‘Click!’ Carrot poses for the Camera

Text: Arleen

Illustrations: Lilli Messina, Wikipedia

Year: 2008

Publisher: Pelangi Books, Malaysia

Age: 4 – 8 years

No. of Pages: 24

Book Type: Picture Book

ISBN:  978 9 83002 999 3

Carrie’s just received a Polaroid camera as a gift. She wants to click photographs of her mother but she’s busy with cooking. Dad has some work to do too!

Carrie then finds the perfect model with her dog, Carrot.

Other titles in this series include:

• Carrot Loves Carrots
• Carrot Goes to School
• Carrot Gets Lost
• ‘Hicks!’ Carrot has a Hiccup

Excerpt

‘Click! Click! Click!’

After a few more snapshots, Carrot refuses to pose.

She is tired of getting dizzy every time Carrie takes a photo. 

Baby Tawnies

By Judy Paulson

Year: 2012

Publisher: Random House, Australia  

Age: 3 – 5 years

No. of Pages: 32

Book Type: Picture book

ISBN:  978 1 72475 577 9

The book features a family of Tawny Frogmouths, (a native Australian bird that looks like it belongs to the owl family but does not).

Reggie and Lyla, decide to get adventurous when their parents go out at night to hunt for them. Before long, they've learnt not only to sit on a branch just like their parents but also to flutter their wings and fly!

The book uses clever photography with Tawny Frogmouth dolls as illustrations.

Excerpt

The next night, Lyla and Reggie bounce out onto the branch.

‘Come on, Reggie, let’s fly,’ says Lyla as she flutters her wings and sails into the air.

Reggie lifts his wings up and down, up and down, faster and faster, faster and faster…