Fletcher and the falling leaves by Julia Rawlinson.The Griffin Gate by Vashti Hardy illustrated by Na.Boot - The Creaky Creatures by Shane Hegarty.Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse by Leo Lionni.The Tale of the Whale by Karen Swann illustrated b.Once upon a Northern night by Jean E Pendziwol ill.The Ghost Garden by Emma Carroll illustrated by Ka.I walk with Vanessa: A story about a simple act of.The one thing you'd save by Linda Sue Park illustr.Have you heard the Nesting Bird? by Rita Gray illu.Kiki's delivery service by Eiko Kadono illustrated.A Mystery in the Forest by Susanna Isern illustrat.The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt translated.Mouse and Mole by Joyce Dunbar illustrated by Jame.Charlie's Checklist by Rory S Lerman illustrated b.Aesop trickster tale The Fox and the Stork.Benjamin the lonely dragon by Marc Craste.The Cockerel and the Fox retold and illustrated by.Quentin's Lunch by Duncan Ball illustrated by Step.Ariba: an old tale about new shoes by Masha Manapov.Only a Donkey by Celeste Walters illustrated by Pa.Gus makes a fuss: Pet Sitters Book One by Ella Shi.Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls by Atinuke.The Magic Ball of Wool by Susanna Isern illustrate.The Lonely Mailman by Susanna Isern illustrated by.Eventually Alexander does find the special purple pebble and on the night of the full moon he once again visits the magic lizard. Annie has dumped her old toys, including Willy, into a box ready to be thrown away. Time passes and Annie has a birthday party.
If Alexander goes into the garden there is a magic lizard who " can change one animal into another." Willy tells Alexander something quite astonishing. Hearing about the life Willy leads with his human friend Annie, Alexander wishes he could become a Wind-up mouse too. Could this be a friend? Perhaps but this new mouse is a Wind-up mouse. When I spied Alexander the Wind-up mouse for just $4 I knew I had to buy this very special book.Īlexander is living under a human house. One of our large Sydney book chain stores have a book sale this month with all of their children's books offered for a discount. Selma LanesĪlexander the Wind-up Mouse was first published in 1969 and this classic book is still in print. If the picture book is a new visual art form in our time, Leo Lionni is certain to be judged a master of the genre.
I'm going to begin with a quote from the New York Times as quoted at the back of my copy of Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse:
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