The Waterhole
By Graeme Base
London : Penguin Books, 2001
1v. (unpaged) :co.ill.; 29cm.
The animals gather at the waterhole to drink. Different animals from different continents cover each page and watch the waterhole gradually disappear.
The Waterhole is a mixture of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and stunning art book.
Water is the under-pinning theme. The text is brief with humorous subscript and the illustrations are wonderful in their colour and detail, both which will hugely appeal to children.
Big Rain Coming
By Katrina Germein
Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft
Victoria : Roland Harvey Books, 1999.
1 v. (unpags) : col.ill.; 31cm.
Everyone and everthing is waiting for rain. Old Stephen predicts its arrival but when will it come? A very simple story showing how all living things depend on water.
The illustrations are simple, colourful and evocative in an aboriginal style. Although the text and illustrations compliment each other the pictures alone could tell the story.
What MadeTiddalik Laugh
Retold by Joanna Troughton
Illustrator: Joanna Troughton
London : Puffin Books, 1994.
1v. (unpaged) : col.ill.: 25cm
This is a delightful retelling of an Aboriginal Dreamtime legend. Tiddalik, the giant frog is thirsty so he drinks all the rivers, lakes and streams in the surrounding countryside. The land bakes and the animals suffer. The animals must work out a way to get Tiddalik to release the water.
The illustrations are colourful and the facial expressions on the animals will amuse the reader.
If you enjoy this book you might like to watch the film.
