Hey Jack! The Crazy Cousins

Text: Sally Rippin

Illustrations: Stephanie Spartels

Year: 2012

Publisher: Griffin Press, Australia

Age: 5 - 9 years

No. of Pages: 44

Book Type: Picture Book (Black and white)

ISBN:  978 1 74297 125 4

This story is invaluable for little children.

Little Jack’s perfect day is interrupted when his dad announces that his cousins are about to arrive. Jack is horrified as he remembers all the annoyances his cousin caused during their last visit. He doesn’t want to be around them.

However, he’s in for a surprise. He realizes he’s being the worst cousin. He has a quick change of heart and soon the house is filled with the laughter of children playing together, happily!

Excerpt

Jack gets a warm honey feeling in his tummy. Now he feels bad for acting so grumpy.

He certainly hasn’t been the best cousin today.

Doodleday

By Ross Collins

Year: 2011

Publisher: Gullane Children’s Books, London

Age: 4 – 8 years

No. of Pages:  32

Book Type: Picture Book

ISBN:  978 1 86233 847 0

It’s Doodleday and it’s hilarious!

Despite instructions from his mom to the contrary, mischievous Harvey decides to doodle a fly which comes alive and wreaks havoc in the kitchen. He then draws a spider, to eat the fly. The spider turns on Harvey’s dad, instead.

He then draws a bird to prey on the spider and that doesn’t work either. After some more misadventures, Harvey yells for his mum who rescues the town from Harvey’s doodles. :-)

Excerpt

Harvey couldn’t see what she was drawing.

What could swat a giant fly?

Eat a gigantic spider?

Bring down a monstrous bird?

Be more ferocious than a Giant Squid?