Last Storytime for this year!

Come along to our last Storytime for 2014!  This week’s books are…

• There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake, by Hazel Edwards, illustrated by Deborah Niland: If you’re going to have an imaginary friend, it may as well be a big one.

• This Moose Belongs to Me, by Oliver Jeffers: Because sometimes your pet has to teach you the rules

• If My Dad Were An Animal, by Jedda Robaard: The matching tome to the popular “Mum” version

• Go To Sleep, Jessie!, by Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwood: Graceful instructions on how to give in to the inevitable

This week in Storytime!

It was a pleasure to stories with our return audience on Saturday. We hope we see you again! This week’s books are…

• Peepo!, by Janet & Allan Ahlberg: Because peekaboo never loses its charm.

• The Wild One, by Sonya Hartnett, illustrated by Lucia Masciullo: Celebrating the wilderness inside

• Let’s Get a Pup, by Bob Graham: No one is safe on a trip to the animal rescue centre

• Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen: Always follow your dog’s nose

This week in Storytime!

In Storytime this week…

• Down the Back of the Chair, by Margaret Mahy & Polly Dunbar: It’s more than just the remote control…

• Little Elliot, Big City, by Mike Curato: A miniature elephant with polka dots, plus cupcakes… what’s not to like?

• Hattie and the Fox, by Mem Fox & Patricia Mullins: Celebrating the combined intellect of a barnyard

• Sally Snickers’ Knickers, by Lynn Ward & Anthea Stead: C’mon, we know we’ve all put them on our heads…

This week in Storytime

It was lovely to see so many of you telling stories with your Halloween costumes on Saturday — especially the handmade robot! This week we’re back to normal Storytime:

• The King of the Birds, written & illustrated by Helen Ward: Because choosing a king is hard enough for humans

• Jungle Grumble, by Julia Jarman & Lydia Chapman: Sometimes we’ve all wanted a long-neck to get to those hard-to-reach places

• Bertie and the Bear, by Pamela Allen: Showing there is never a bad time to dance

• Amy & Louis, by Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwood: Proving that the call of love can cross an ocean

This week in Storytime

Thanks to Saturday’s audience; we know you were sneaking glances at the pictures even though you pretended not to. 🙂 This week we have some staff favourites for you:

• Imagine, by Alison Lester: Because the whole world can be found in our imaginations if we believe hard enough

• Smelly Louie, by Catherine Rayner: The picture-book equivalent of canine smellovision

• Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten, by Bob Graham: Because fairy cakes are the best magic for waking up a sleeping heart

• The Swap, by Jan Ormerod, pictures by Andrew Joyner **CBCA Book of the Year Winner**: Because we’ve all wanted to swap someone we love for a person who doesn’t drool

This week in Storytime…

Thank you to Saturday’s audience: we’re glad that Peggy did the same things at Storytime as she did at home! This week we have an animal theme:

• Edward the Emu, by Sheena Knowles, illustrated by Rod Clement: About being true to the emu we have inside

• If My Mum Were a Bird, by Jedda Robard: Showing mothers in all their plumage

• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, by Dr Seuss: Funny things are everywhere

• Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach, by Alison Lester: Because even Noni knows it’s nearly summertime

This week in Storytime…

Thanks to Saturday’s audience: we hope you come again and use your imagination with us! This week we have:

• Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak: Because we all really want to be the Wildest Thing there is

• Peggy, by Anna Walker: Because all Melbourne love-stories should have a chicken on a trampoline

• Each Peach Pear Plum, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg: Because ‘I Spy’ works best when you know the fairy tale you’re looking for

• Hasel and Rose, by Caroline Magerl: About finding a wish thing in a tired brown box from across the sea

This week in Storytime…

Thanks to our enthusiastic counters and readers on Saturday. We especially hope you enjoyed  your Lucy Cousins fish! This week we have:

• A House of Her Own, by Jenny Hughes & Jonathan Bentley: Exploring how soon a girl really does need a place to call her own

• Commotion in the Ocean, by Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz: Rhyming rambles under the waves…

• Rosie’s Walk, by Pat Hutchins: Showing that one can always be outfoxed on a farm by a chicken

• Use Your Imagination by Nicola O’Byrne: Showing that a good imagination can always outsmart even the scariest of wolves

This week in Storytime…

Thanks to Saturday’s devoted audience: we hope you come again! This week we have:

• Hooray for Fish, by Lucy Cousins: Because every fish deserves praise, especially the little toy fish we’ll have to help us read the story!

• Monster Chef, by Nick Bland: Because aspiring chefs aren’t just in the Australian suburbs…

• Good Dog Hank, by Jackie French with illustrations by Nina Rycroft: Hank didn’t get to go for a run last week, so he’s hanging out for this Storytime!

• Have You Seen My Egg? by Pam Olsen, illustrated by Rhonda N. Garward: Beautifully illustrated lift-the-flap expose of Australian egg-layers…

This week in Storytime…

Thanks for the readers who helped us lift the flap on Saturday’s Storytime. This week we have:

• I Went Walking, by Sue Machin & Julie Vivas: Showing there’s always a menagerie following us

• Emus Under the Bed, by Leann J Edwards: Proving that dust bunnies aren’t the only critters under Auntie Dollo’s bed

• Good Dog Hank, by Jackie French with illustrations by Nina: Rejoicing in the fact that the road to canine hell is paved with good intentions

• Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek: Because we all know it’s out there somewhere…