Margaret Mahy: A Summery Saturday Morning

This beautiful picture book delightfully narrates the events of a summery Saturday morning. The children take their dogs down a track where they chase the cat. Then they go down though the long grass towards the sea where the geese look out from the green reeds. The dogs chase the geese while the children's sandals get stuck in the mud. All on a summery Saturday morning.

A perfect title for reading aloud and encouraging young readers to read along with its good use of rhyme and repetition. Selina Young's exuberant illustrations beautifully depict a summery morning full of fun and merriment.

Margaret Mahy is one of our most prolific and well-known home-grown authors. She was born in Whakatane and has lived in New Zealand all her life. A former children's librarian she decided to become a fulltime writer in 1980 and has written many picture books and novels for children.

Illustrator: Selina Young

Publisher: Puffin

Price: $13.99

Age: 0-3 years