Book Sharing Monday…

If I were to recommend one Australian author to a person of any age, Tim Winton would be right at the top of the list.

His adult novels are wonderful. His books for teenagers are fab (in my previous life as a secondary school teacher, the ‘Lockie Leonard’ books were always a winner).

Here I’d like to highlight 2 of his books for younger readers.

Firstly, good for school aged kids, is ‘The Bugalugs Bum Thief’. A brilliantly hilarious book about a town where all the bums are stolen. Causing great difficulty for people to keep their pants up.

A synopsis from the back cover:

Skeeta Anderson wakes up one summer morning to find that part of him is gone, something he thought he’d never miss – his bum. He discovers that almost every single backside in the town of Bugalugs has been stolen – and 496 bums is a lot of bums to go missing without a trace.

I could read the book over and over again. It’s great. I have tried it on BC, but he’s not quite up to that many words yet, but I am 100% sure both he and Bean will love it when they are older.

Secondly, BC’s current favourite book, a picture book called ‘The Deep’ about a young girl who loves the beach but is too afraid to go in the deeper water. As with all Tim Winton books, the text is beautiful to read – especially out loud – and the illustrations, by Karen Louise, are perfect.

Every morning, Alice’s family went down to the jetty for a swim. Her mum dived in and scooted along like a torpedo. Her dad made huge bellyflops that wet everyone, even the seagulls in the air.

Happy reading