Most Popular Books by Libby Hathorn

Rhythmic and soothing text takes you through a typical family day. This story celebrates the joy of family and domestic bliss. The perfect gift for any child who experiences a new sibling joining the family unit.

When Tran''s mother goes far away to Vietnam, his grandmother shows him something very special - a wishing cupboard. To cheer him up she shares her past wishes and lets him make one of his own. Behind the two big doors were more doors. Tiny inlaid ones that opened outward. Pale, shiny ones that could roll up like louvres. Burnished gold ones that moved sideways on metal grooves. There were drawers too, of all shapes and sizes. And little alcoves, spaces with no doors, that were dark and inviting.

A children''s novel telling the story of how two unpopular kids at school win friends and influence people through their devotion to dogs. Nicely illustrated.

Little Georgie is the youngest and this sometimes means Max and Harriet forget about her. But Georgie is unfazed. She''s armed with a big imagination.

Evie Walsh obsessively sits beside a garden pond, examining her life and loves and her bouts of deep depression. What is the significance of the men, of the places she returns to in her memories? Of the one man who recurs carrying as he does the terrible secret he wants to share only with her? Her loves will take the reader back in time, deep into the heart of Sydney suburbia, the tempting bohemia of Kings Cross, the mystery of the Blue Mountains and to far away Normandy, France, as her marriage collapses. But always back to the present, to the garden pond where she is harvesting these seemingly disparate memories. It is here at last her sharp memories of the enigmatic Rob Connor can finally release her from her vigil.

Like the garden it portrays, Outside is a Baroque wonderland waiting to be explored, a shimmery place of texture, luminosity, and color, where time stands still and memories are born. Two internationally acclaimed creators--author Libby Hathorn and artist Ritva Voutila--have coupled their dazzling imaginative powers to capture the wonder of childhood in this homage to the magic of a garden. Outside is a dazzling wonderland waiting to be explored. It takes the reader on a lyrical, magical journey which captures the sense of wonder that children feel while discovering the simple beauty of the outside world around them.

Lieben Sie Bücher?Nun, dann sollten Sie in diesem tauchen!Kommen mit auf eine Reise durch die Seiten dieser bezaubernden Bilderbuch. Es erinnert uns an all die Bücher, die wir lieben, und warum wir gerne sehen und zu fühlen, zu berühren und zu riechen und sogar schmecken Bücher und Geschichten. Lassen Sie dieses Buch erhellen das Leben Ihres Kindes!Auch verfügbar in Englisch und Portugiesisch.

Bronwyn doesn''t mind looking after her little brother Sampson until Cheryl arrives and gives her more than she can handle.

Story for young teenagers. Venny, an Australian school boy, has to write to Saffron, a teenage girl who lives in New York, as part of a school assignment, and they develop a relationship through their correspondence. The authors have published many books for children. Crew is the author of ''Strange Objects'' and Hathorn is the author of ''Thunderwith''.

Using a visit to Grandpa, the story highlights the road safety messages for car passengers.

Children''s picture story book. A child whose grandmother has died dream-travels at night in her old shoes to memories of the grandma''s life, while by day healing comes gradually to the family. Reissued with new illustrations in 2000.