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Tales From the Waterhole
By Bob Graham
Shortlisted for the 2005 CBC Awards, this charming illustrated chapter book is sure to entertain the whole family.
The waterhole in summer is the perfect place to hang out with your friends and family: playing football, doing springboard stunts, having a party... Mess about with Morris, his best friend Billy, and a crowd of other colourful animal characters down at the waterhole in these five delightful tales by award-winning author and illustrator Bob Graham.
- "This is a delicious book. Each story is just the right length for bedtime reading, every opeing a perfect blend of text, coloured illustrations and plentiful white space. Bob Graham really is a national treasure." Moira Robinson, Magpies Magazine
About the author
Bob Graham, Australia's leading picture-book maker, has written and illustrated many children's picture books including "Oscar's Half Birthday", "Buffy" and "Let's Get a Pup". He won the 2000 Nestle Children's Book Gold Medal for "Max", the 2003 Kate Greenaway Medal for "Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child" and has received the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award four times.
Review
"Quirky details in the illustrations and subtle humour in the text conspire to enliven a shared reading. The stories bubble along with an undercurrent of joyful optimism that will bear countless repeat readings." Classroom Magazine
ISBN:
9780744565935
Imprint:
Walker Books
Distributor:
TL Distribution in Australia & Macmillan Publishers in New Zealand
Binding:
Hardback
Release Date:
April 1, 2004
Dimensions:
180 x 210mm, 64pp
Stock Status:
Backlist title
Australian RRP:
$27.95
New Zealand RRP:
$29.99
Stock Level:
Low Stock