A GIRAFFE IN THE BATH

by MEM FOX and OLIVIA RAWSON, illustrated by KERRY ARGENT

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New hardcover book published 2010, 36 pages. Measures 29 x 22 cm.

A giraffe in the bath - does that make you laugh? Or a frog in the flour? Or a sheep in the shower? An owl with the flu? Or a roo on the loo? A crocodile with style - does that make you smile?

What makes you laugh? This very funny picture book suggests increasingly silly and hilarious possibilities. Lots of fun for every reader, with wonderful, giggle-inducing illustrations by Kerry Argent.

Join the wonderful combined talents of Mem Fox, Olivia Rawson and Kerry Argent for a rollicking, rhythmic adventures with a hilarious cast of zany animal friends. A Giraffe in the Bath is a book to be treasured and read aloud for years to come.

About the authors

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.

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 over 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.

Mem's recent books include Where is the Green Sheep?, Hunwick's Egg, A Particular Cow, Where The Giant Sleeps, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Hello Baby!, The Goblin and the Empty Chair  and There's A Giraffe in the Bath. She lives in Adelaide, Australia.

Olivia Rawson trained as a teacher at Flinders University where she was taught by Mem Fox. She gave up the excitement of teaching for the mayhem of motherhood. She loves Adelaide, where she lives with her husband and three children.

About the illustrator

Kerry Argent's first picture book was One Woolly Wombat which began as an art-school project and has become a classic international best-seller. After spending 8 years as Art Director for Omnibus Books, Kerry is now a freelance designer and book illustrator. Her other works include Sebastian Lives in a Hat, written by Thelma Catterwell, Derek the Dinosaur by Mary Blackwood and Wombat Divine by Mem Fox. Originally from Adelaide, Kerry now lives in Brisbane.

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A Giraffe in the Bath by Mem Fox and Olivia Rawson, illustrated by Kerry Argent