Children’s book showcase: part 1
This month at the Over60 Book Club, it’s all about children’s books. We’ve picked out six of our favourite stories that are perfect to read with the grandchildren. The first two books this month are Cyclone by Jackie French and The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade by Davina Bell.
As a Book Club member, each month we’ll bring you six books to choose from. To read the book reviews, write reviews, chat with others and create an Over60 Book Club catch-up, click here. Happy reading!
1. Cyclone by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley
Pile the presents by the tree
Though clouds spiral out at sea. Wind snarls, skies weep grey
But Santa's sleigh is on its way!
Christmas Eve 1974 is marked indelibly into the Australian psyche, as the night tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin.
Now, over 40 years later, Jackie French's lyrical rhyming text tells the story of a city's indomitable spirit, and Bruce Whatley's sumptuous illustrations bring to life the powerful force of the storm to a whole new generation of readers.
2. The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade by Davina Bell and illustrated by Allison Colpoys
Winner of the 2016 Crichton Award for Illustration.
The day before the underwater fancy-dress parade, Alfie got that feeling...
Sometimes it's hard to be brave. Sometimes you get that feeling. Sometimes you're just not ready… until, one day, you are.
From a dynamic new picture-book partnership comes the story of Alfie and a big octopus wearing a tiny hat and the things you can only whisper to the cowboys on your wallpaper.