An Australian ABC of Animals
$19.95 hb, 25 pp
Cuddle Time
Walker Books, $24.95 hb, 25 pp
Children's Fiction
Bevy of Animals
by Moira Robinson •
Of the picture books reviewed here, all but one is about animals. There are sheep in Mem Fox’s story; Piglet and a host of farm animals in Margaret Wild’s book; Australian animals, birds, fishes and reptiles in Bronwyn Bancroft's ABC; and representatives of the whole animal kingdom in Libby Hathorn’s text. The one exception is Libby Gleeson’s Cuddle Time, a gentle story about two children.
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