Best Selling Books by Margaret Read

This book is a cumulative tale from Chile that begins with a hen and ends with sixteen different animals and a guitar.

n eye-popping circle story teaches sequencing and size relationships.There was a big big frog!And a little little mosquito ...So begins a buoyant visual tale in which one animal after another is bested by a larger one¿until the smallest of all proves that strength comes in many forms. Inspired by a dynamic cast of characters featuring mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects, kids will chant along with the refrain and delight in the circle of life.MacDonald and Fierst capture the spirited rhythms of playground boasts in infectiously simple text. Kitty Harvill¿s bold, primary acrylic and cut-paper illustrations reflect the dynamics of the story chain with humor and a surprise ending.

It is memories of an ordinary family who made it through the war; the recollections of a kid who learned when young to cope with change and challenges and survived it all, relatively intact. A Senior Citizen grateful to have had the life she has had, because she has been made even more aware of her good fortune by thinking and writing about it.

Review of Kath Walkers poetic achievement; includes biographical information.

Spoiled and vain, Aree cannot decide which of her many silken dresses and lavish jewels to wear to the dance, so she wears them all.