a sex-and-violence-infused philosophically-motivated Scandinavian-themed retelling of Genesis. WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?
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[Later the same day]
Well, I'm definitely building...
| Author | Dorothy Wall |
| Author | Marcia K. Vaughan |
| ISBN | 0382092112 |
The story, moral, catchy rhyme and beautiful...
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
| Author | Jeannie Baker |
| ISBN | 0688063632 |
We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretends it is a time long ago,...
| Author | Jenny Wagner |
| ISBN | 0140503064 |
Note: I didn't read this; I saw it on "Sammy's Story Shop."
This story is appalling! Rose, an old woman, and John Brown, her dog, live together happily, until one day the Midnight Cat begins lurking around the house. Rose likes the cat and makes overtures towards it, but John Brown feels threatened...
| Author | Elfrida Vipont |
| ISBN | 0140500480 |
The Elephant takes the Bad Baby for a ride and they go 'rumpeta, rumpeta, rumpeta down the road.' They help themselves to ice creams, pies, buns, crisps, biscuits, lollipops and apples, and the shopkeepers...
| Author | Eve Sutton |
| ISBN | 0140502424 |
So. This book told me that "the cat from France liked to sing and dance".
See? Here.
When I talked to you about this talent you're supposed to share with your fellow French cats -
Oh, yes. You did that. Just FLEE. Because...
| Author | Pamela Allen |
| ISBN | 0207172854 |
Those that liked it got a kick out of Mr Archimedes trying to figure out what was happening with the bath water. One child...
| Author | Lynley Dodd |
| ISBN | 0140545506 |
Little did Hairy know that his visit would create kitty chaos. Humans scramble to catch...
| Author | Hazel Edwards |
| ISBN | 0340286970 |
The cake-eating hippo is ageless. This classic story about one of the largest and most famous imaginary friends has been delighting children around the world for almost 40 years....
| Author | Nadia Wheatley |
| ISBN | 0916291545 |
I have just spent a delightful forty-five minutes reading the children’s book “My Place”. Winner of many awards in its home continent of Australia, it is fully worthy of all of them. What a joy and pleasure it was!
The book spans two centuries, from 1788 to 1988, and covers the...
| Author | Graeme Base |
| ISBN | 0810915472 |
First Published: 1983
Graeme Base is one of those seriously lucky (and talented!) authors - the first publisher he sent his first book to accepted it. "My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch" has subsequently been produced as a play. He has gone on to make a huge...
| Author | Jackie French |
| ISBN | 0207200750 |
Josephine is a kangaroo - who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don't dance, they hop - but Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through...
Edward the Emu
| Author | Sheena Knowles |
| ISBN | 0064434990 |
Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals, he spends a day lounging with the lions, and even slithers with the snakes....
Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia
| Author | Alison Lester |
| ISBN | 1929132735 |
Grace and her family hitch up their pop up camper trailer and head off, literally around Australia. Alison Lester...