Wombat Divine - Mem Fox New softcover picture book Australian Christmas story

WOMBAT DIVINE

by MEM FOX

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New softcover book, 36 pages. My own all-time favourite Christmas book and one of my favourite children's picture books. Every household needs a copy of this book!

“Wombat loved Christmas. He loved the carols and the candles, the presents and the pudding, but most of all he loved the bush Nativity play. For as long as he could remember Wombat had wanted to be in the Nativity. Now at last he was old enough to take part . . . ”

Wombat tries out for the annual Nativity play, but isn't quite right for any of the roles, until the other animals think of the perfect role for him - the sleeping baby Jesus. He's perfect for that part!

Beautifully illustrated, with themes including Christmas, live theatre, auditions, rivalry, friendship, understanding, tolerance, social inclusion, heartbreak, joy, and success

About the Author:

Mem Fox was born in Australia, grew up in Africa, studied drama in England, and returned to Adelaide, Australia in 1970, where she has lived with her husband, Malcolm, and daughter Chloe, happily ever after.

Mem Fox is Australia’s most highly regarded picture-book author. Her first book, Possum Magic, is the best selling children’s book ever in Australia, with sales of over three million. And in the USA Time for Bed and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge have each sold over a million copies. Time for Bed is on Oprah’s list of the twenty best children’s books of all time. Mem has written thirty picture books for children and five non-fiction books for adults, including the best-selling Reading Magic, aimed at parents of very young children.

Mem Fox was an Associate Professor in Literacy Studies at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, where she taught teachers for twenty four years until her early retirement in 1996. She has received many civic awards, honours and accolades in Australia, including two honorary doctorates. She has visited the United States over one hundred times, mostly in her role as a literacy expert although she is also a well-known author in America. She is an influential international consultant in literacy, but she pretends to sit around writing full time.

Her latest book is Where the Giant Sleeps. She hopes everyone will adore it ......

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Wombat Divine by Mem Fox